Development Financing

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

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

Zeinab, 14, writes in class at a school near a camp for internally displaced people from drought hit areas in Dollow, Somalia April 3, 2017. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZEINAB DOLLOW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RTX34W48

Innovative financing in education talk show

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Results for Development Friday, April 7, 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

Myths about U.S. foreign aid

George Ingram

Friday, April 7, 2017

Photo: The colors of the Colombian flag are reflected in a canal next to the convention center in Cartagena, Colombia. [Reuters/Jaime Saldarriaga]

Colombia leads the developing world in signing the first social impact bond contracts

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones

Friday, March 31, 2017

South Africa's outgoing Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan holds a copy of an intelligence report that President Jacob Zuma used as justification to fire him, during a media briefing at their offices in Pretoria, South Africa, March 31,2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX33IUO

Africa in the news: Zuma sacks Finance Minister Gordhan, Côte d’Ivoire seeks additional IMF funds, and violence in DRC escalates

Mariama Sow

Friday, March 31, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalist at the Oval Office of the White House after the AHCA health care bill was pulled before a vote, accompanied by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (2nd R) and Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured), in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX32M39

Development finance in the age of Trump: Back to the future?

Raj M. Desai

The Bretton Woods Committee Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Children play before taking part in a specialized class preparing toddlers for kindergarten interviews in Hong Kong, China May 17, 2015. Parents believe that getting a place in a good kindergarten will help them secure a spot in a good primary and secondary school and pave the way for a good start in life. With the competition being so fierce, sought-after kindergartens can be selective about who they let in. Pre-kindergarten interview courses train them to be disciplined, responsive and polite through games, music and dance. They also offer one-on-one mock interview sessions. Picture taken May 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RTX1E7O8

Intervene early, intervene well

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sophie Gardiner

SSIR Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Les pays exportateurs de pétrole en Afrique subsaharienne

Amadou Sy

Friday, March 3, 2017

I think blended finance, development finance, is what’s needed, is the future. The U.S. is using a model that was created 40 years ago and I think it’s way past time for modernizing our capabilities.

George Ingram Devex February 21, 2017

A health worker (R) weighs a child under a government program in New Delhi, India, May 7, 2015. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 billion people are coming in for sharp criticism, including from within his cabinet. To Match Insight INDIA-MODI/ Picture taken May 7, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee - RTX1DJLG

The real development failure would be not knowing regret

Manoj Mohanan

Thursday, February 2, 2017