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news Project Syndicate 2026-05-07

African Development Finance Lacks Analytical Capacity to Track Risks

Africa's development finance system is growing rapidly, but the analytical capacity to monitor and price risks has not kept pace. This gap allows risks to accumulate within the system.


<p>Africaโ€™s development-finance system is expanding rapidly, with new instruments and investors entering markets across the continent. Yet the analytical capacity needed to track risks and price them in real time has not kept pace, allowing risks to build.</p>

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