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Development Finance

Regenerative Development Finance (RDF)

Definition

A new architecture for development capital that survives political transitions. RDF is non-liability (no debt burden on beneficiaries), non-extractive (no profit extraction), and multi-cycle (designed to persist through multiple political and economic cycles).

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A $500M health workforce program placed in RDF structure survives three government transitions over 20 years, training 4,000 nurses. Traditional ODA would have been redirected after the first election.

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RC-WD Section 1

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Related Terms from Development Finance

Four Fragility Cycles

Decoupling Operator (Δ) - RC-WDΔ (Delta)

Alignment Operator (Λ) - RC-WDΛ (Lambda)

Mission Cycles (RC-WD)

Cycle Constitution (Ψ)Ψ (Psi)

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