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Talent development

The Avenue

Talent is America’s most precious resource—it’s time economic development organizations focus more on developing it

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Montpelier, Vermont skyline

Report

Reimagining rural policy: Organizing federal assistance to maximize rural prosperity

Anthony F. Pipa and Natalie Geismar

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Encouragement for the Center for Sustainable Development

Greater transparency for development finance institutions

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

A man casts his vote during the Nigeria's presidential election at a polling station in Kazaure, Jigawa State, Nigeria, February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19F7389C30

Africa in Focus

Is there a tension between democracy and economic development in Africa?

Ernest Aryeetey

Monday, March 11, 2019

Fully automated robots are running at high speed at Geely Automobile's Changxing base in Changxing Economic and Technological Development Zone, in Huzhou City, East China's Zhejiang Province, 4 August 2021. No Use China. No Use France.

China

Will China ever become a fully developed economy?

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Hands holding a a globe like a Rubik's cube

Up Front

Renewing US global engagement in a changed world

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Chinese construction workers lay rails for the Ha'e (Hami-Ejina) Railway in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 5 September 2015.No Use China. No Use France.

China

The evolving relationship between the international development architecture and China’s Belt and Road

Kristen A. Cordell

October 2020

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris makes virtual remarks from the South Court Auditorium at the White House Complex in Washington, U.S., during the Generation Equality Forum in Paris, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Up Front

3 ways the international community can make gender equality work more transparent

Sally Paxton and George Ingram

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Report

Who funds which multilateral organizations?

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

--FILE--View of a signboard of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) in Xuchang city, central China's Henan province, 22 May 2016.The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest in terms of capital and deposit, on Thursday voiced its readiness to continue its "all-round" financial services for "Belt and Road" projects. "ICBC is keen and active in promoting the Belt and Road Initiative," said Gu Shu, ICBC's senior executive vice president. The initiative, which comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, is aiming at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road routes. "ICBC has 123 branches in 18 countries along the Belt and Road, making it the Chinese financial institution that covers the most countries along the route," Gu said. "ICBC has been actively providing all-round and integrated financial services for 'Belt and Road' projects," he added. "So far, ICBC has operated 208 projects along the route, with a combined investment of 220.8 billion U.S. dollars." Gu was in Istanbul for the first anniversary of the inauguration of ICBC Turkey, which was established after ICBC purchased a majority of shares of Turkey's Tekstilbank in May last year.No Use China. No Use France.

Order from Chaos

How US-China tensions could hamper development efforts

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Solar panels are seen during the inauguration ceremony of the solar energy power plant in Zaktubi, near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool - RC175340E150

Future Development

The Africa Continental Free Trade Area: An opportunity to deepen cooperation on regional public goods

Monday, March 4, 2019

17 Rooms-X

Calcutta,,India

Future Development

The economic benefits of cities in the developing world

Arti Grover, Somik V. Lall, and Jonathan Timmis

Friday, July 23, 2021

Guatemala City, Guatemala.- In the photos, it shows the indigenous rural areas of Guatemala during the crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. A special UN report reveals that Latin American and Caribbean countries face the highest per capita levels of Covid-19; in addition to a fall in its economy of 9.1 percent for the region in 2020, which will undoubtedly be the largest in 100 years, which will translate into 45 million more people living in poverty compared to last year, affecting more the countries of Mexico, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

Report

Global development cooperation in a COVID-19 world

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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