Scaling up development finance can bring peace in fragile countries

Jun 17, 2022

Smoke rises over the city following recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine June 20, 2022. Development Finance Initiatives (DFIs) can catalyze growth in fragile states.

Development Finance Initiatives (DFIs) can catalyze growth in fragile states. Image: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Rafat Al-Akhali

Fellow of Practice, Strategic Projects, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

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