Future Development

Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa -January 11 2020: An aerial view of a group of poor children in a slum of the madagascan city. Malagasy kids play with tires in the dirt, surrounded by hanging laundry

Over 1 billion people live in poverty hotspots

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Selen Özdoğan · Wednesday, December 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former head of the World Bank James Wolfensohn participates in a panel discussion about Poverty Alleviation at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York September 21, 2006. REUTERS/Chip East

Jim Wolfensohn—A man with ideas before his time

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Illustration of magnifying glass over documents

Movement on transparency at the Development Finance Corporation

George Ingram and Sally Paxton

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

A medical staff wearing a protective suit works at a quarantine center amid the outbreak of the coronavirus diseases (COVID-19), in Yangon, Myanmar, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin

Myanmar’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Ashwini Deshpande, Khaing Thandar Hnin, and Tom Traill

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Jamie Wagner shops around at One Fair World on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Salem.Onefairworld004

When will the global consumer class recover?

Kelsey Wu and Max Thomasberger

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

New Delhi,India, November-2019: Silhouette of triumphal arch architectural style India Gate during hazy morning.

Delhi, the world’s most air polluted capital fights back

Vinod Thomas and Chitranjali Tiwari

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison join ASEAN leaders for a virtual group photo after signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) during a virtual signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, November 15, 2020. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has joined ASEAN leaders virtually for the annual summit on trade and security, hosted by Vietnam. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

The significance of the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement

Massimiliano Cali

Friday, November 20, 2020

Coal mining in Indonesia

To ride COVID-19’s green wave, governments must slash fossil fuel subsidies

Massimiliano Cali, Nicola Cantore, Leonardo Iacovone, Mariana Pereira-Lopez, Giorgio Presidente, and Niki Rodousakis

Thursday, November 19, 2020

A girl walks near her house destroyed in an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Faj Attan village, Sanaa, Yemen December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Yemen’s children: A crisis within a crisis

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Istanbul/Turkey - 04 07 2020: masked man walking in the street

Turkey’s economic recovery from COVID-19: Preparing for the long haul

Auguste Tano Kouamé and Habib Rab

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

stack of reports on a desk

What can development research do for diplomacy?

Paul M. Bisca and Olivier Lavinal

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Illustration of electrical circuits over the Chinese flag

China 4.0: Sharing the dividends of digitalization

Martin Raiser and Marcin Piatkowski

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters about efforts to confront the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after meeting with members of his "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How President Biden can reinvigorate global development and diplomacy

Monday, November 9, 2020

What COVID-19 has cost the climate

Victoria Plutshack, Claudio Huepe Minoletti, Beatriz Hernandez Perez, Paelina DeStephano, and Thomas Klug

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Corporate meeting

Building a stakeholder economy

Addisu Lashitew

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Contributors

Homi Kharas

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

Shanta Devarajan

Professor of the Practice of Development - Georgetown University

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Wolfgang Fengler

Lead Economist, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation - World Bank

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Indermit Gill

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

About Future Development

This blog was first launched in September 2013 by the World Bank and the Brookings Institution in an effort to hold governments more accountable to poor people and offer solutions to the most prominent development challenges. Continuing this goal, Future Development was re-launched in January 2015 at brookings.edu.

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