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Sex workers wait in a queue to receive free rations at G B Road, kamla market during the distribution.Under the programme 'Seva Hi Sangathan' BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) is distributing free food rations across India, helping those in need amid Coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Pradeep Gaur / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Bureaucratic solutions to problems of targeting social assistance

Michael Lokshin and Nithin Umapathi · Monday, June 7, 2021

Tegucigalpa, Honduras.- In the photos taken on January 15, 2021, people work at a food plant in Tegucigalpa. Honduras received 323.5 million dollars of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the third quarter of 2020, 75.9% higher than the same period of 2019, according to the Central Bank (BCH).

Declining foreign direct investment can’t contribute much to sustainable development

Simon J. Evenett and Johannes Fritz

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Imag/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Long-run impacts of COVID-19 on extreme poverty

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Shoppers are seen outside a grocery store in the Kasanchiz area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie

Social assistance in Ethiopia during COVID-19

Ashwini Deshpande, Addis Kassahun Mulat, Wenhui Mao, and Mohamed Mustafa Diab

Friday, May 28, 2021

Hellen Nanez, who lost 13 relatives to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and whose father is being treated for COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit, shops ingredients to make handmade soap for sale, in Pisco, Peru, May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic

Indermit Gill and Philip Schellekens

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Waki Munyalo works on her farm after harvesting her maize insured by Pula, an agricultural insurance company that helps small-scale farmers to manage the risk associated with extreme climate conditions, in Kitui county, Kenya, March 17, 2021. Picture taken March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Agricultural insurance: The antidote to many economic illnesses

Gracelin Baskaran and Barry Maher

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

People wearing face masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus seen walking along a Pavilion shopping mall during the second day of the Hari Raya celebrations.Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, has announced the whole of Malaysia is placed under the Movement Control Order (MCO) from May 12 to June 7, 2021, due to the rising of Covid-19 infections. (Photo by Wong Fok Loy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

A long-term view of COVID-19’s impact on the rise of the global consumer class

Wolfgang Fengler and Homi Kharas

Thursday, May 20, 2021

SAMTAH, SAUDI ARABIA- Authorities take temperature and supervise the use of masks, as adhesion to the preventive measures against coronavirus in the shopping centers of Samtah, Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2020. Authorities of Saudi Arabia registered 42,925 cases of Covid- 19, 264 dead and 15,257 recovered in the country.

Why are Saudi women suddenly starting to take jobs?

Jumana Alaref and Johannes Koettl

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

View from an old wooden desk in a classroom

Trade and development: The view from 50 years ago

Friday, May 14, 2021

Turkish Red Crescent workers carry humanitarian aid at Kelbit camp, near the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib province, Syria January 17, 2018. Picture taken January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

The coming crisis in Idlib

Thursday, May 13, 2021

PA via ReutersPrime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during a visit to Exeter College Construction Centre, Exeter, in which he made a pledge to ensure there was "life-long" skills retraining opportunities after the coronavirus pandemic had exposed the "shortcomings" of the UK's educational system.No Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland

3 reasons why we may build back better after COVID-19

Shanta Devarajan

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Map with points and numbers overlaid

How AI-powered poverty maps can increase equity in the COVID-19 response

Laura McGorman, Guanghua Chi, and Han Fang

Friday, May 7, 2021

Bank vault

The hacker, the tax haven, and what $200 million in offshore deposits can tell us about the fight against illicit wealth

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

San Salvador, El Salvador.- In the photos taken on March 23, 2021, it shows a vaccination center against the coronavirus. El Salvador began with the immunization of non-health personnel who are more exposed to the virus through their work, including members of the Armed Forces, Civil Protection and teachers. The doses used will be those of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, whose shipment arrived on Monday.

How big of a vaccine surplus will the US have?

Simon J. Evenett

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in Washington, D.C., on August 21, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. This week former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) accepted the Democratic nomination for President and Vice President, respectively, during a nationwide virtual convention ahead of the Republican National Convention that is set to take place next week with in-person events held in Charlotte, N.C., and Washington. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Making COVID-19 aid effective by doubling down on USAID reforms

George Ingram and Justin Fugle

Monday, May 3, 2021

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 Country Economist, Southern Africa - 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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