Development Financing

A worker inspects solar panels at a solar Dunhuang, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province September 16, 2013. China is pumping investment into wind power, which is more cost-competitive than solar energy and partly able to compete with coal and gas. China is the world's biggest producer of CO2 emissions, but is also the world's leading generator of renewable electricity. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight during a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will meet in Stockholm from September 23-26. REUTERS/Carlos Barria BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF20000056392

Future Development

Will the G-20 provide the urgent leadership needed on climate action?

Amar Bhattacharya

Friday, June 14, 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 - RC11D104B550

Podcast Episode

The power of private investment for the developing world

Homi Kharas and Philippe Le Houérou

Friday, May 17, 2019

Election officials seal ballot boxes at the end of voting in South Africa's parliamentary and provincial elections at a polling station in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8,2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC197F6624B0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Election results in South Africa, low wages in Ethiopia, and new World Bank funding for Africa

Payce Madden

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Senegal's President Macky Sall and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Arene Nationale du Senegal in Dakar, Senegal July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister - RC1CB00541E0

Africa in focus

One year on, the role of the China International Development Cooperation Administration remains cloudy

Yun Sun

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Reports

A trader changes dollars for naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos, Nigeria, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

Report

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Lemma Senbet

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Report

Sustainable financing for development

Homi Kharas, Sachin Chaturvedi, Mustafizur Rahman, and Imme Scholz

Sunday, March 31, 2019

A girl walks towards her family's tent at a refugee camp for people displaced by fightings between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State militants in Ain Issa, Syria October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC182B251DD0

Global Development

Global development disrupted: Findings from a survey of 93 leaders

George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

India

Accelerating financial inclusion in India

Shamika Ravi

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

The United Nations flag flies in front of the Secretariat Building at the United Nations headquarters in New York City September 18, 2015. As leaders from almost 200 nations gather for the annual general assembly at the United Nations, the world body created 70 years ago, Reuters photographer Mike Segar documented quieter moments at the famed 18-acre headquarters on Manhattan's East Side. The U.N., established as the successor to the failed League of Nations after World War Two to prevent a similar conflict from occurring again, attracts more than a million visitors every year to its iconic New York site. The marathon of speeches and meetings this year will address issues from the migrant crisis in Europe to climate change and the fight against terrorism. REUTERS/Mike SegarPICTURE 3 OF 30 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "INSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS"SEARCH "INSIDE UN" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000219185

Report

An assessment of grant-based multilateral funding flows from 2014 to 2016

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Blog Posts

The owner of a "Kirana" or mom-and-pop grocery store accepts money from a customer in his shop in Mumbai December 7, 2012. The Indian government won a second parliament vote on Friday on allowing foreign supermarkets into the country, paving the way for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to press ahead with more reforms, including freeing up a cash-strapped insurance sector. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) - GM1E8C71Q3R01

Future Development

Measuring the gap between ability and effort in domestic revenue mobilization

Ipchita Bharali and Indermit Gill

Monday, April 29, 2019

Panelists discuss the prospect of another debt crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.

Africa in focus

A conversation on sub-Saharan Africa’s debt situation

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A trader changes dollars with naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos

Africa in focus

Is a debt crisis looming in Africa?

Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Amara Ekeruche

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

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Events

2019

Apr

Past Event

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Global development disrupted: A field in transition

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Washington, DC

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2010

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Multimedia

Up Front

Is inflation dead? Development Seminar challenges conventional wisdom on declining inflation prices

Prerna Sharma

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Africa in focus

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A U.S. Army Marines helicopter is loaded with goods from U.S.relief organization U.S. Aid to be deployed to survivors of the Super Typhoon Haiyan at Tacloban airport November 17, 2013. The Philippine and U.S. Air Forces are flying rice, clothes and drinking water into remote areas of the central Philippines, which are unreachable by vehicles. A massive relief effort is finally kicking into gear, nine days after one of the most powerful typhoons on record wreaked havoc across the impoverished area in the central Philippines with monster winds and a deadly storm surge of sea water. Philippine authorities and international aid agencies face a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 late last week. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY) - RTX15GU3

Unpacked

Myths about U.S. foreign aid

George Ingram

Friday, April 7, 2017

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