While there are no easy solutions for city government officials in EMDEs trying to fund infrastructure development, some governments are thinking creatively and exploring new, innovative sources of financing to help close a financing gap that ranges in the trillions.
To get a better grasp on mainstreaming gender considerations in infrastructure PPPs, the PPP Gender Toolkit was launched by programs at the World Bank to provide a framework and the steps to take to incorporate gender at every stage of the infrastructure PPP lifecycle.
This week's links include an interview with Give Directly villagers, and with one of the pioneers of new RDD work, new evidence on labor market churn, how fiscal policy in developing countries makes the poor poorer, and more.