Clémence Landers
@clemencelanders.bsky.social
Vice President & Senior Policy Fellow @ The Center for Global Development. @cgdev.bsky.social. Former US Treasury and World Bank. post = my views.
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The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) recently introduced big changes to its country scorecards, which inform partner selection.
@ecollinson.bsky.social & Julia Brownell give a quick rundown of what’s new and what it portends for the agency’s future programming:
https://go.cgdev.org/3KTiPW4
@ecollinson.bsky.social & Julia Brownell give a quick rundown of what’s new and what it portends for the agency’s future programming:
https://go.cgdev.org/3KTiPW4
A Quick Look at MCC’s New Scorecards
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) recently introduced big changes to its country scorecards, which inform partner selection. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new and what it portends for the ...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) recently introduced big changes to its country scorecards, which inform partner selection.
@ecollinson.bsky.social & Julia Brownell give a quick rundown of what’s new and what it portends for the agency’s future programming:
https://go.cgdev.org/3KTiPW4
@ecollinson.bsky.social & Julia Brownell give a quick rundown of what’s new and what it portends for the agency’s future programming:
https://go.cgdev.org/3KTiPW4
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Check out @jmadankeller.bsky.social, @clemencelanders.bsky.social, and @rrockafellow.bsky.social's policy paper on how the Global Fund can adapt to a shrinking aid landscape, as featured in a @healthbeat.org article about the Global Fund filling in donation gaps:
https://go.cgdev.org/44crtpk
https://go.cgdev.org/44crtpk
How the Global Fund might cover a $6.7B shortfall in donations
Also in the Global Health Checkup: A grim outbreak in Ethiopia, bird flu, WHO layoffs, and a dengue cure shut down by Johnson & Johnson.
go.cgdev.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Check out @jmadankeller.bsky.social, @clemencelanders.bsky.social, and @rrockafellow.bsky.social's policy paper on how the Global Fund can adapt to a shrinking aid landscape, as featured in a @healthbeat.org article about the Global Fund filling in donation gaps:
https://go.cgdev.org/44crtpk
https://go.cgdev.org/44crtpk
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As aid budgets shrink, the Global Fund’s next $18B replenishment target looks unlikely.
A rethink is needed. @jmadankeller.bsky.social & @clemencelanders.bsky.social outline how a mixed grant–loan model could strengthen the Fund’s future:
https://go.cgdev.org/4odMAyJ
A rethink is needed. @jmadankeller.bsky.social & @clemencelanders.bsky.social outline how a mixed grant–loan model could strengthen the Fund’s future:
https://go.cgdev.org/4odMAyJ
Weathering the Donor Downturn: The Case for a New Financial Model for the Global Fund
The Global Fund is heading into its replenishment with a lofty fundraising goal: $18 billion for the next three years (2026–2028). But in today’s world of shrinking aid budgets, that target might alre...
go.cgdev.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
As aid budgets shrink, the Global Fund’s next $18B replenishment target looks unlikely.
A rethink is needed. @jmadankeller.bsky.social & @clemencelanders.bsky.social outline how a mixed grant–loan model could strengthen the Fund’s future:
https://go.cgdev.org/4odMAyJ
A rethink is needed. @jmadankeller.bsky.social & @clemencelanders.bsky.social outline how a mixed grant–loan model could strengthen the Fund’s future:
https://go.cgdev.org/4odMAyJ
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📣Excited to share new @cgdev.org research w co-conspirators @clemencelanders.bsky.social & Rowan Rockafellow exploring an alternative funding path for the Global Fund in a shrinking aid landscape
Full disclosure, it's a bit wonky🤓 so hang on for the ride
Summary blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/weather...
Full disclosure, it's a bit wonky🤓 so hang on for the ride
Summary blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/weather...
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
📣Excited to share new @cgdev.org research w co-conspirators @clemencelanders.bsky.social & Rowan Rockafellow exploring an alternative funding path for the Global Fund in a shrinking aid landscape
Full disclosure, it's a bit wonky🤓 so hang on for the ride
Summary blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/weather...
Full disclosure, it's a bit wonky🤓 so hang on for the ride
Summary blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/weather...
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"This might be a moment of opportunity...to build a new modernized and more equal system. Redefine the rules and redefine who gets to write the rules."
@clemencelanders.bsky.social discusses how a new vision for global development cooperation can reshape the system:
https://go.cgdev.org/3Lk1OV7
@clemencelanders.bsky.social discusses how a new vision for global development cooperation can reshape the system:
https://go.cgdev.org/3Lk1OV7
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"This might be a moment of opportunity...to build a new modernized and more equal system. Redefine the rules and redefine who gets to write the rules."
@clemencelanders.bsky.social discusses how a new vision for global development cooperation can reshape the system:
https://go.cgdev.org/3Lk1OV7
@clemencelanders.bsky.social discusses how a new vision for global development cooperation can reshape the system:
https://go.cgdev.org/3Lk1OV7
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Spirit Halloween now has a section devoted to Trump’s economic policies
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Spirit Halloween now has a section devoted to Trump’s economic policies
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Does France need a wealth tax? on.ft.com/4onIDYn
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Does France need a wealth tax? on.ft.com/4onIDYn
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The World Bank's IDA is facing an uphill climb ⛰️ to maintain its $100bn replenishment, as the tight global interest rate environment drives up borrowing costs.
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social explain how recent legislation could offer relief:
https://bit.ly/4698A6z
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social explain how recent legislation could offer relief:
https://bit.ly/4698A6z
How a Legislative Fix Could Bolster IDA’s Financing Firepower (at No Cost to the Taxpayer)
The International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional lending arm for the world’s poorest countries, is facing an uphill climb to maintain its $100 billion replenishment, fina...
www.cgdev.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The World Bank's IDA is facing an uphill climb ⛰️ to maintain its $100bn replenishment, as the tight global interest rate environment drives up borrowing costs.
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social explain how recent legislation could offer relief:
https://bit.ly/4698A6z
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social explain how recent legislation could offer relief:
https://bit.ly/4698A6z
Investors have become less worried about the potential fallout for emerging markets from Trump’s erratic trade war, and are instead focusing on EMs’ improving economic health. It also reflects wariness among some investors over US government bonds...
www.ft.com/content/c939...
www.ft.com/content/c939...
Emerging market borrowing premium over US falls to nearly lowest since 2007
Yields for investment-grade EM borrowers fall relative to developed markets amid concerns over traditional havens
www.ft.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Investors have become less worried about the potential fallout for emerging markets from Trump’s erratic trade war, and are instead focusing on EMs’ improving economic health. It also reflects wariness among some investors over US government bonds...
www.ft.com/content/c939...
www.ft.com/content/c939...
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1st edition of our @cgdev.org series "Tough Times, Tough Choices" is hot off the press
Facing budget cuts, we argue WHO's leadership must chart a path of retrenchment to a lean @who.int for the global good
w/ @peterbaker17.bsky.social & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Facing budget cuts, we argue WHO's leadership must chart a path of retrenchment to a lean @who.int for the global good
w/ @peterbaker17.bsky.social & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
A Lean World Health Organization for the Global Good
In this brief—the first in the Tough Times, Tough Choices series that will target the major global health and development institutions and their funders—we propose a different approach: radically stre...
www.cgdev.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
1st edition of our @cgdev.org series "Tough Times, Tough Choices" is hot off the press
Facing budget cuts, we argue WHO's leadership must chart a path of retrenchment to a lean @who.int for the global good
w/ @peterbaker17.bsky.social & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Facing budget cuts, we argue WHO's leadership must chart a path of retrenchment to a lean @who.int for the global good
w/ @peterbaker17.bsky.social & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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Amid a broader global health financing crisis, @gavi.org faces a $2.5B budget shortfall
Read our new @cgdev.org brief on how Gavi 6.0 can take a bigger leap w @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @peterbaker17.bsky.social @tomldrake.bsky.social & @orinlevine.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Read our new @cgdev.org brief on how Gavi 6.0 can take a bigger leap w @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @peterbaker17.bsky.social @tomldrake.bsky.social & @orinlevine.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
How Gavi 6.0 Can Take a Bigger Leap
Gavi’s board and leadership must stretch scarce resources to fulfill a challenging double mandate: (1) stabilizing immunization outcomes and fiscal solvency in Gavi-eligible countries facing severe he...
www.cgdev.org
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Amid a broader global health financing crisis, @gavi.org faces a $2.5B budget shortfall
Read our new @cgdev.org brief on how Gavi 6.0 can take a bigger leap w @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @peterbaker17.bsky.social @tomldrake.bsky.social & @orinlevine.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Read our new @cgdev.org brief on how Gavi 6.0 can take a bigger leap w @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @peterbaker17.bsky.social @tomldrake.bsky.social & @orinlevine.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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#FfD4 kicks off next week against the backdrop of aid cuts & a traffic jam of replenishments among health & other concessional funds
But it's clear these funds need a major overhaul. Our new
@cgdev.org blog highlights 3 action items:
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
cc: @clemencelanders.bsky.social
But it's clear these funds need a major overhaul. Our new
@cgdev.org blog highlights 3 action items:
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
cc: @clemencelanders.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#FfD4 kicks off next week against the backdrop of aid cuts & a traffic jam of replenishments among health & other concessional funds
But it's clear these funds need a major overhaul. Our new
@cgdev.org blog highlights 3 action items:
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
cc: @clemencelanders.bsky.social
But it's clear these funds need a major overhaul. Our new
@cgdev.org blog highlights 3 action items:
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
cc: @clemencelanders.bsky.social
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Steel yourself and then read. WaPo went to Khartoum to meet the moms who, thanks to Trump and Musk’s brutal actions, are now watching their little children starve to death or die of cholera
I couldn't make it through this story yesterday, but everyone needs to read it.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Steel yourself and then read. WaPo went to Khartoum to meet the moms who, thanks to Trump and Musk’s brutal actions, are now watching their little children starve to death or die of cholera
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Excited to see our @cgdev.org research featured in this excellent @nytimes.com article about the devastating effect of the US' remittance tax on Africa, especially coming after extensive aid cuts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/w...
Trump Targets Key Lifeline for Africa: Money Sent Home by Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Excited to see our @cgdev.org research featured in this excellent @nytimes.com article about the devastating effect of the US' remittance tax on Africa, especially coming after extensive aid cuts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/w...
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Despite an uncertain development landscape, IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but challenges remain.
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social detail the headwinds facing IDA, from low growth to rising debt levels:
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social detail the headwinds facing IDA, from low growth to rising debt levels:
Can IDA Weather the Development Finance Storm?
The 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank, concluded last December, with donors pledging $23.7 billion for a…
www.cgdev.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Despite an uncertain development landscape, IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but challenges remain.
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social detail the headwinds facing IDA, from low growth to rising debt levels:
Nico Martinez & @clemencelanders.bsky.social detail the headwinds facing IDA, from low growth to rising debt levels:
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We’re only smiling because it’s not a real goodbye to @justsand.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We’re only smiling because it’s not a real goodbye to @justsand.bsky.social
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This clearly lays out the problem of declaring the 'biggest ever IDA' by borrowing a lot (rather than getting actual new donor resources) when it is expensive to borrow.
Can IDA sustain its $100B replenishment during this development finance storm? ⛈️
Nico Martinez and @clemencelanders.bsky.social find IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but a tight funding environment, low growth, and rising debt threaten its firepower:
www.cgdev.org/blog/can-ida...
Nico Martinez and @clemencelanders.bsky.social find IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but a tight funding environment, low growth, and rising debt threaten its firepower:
www.cgdev.org/blog/can-ida...
Can IDA Weather the Development Finance Storm?
The 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank, concluded last December, with donors pledging $23.7 billion for a replenishme...
www.cgdev.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This clearly lays out the problem of declaring the 'biggest ever IDA' by borrowing a lot (rather than getting actual new donor resources) when it is expensive to borrow.
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Can IDA sustain its $100B replenishment during this development finance storm? ⛈️
Nico Martinez and @clemencelanders.bsky.social find IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but a tight funding environment, low growth, and rising debt threaten its firepower:
www.cgdev.org/blog/can-ida...
Nico Martinez and @clemencelanders.bsky.social find IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but a tight funding environment, low growth, and rising debt threaten its firepower:
www.cgdev.org/blog/can-ida...
Can IDA Weather the Development Finance Storm?
The 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank, concluded last December, with donors pledging $23.7 billion for a replenishme...
www.cgdev.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Can IDA sustain its $100B replenishment during this development finance storm? ⛈️
Nico Martinez and @clemencelanders.bsky.social find IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but a tight funding environment, low growth, and rising debt threaten its firepower:
www.cgdev.org/blog/can-ida...
Nico Martinez and @clemencelanders.bsky.social find IDA is on track for a record replenishment—but a tight funding environment, low growth, and rising debt threaten its firepower:
www.cgdev.org/blog/can-ida...
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USAID cuts have left major aid programs without funding. @cgdev.org is now hosting a team analyzing which ex-USAID programs are most cost-effective—and connecting them with donors willing to step in.
Learn more in @npr.org:
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Learn more in @npr.org:
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID
A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.
www.npr.org
May 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
USAID cuts have left major aid programs without funding. @cgdev.org is now hosting a team analyzing which ex-USAID programs are most cost-effective—and connecting them with donors willing to step in.
Learn more in @npr.org:
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Learn more in @npr.org:
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
My @cgdev.org colleagues @ecollinson.bsky.social + @justinrhurley.bsky.social unpack what the 2026 budget request and what it means for US foreign assistance.
www.cgdev.org/blog/redefin...
www.cgdev.org/blog/redefin...
Redefining America’s Interests? Trump's FY2026 Budget Proposes Sweeping Cuts to US Foreign Aid
The Trump administration unveiled an overview of its FY2026 budget request on Friday. While short on details, the document offers a grim forecast for US development and humanitarian spending. In seeki...
www.cgdev.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My @cgdev.org colleagues @ecollinson.bsky.social + @justinrhurley.bsky.social unpack what the 2026 budget request and what it means for US foreign assistance.
www.cgdev.org/blog/redefin...
www.cgdev.org/blog/redefin...
One of the greatest moments in music history.
The Beatles release “Get Back” today in 1969 — defiantly played on the rooftop of Apple Records.
“Working people tended to get us, and understand what we were doing,” McCartney said of that set. “And occasionally, you would get the kind of snob who would get angry. .. That was part of the fun.”
“Working people tended to get us, and understand what we were doing,” McCartney said of that set. “And occasionally, you would get the kind of snob who would get angry. .. That was part of the fun.”
May 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
One of the greatest moments in music history.
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Nearly half of the BofA Global Fund Manager Survey participants now anticipate a global recession within the next 12 months, …For more insights visit today’s Chartbook Top Link!
April 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Nearly half of the BofA Global Fund Manager Survey participants now anticipate a global recession within the next 12 months, …For more insights visit today’s Chartbook Top Link!
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Huge thanks to THE HILL for running this piece on why the IMF is a fantastic deal for America.
A great joy to be reunited with former colleagues Meg Lundsager and Elizabeth Shortino in support of the Fund.
thehill.com/opinion/fina...
A great joy to be reunited with former colleagues Meg Lundsager and Elizabeth Shortino in support of the Fund.
thehill.com/opinion/fina...
The IMF is a fantastic deal for America
If the U.S. steps back from the IMF, there will only be one winner: China.
thehill.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Huge thanks to THE HILL for running this piece on why the IMF is a fantastic deal for America.
A great joy to be reunited with former colleagues Meg Lundsager and Elizabeth Shortino in support of the Fund.
thehill.com/opinion/fina...
A great joy to be reunited with former colleagues Meg Lundsager and Elizabeth Shortino in support of the Fund.
thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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What can we expect from the World Bank Spring Meetings?
In the latest episode of our weekly podcast series, we discuss the top global development stories from this week and look ahead to the World Bank Spring Meetings.
www.devex.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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