Public-private partnerships (PPPs) face a range of challenges in developed economies, such as appropriate risk sharing, attracting the right sponsors, and ensuring quality of service. As a large percentage of ADB's developing member countries are considered risky borrowers by international...

In this paper we unpack the possibilities and constraints facing sovereign development funds. Our focus and logic is primarily conceptual and deductive rather than directly empirical and inductive. We consider how and in what ways sovereign wealth can be employed for the purpose of economic...

This recently completed thesis provides an overview of the historical and current trends in international debt crises, especially concerning sovereign borrowing and lending practices. Particular attention is given to the rise of litigious vulture funds, as well as the possibilities of developing...

Financial actors from developing countries are playing with other OECD financial giants as equals through their Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). SWFs could become major actors of development finance if they chose to allocate 10 per cent of their portfolio to emerging and developing economies over...