Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Diplomatic
MDBs, DFIs, Development Finance
Research Focus
In tandem with allies, become the leading provider of development finance, particularly with strategic priorities like ports, digital infrastructure and critical minerals, in great part by activating significantly more private investment in international infrastructure.
Featured Media
MOBILIZING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Photo - Wilson Center President Mark Green, DFC Deputy CEO Nisha Biswal, WISC Chairman Sadek Wahba.
IS THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE RESHAPING THE GLOBAL ORDER?
Interviewing Simon Curtis and Ian Klaus, authors of the soon-to-be-released book The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China’s Search for a New International Order, together with Lea Thome.
Events and Publications
Dr. Sadek Wahba on How Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships Can Reinvigorate America
Discussing Development Finance with Australia's Lowy Institute
With Rory Linehan, Sam Barr, Roland Rajah, Alexandre Dayant, Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran, Chell Lyons and Jeff Kucik.
Roundtable with Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka
International Infrastructure Projects: China's Investments Significantly Outpace the U.S., and Experts Suggest Potential Improvements to the U.S. Approach
Engaging Inter American Development Bank and Ecuador
Thanks to Roberto Izurieta, Alternate Executive Director of the IDB, and Paul Quirk (on right) for hosting an engaging discussion with Soledad Peña Plaza (center), Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Ecuador to the US. Joined by The Wilson Center colleagues Facundo Robles and Margaret Myers (next to me)
FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRES MORE…OF EVERYTHING
Co-authored wtih Jeffrey Kucik and Lionel C. Johnson, in collaboration with the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute.
DE-RISKING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR PENSION FUNDS
Co-authored wtih Jeffrey Kucik and Lionel C. Johnson, in collaboration with the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute.
LONDON ROUNDTABLE - ACTIVATING GREATER INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Featured Adam Wang-Levine, Deputy Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary
Bolstering Energy Security through Infrastructure Technologies
UKRAINE GIFT TO US OFFICE OF THE WORLD BANK
Honored to join Felice Gorordo, Acting US Executive Director of the The World Bank, Her Excellency Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's Ambassador to the US, World Bank President Ajay Banga, Sr. Managing Director Axel van Trotsenburg, Managing Director Anna Bjerde and Roman Kachur at unveiling o a US Seal, handmade in Ukraine.
IS THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE RESHAPING THE GLOBAL ORDER?
Interviewing Simon Curtis and Ian Klaus, authors of the soon-to-be-released book The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China’s Search for a New International Order, together with Lea Thome.
WHAT IS SUBORDINATED DEBT AND HOW CAN IT MOBILIZE GREATER PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING MARKETS?
MOBILIZING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Photo - Wilson Center President Mark Green, DFC Deputy CEO Nisha Biswal, WISC Chairman Sadek Wahba.
