Homi Kharas

Fishermen prepare to fish, amidst floating garbage off the shore of Manila Bay during World Oceans Day in Paranaque, Metro Manila June 8, 2013. The U.N. officially designated June 8th each year as World Oceans Day, in December 2008. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E96816MU01

Can capitalism be saved from itself?

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

G20 Argentina

Argentina takes over the G-20 presidency

Homi Kharas and Sebastian Strauss

Friday, December 1, 2017

Africa’s expanding middle class

Haroon Bhorat, Homi Kharas, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

A woman sits in a canoe with her belongings as the metropolitan government begins the demolition of structures in the Makoko riverine community in Lagos July 16, 2012. The structures were deemed illegal as they were built without permission on Lagos Lagoon. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY POVERTY) - GM1E87H0HZK01

Global poverty is declining but not fast enough

Homi Kharas and Wolfgang Fengler

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Delegates leave International Monetary Fund headquarters in the end of the day during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1B86F96950

Future Development Reads: The IMF and World Bank annual meetings

Friday, October 27, 2017

Women walk home after collecting water in Santa Isabel August 19, 2014. According to a recent report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), run by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), low rainfall linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has led to drought in parts of Central America, causing widespread damage to crops, shortages and rising prices of food, and worsening hunger among the region's poor. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (NICARAGUA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - GM1EA8K11WC01

The world is off track to end hunger, so what’s the solution?

Homi Kharas and John McArthur

Monday, October 23, 2017

Ending rural hunger: A stocktaking on World Food Day

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

A maize plant is seen among other dried maize at a field in Hoopstad, a maize-producing district in the Free State province, South Africa, January 13, 2016. South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, the national weather service said on Thursday, as a drought that has threatened the vital maize crop and hit economic growth showed no sign of abating. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF20000094471

When will things change? Looking for signs of progress on ending rural hunger

Geoffrey Gertz, Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Lorenz Noe

Saturday, October 14, 2017

Regional development banks in the new multilateral order

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Child running with USAID icon in the background,

Voices on US foreign assistance under challenge, part 2: Measuring effectiveness, private sector financing, and foreign aid success stories

Homi Kharas and Fred Dews

Friday, October 13, 2017