Re-engagement
with the Commonwealth «will pressure Mnangagwa to implement reforms, which in turn will help to convince potential funders, such as the Paris Club donors and
multilateral lenders such as the IMF, to approve new financing,» William Attwell, practice leader for sub-Saharan Africa at research firm Frontier Strategy Group, told CNBC via email.
More specifically it focuses on the efforts the WBG is making to work in partnership
with the private sector to leverage its resources, since the WBG, despite being one of the largest
multilateral development bank
lenders for energy, can meet only a small part of the investment needed.