Two years ago, Congress came within a single Republican vote in the Senate of following the Supreme Court's advice to require broad disclosure of campaign finance donors.
In the last three years, investments in the off-grid solar sector increased 15-fold, and private sector players are raising substantial financing from impact investors, private equity funds, corporates, government development finance, donors and crowd funding.
This week, I attended a meeting in Washington convened by the World Bank and the World Health Organization, which brought together ministers of health and finance, donors, NGOs and private sector representatives to bring attention to mental health as a critical aspect of development.
In November 2014, the World Bank Inspection Panel that had been requested by the Anuak reported that "given the magnitude of the financing", donors had ignored the risks of inadvertently funding villagisation, and it pointed out that the donors' monitoring and evaluation systems were all but useless.
Because of the long delays, the special court, which is financed by donor countries including the United States, has faced regular budget shortages, requiring diplomats to request additional contributions to finance the court, as well as Mr. Taylor's defense.
The rest were financed with donor gifts, bonds and operating revenue.
PASER is of interest because its innovative design attracted extensive offers of finance from donors and independent power providers, however it has had limited effect on electrification levels.
This gap is due as much to the poor status of public finances in donor countries as to the languishing state of carbon markets, and it calls for a revision of the assumptions regarding the design of the programme.
Initially financed with donor funds, the businesses we create are designed to be profitable commercial enterprises.
Under federal campaign finance law, donors may give only $5,200 to an individual candidate in any given electoral cycle.
