Over the past year, development impact bonds, or DIBs—international development’s newest hot trend—have generated a tremendous amount of buzz from champions and detractors alike, along with some ...

On July 5th, the year-one results of a three-year Educate Girls development impact bond (DIB) in India came out. Among the first of its kind, the DIB targets roughly 15,000 children and 166 government ...

The new revenue generated by the 1% tax on residential development is intended to send millions of dollars towards new affordable housing projects. City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the ...

Governments and NGOs are under more pressure than ever to find new ways of funding international development programmes. One promising option is the development impact bond, an innovative financial ...

The World Bank Development Impact Evaluation Department (DIME) and the Office of the Senior Vice President of Development Economics are organizing a “Development Impact Week”, a five-day event to ...

The Development Impact Fund (DIF) is a pioneering multi-donor trust fund within the World Bank, managed by the Development Impact (DIME) group under the Development Economics Vice-Presidency (DEC).