Development Assistance and Governance Initiative

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Invigorating US leadership in global development

George Ingram, Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Anthony F. Pipa

Monday, December 17, 2018

An elephant walks in Amboseli National Park in front of Kilimanjaro Mountain, Kenya, March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DB6795A50

What’s happening to the world income distribution? The elephant chart revisited

Homi Kharas and Brina Seidel

Monday, April 2, 2018

A maize plant is seen among other dried maize at a field in Hoopstad, a maize-producing district in the Free State province, South Africa, January 13, 2016. South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, the national weather service said on Thursday, as a drought that has threatened the vital maize crop and hit economic growth showed no sign of abating. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF20000094471

When will things change? Looking for signs of progress on ending rural hunger

Geoffrey Gertz, Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Lorenz Noe

Saturday, October 14, 2017

A U.N. peacekeeper demonstrates to schoolchildren how to use a mine sweeper during an educational campaign at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in the town of Naqoura in southern Lebanon April 4, 2014. U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon held an educational campaign for schoolchildren teaching them to identify mines and unexploded cluster bombs to commemorate international mine awareness day. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) - RTR3JXJX

The politics of foreign aid

Monday, July 31, 2017

Internally displaced Somali families rest as they flee from drought stricken regions in Lower Shabelle region before entering makeshift camps in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar TEMPLATE OUT - RTX31HFI

Handle with care: The challenge of fragility

Monday, July 31, 2017

Workers offload the first consignment of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) medical equipment towards the fight against Ebola, at the Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, August 24, 2014. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that a decision by many transport companies to suspend services to Ebola-hit countries was leading to shortages of basic goods and foodstuffs. The USAID airlifted more than 16 tons of medical equipment and emergency supplies to the Liberian capital Monrovia on Sunday. Picture taken August 24, 2014. REUTERS/James Giahyue (LIBERIA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY HEALTH TRANSPORT) - RTR43LPD

American public support for foreign aid in the age of Trump

Monday, July 31, 2017

A woman carries a bag of rice from USAID as part of food distributed by various relief agencies in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince February 18, 2010. France will provide 270 million euros (US$366.8 million) over two years to Haiti to help the Caribbean nation's economy recover from a devastating January 12 earthquake, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT FOOD SOCIETY POLITICS) - RTR2AI1Z

U.S. global development leadership in a changing world

Monday, July 31, 2017

Flags fly at the Washington Monument, as the U.S. Capitol is seen at rear, on Flag Day in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTS174ST

Institutional architecture of U.S. foreign aid

Monday, July 31, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump talks with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde during a working session at the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay - RTX3ALT2

Multilateralism under stress

Monday, July 31, 2017

2017 Brookings-Blum Roundtable

US foreign assistance under challenge

Monday, July 31, 2017