Homi Kharas

A worker picks tea at a plantation in Githunguri near Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2012. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo - RTSQ1D1

A new DAC in a changing world: Setting a path for the future

January 2017

Bangladeshi workers unload sand from a ferry at the river Buriganga in Dhaka, Bangladesh December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RTX2VU5V

Reviewing 2016: Future Development forecasts economics better than soccer

Shanta Devarajan, Wolfgang Fengler, and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Part of the construction works of the Transnordestina railway are seen in Salgueiro, Pernambuco state, northeastern Brazil, October 26, 2016. Picture taken October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "MARCELINO RAIL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? - RTX2V75I

Mixed holiday tidings for the world’s poorest countries

Friday, December 16, 2016

Employees row a boat as they examine solar panel boards at a pond in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, in this March 16, 2016 file photo. Global funds are cautiously venturing back into Chinese equities after prices collapsed to 4-1/2-year lows in February, taking advantage of cheaper valuations to buy stocks they believe will benefit from China's shift to a consumption-led economy. REUTERS/Stringer/Files ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - RTSCXID

Public-private problem-solving for the sustainable development goals

Homi Kharas and John McArthur

World Economic Forum Wednesday, November 30, 2016

People hold up inflatable world globes during World Environment Day celebrations in central Sydney

Globalization and the 2016 presidential election

Homi Kharas and Fred Dews

Friday, October 21, 2016

A French farmer harvests his field of maize, in Bouchain, France, October 6, 2016. Europe's maize harvest, now in full swing, is showing mixed results after a drought-damaged crop last year, with top producer France worst hit after another dry summer. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol - RTSR2QM

Are we closer to ending rural hunger?

Homi Kharas and John McArthur

Monday, October 17, 2016

An accident of geography: Compassion, innovation, and the fight against poverty—A conversation with Richard C. Blum

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

Brookings-G24 Roundtable on A New Global Agenda: Implications for the Role of the World Bank

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

The role of the regional development banks in the new global agenda

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim takes his seat as he arrives to brief the press at the opening of the IMF and World Bank's 2015 Annual Spring Meetings, in Washington, April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Theiler/Files GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD PACKAGE- SEARCH 'BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD APRIL 11' FOR ALL IMAGES - RTX29CYL

A new global agenda: Implications for the role of the World Bank

Amar Bhattacharya and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, October 5, 2016