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Mobile money in 2006 and 2016

Editor’s Note: Michael Klein is the former Vice President of Financial and Private Sector Development of the World Bank Group and is currently Visiting Professor at Harvard and Johns Hopkins University.

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The Next 30 Years: Whither Finance — Repression or Turbulence?

The recent financial crisis shocked the world. Aftershocks are still reverberating. The future of the Eurozone remains clouded. Much ink has been spilled about the causes of the crisis. Extraordinary...

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Uncanny resemblance: Greedy bankers and critics of PPPs

Normally critics of the private sector like disparaging the greed of bankers. Many bankers in turn take a dim view of people who do not see the value of endeavors involving the profit motive. Yet, as...

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Public-private partnerships: Promise and hype

Here is a new paper I wrote that provides perspectives on patterns of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure across time and space.    PPPs are a new term for old concepts. Much...

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Healthcare PPPs: a valuable policy option

Hospital do Subúrbio, Brazil. Photo: flickr/Fotos GOVBA Public-private partnerships (PPP) in healthcare have sprung up in countries across the world.  A partial glimpse is provided in this map:...

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