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Children in India receive food assistance.

COVID-19 and poverty vulnerability

Fabian Mendez Ramos and Jaime Lara · Wednesday, May 18, 2022

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A map of the world with coins stacked near it.

The new global tax deal is bad for development

Julie McCarthy

Monday, May 16, 2022

Financing for sustainable development is clogged

Homi Kharas and Charlotte Rivard

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

There are several red pins on a map showing local development.

Obstacles and recommendations for moving US development policies onto a locally led path

George Ingram

Monday, May 9, 2022

Currency from several different countries

Coping with high inflation and borrowing costs in emerging market and developing economies

Jongrim Ha, M. Ayhan Kose, and Franziska Ohnsorge

Thursday, May 5, 2022

The post-pandemic prognosis for pension systems

Fiona Stewart

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

People working together to reduce carbon emissions

Getting people to understand climate data better

Wolfgang Fengler and Lukas Vashold

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Evening view of smoke billowing from an industrial zone

Mainstream economic policy must factor climate change into its growth calculus

Vinod Thomas

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

A woman carries her son as she walks in a slum area in Sanaa, Yemen.

Yemen in the shadow of Russia’s war on Ukraine

Omer Karasapan

Monday, April 18, 2022

A woman washes clothes outside her house at a slum in New Delhi, India.

Raising the standard: Time for a higher poverty line in India

Surjit S. Bhalla, Karan Bhasin, and Arvind Virmani

Thursday, April 14, 2022

People make noise during a protest against an epidemic of kidnappings sweeping Haiti, amid deepening political unrest and economic misery, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 15, 2021. Picture taken April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl

From fragility to resilience: Recommendations for implementing the US global fragility strategy

George Ingram and Jonathan Papoulidis

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Give credit where credit’s due: Development assistance in loans should reflect donor effort

Steve Cutts

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Colorful silhouettes of diverse men and women.

The global challenge of gender equality: Welcoming Caren Grown to Brookings

John W. McArthur

Monday, April 11, 2022

STATE OF MEXICO, MEXICO - MARCH 8: A woman who works in a restaurant in the town of Nopaltepec, State of Mexico, wears a face mask to prevent covid spread, while preparing food for tourists who visit the place on March 8, 2021 in State of Mexico, Mexico (Photo by Eyepix/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How public health policies protected women-owned businesses during the pandemic

Addisu Lashitew, Addis Birhanu, and Yamlaksira Getachew

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Bread products are seen on a mini market shelf, Limassol, Cyprus, on Mar. 7, 2022. Cypriot consumers have seen their purchasing power reduce by more than 5% compared to a year ago as inflation hit a 13-year record high in January and are warned that prices of essential goods will skyrocket further due to spiralling fuel costs from the crisis in Ukraine. (Photo by Kostas Pikoulas/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Is high inflation here to stay?

Jongrim Ha, M. Ayhan Kose, and Franziska Ohnsorge

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

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Indermit Gill

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions - World Bank

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About Future Development

The Future Development blog informs and stimulates debate on key development issues.

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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