Future Development

An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon at the Bom Futuro National Forest in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 3, 2015. Picture taken September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce - RC116E6EAAA0

For growth and well-being, climate crisis overshadows all else

Vinod Thomas · Friday, August 23, 2019

A Congolese health worker administers ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Olivia Acland - RC1FDEE57DA0

Can public works help fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Paul M. Bisca and Paul Bance

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Bank notes of different currencies, including Euro, U.S. Dollar, Turkish Lira or Brazilian Reais, are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, in this illustration picture taken May 7, 2017. Picture taken May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration - RC114B905640

How much does the world spend on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Homi Kharas and John McArthur

Monday, July 29, 2019

John Pearson (R), Centerra Gold company's Vice President Investor Relations, looks on at the gold-mining plant at the Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan May 31, 2011. With around 100 sizeable gold fields mapped -- but never tapped -- by Soviet geologists, the country is ripe for a mining boom. Gold has doubled in value since 2007 and prices around $1,500 an ounce could help resuscitate an economy that contracted 1.4 percent last year after the revolution and ethnic violence that killed hundreds. Picture taken May 31, 2011. To match Special Report KYRGRZSTAN-MINING REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - GM1E76S1HLY01

What’s holding back the Kyrgyz Republic private sector?

Thursday, July 25, 2019

A technician inspects newly moulded bottles at the Guinness pop-up plant in Accra, July 2, 2014. Picture taken July 2, 2014. To match Insight CONSUMERS-MANUFACTURERS/AFRICA REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko (GHANA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA7411EN01

What do automation and artificial intelligence mean for Africa?

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

A Chinese construction worker helps build a new bridge against the skyline of Mozambique's capital Maputo April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg - GF10000389278

Avoiding a debt crisis in Africa

Shanta Devarajan, Indermit Gill, and Kenan Karakülah

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Forest

To save forests, think beyond the trees

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

The World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters are pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC12C132FFE0

Trade wars and trade laws

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

The governance of the International Monetary Fund at age 75

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Kemal Derviş

Monday, July 1, 2019

A nurse holds a syringe as patients wait in Ghana April 23, 2019. Gavi/2019/Tony Noel. Picture taken April 23, 2019. Zipline drones, supported by Gavi and the UPS Foundation, cut the time taken to deliver lifesaving medical supplies from hours to minutes. Gavi/2019/Tony Noel via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT - RC187D079370

How do major health donors prepare for country exits?

Kaci Kennedy McDade, Osondu Ogbuoji, Marco Schäferhoff, and Gavin Yamey

Friday, June 28, 2019

A solar panel is pictured on the roof of Jean-Noel Kouame's house, on the outer limits of the main city Abidjan's vast urban sprawl, Ivory Coast December 18, 2017. Picture taken December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RC1ECCAAF400

Can microgrids enable macro development?

Rob Fetter, June Lukuyu, Jay Taneja, and Nathan Williams

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Containers and trucks are seen following a snowfall at the port of Qingdao, Shandong province, China February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1AA7D4CB70

Trade at the G-20 Osaka Summit: Jaw, jaw beats war, war

Simon J. Evenett and Johannes Fritz

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

The fierce urgency of now: Toward a new multilateralism

Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright

Monday, June 24, 2019

Workers inspect railway tracks, which serve as a part of the Belt and Road freight rail route linking Chongqing to Duisburg, at Dazhou railway station in Sichuan province, China March 14, 2019. Picture taken March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1563D032A0

Winners and losers along China’s Belt and Road

Indermit Gill, Somik V. Lall, and Mathilde Lebrand

Friday, June 21, 2019

Children play football at the graveyards (City of the Dead) called locally "Zawiyyet al-Mayyiteen" in Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1217CE1350

More than half of the world’s poor are children

Katharina Fenz and Kristofer Hamel

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Contributors

Homi Kharas

Interim Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development

Shanta Devarajan

Senior Director, Development Economics - World Bank

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Wolfgang Fengler

Lead Economist, Trade and Competitiveness - World Bank

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Indermit Gill

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Professor of the Practice of Public Policy - Duke University

About Future Development

This blog was first launched in September 2013 by the World Bank 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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