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Hippolyte Fofack

Hippolyte Fofack, a former chief economist and director of research at the African Export-Import Bank, is a former World Bank economist, a research associate at the Harvard University Center for African Studies, and a fellow at the African Academy of Sciences.

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How to empower Africa’s multilateral development banks

Boosting the capital base of multilateral development banks in Africa has been a perennial problem. Finding a solution — which has taken on new urgency as international development institutions continue to scale down concessional financing — requires examining the underlying causes.

July 01, 2026