Global Development

American Leadership in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

Monday, Sep 23, 2019 7:45 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice

New York, New York

Using extractive industry data to fight inequality & strengthen accountability: Victories, lessons, future directions for Africa

9:00 AM - 12:30 AM EDT

Washington, DC

Colombian coffee grower Jose Eliecer Sierra picks coffee fruits at a plantation in Pueblorrico, Colombia March 11, 2019. Picture taken March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez - RC14ED1E2770

Future Development

Is informality bad for business?

Sandra Rozo and Hernan Winkler

Friday, October 11, 2019

ATTENTION EDITORS - IMAGE 1 OF 22 OF PICTURE PACKAGE '7 BILLION, 7 STORIES - OVERCROWDED IN HONG KONG. SEARCH 'MONG KOK' FOR ALL IMAGES - People cross a street in Mong Kok district in Hong Kong, October 4, 2011. Mong Kok has the highest population density in the world, with 130,000 in one square kilometre. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer and healthier lives, says the U.N., gaps between rich and poor are widening and more people than ever are vulnerable to food insecurity and water shortages. Picture taken October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY) - LM2E7AE147B01

Future Development

Double tipping points in 2019: When the world became mostly rich and largely old

Homi Kharas and Wolfgang Fengler

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Reports

Visitors are seen at Tokyo Game Show 2019 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato - RC1ACC4760F0

Global Trade

A WTO reform agenda

Joshua P. Meltzer

Sunday, September 15, 2019

A girl plays hopscotch as people line up to vote in the first round of 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Marseille, France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Laurenson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DF78E8BB0

Global Development

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones

Sunday, September 1, 2019

A customer uses the AliExpress app on a mobile phone, after Safaricom secured a deal to use its M-Pesa mobile payment service for online shopping on one of Alibaba's platforms, at their offices in Nairobi, Kenya March 12, 2019. REUTERS/George Nganga - RC17EC4C3010

Report

Taxing mobile phone transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Njuguna Ndung’u

Monday, August 5, 2019

Voters listen as U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks during his 2020 U.S. presidential campaign at the Iowa River Brewing in Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S., February 9, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - RC14160B05C0

Report

An open letter to the candidates: What your pollsters may not know about America and foreign policy

Liz Schrayer

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Azonmayon Moses, 21-year-old teacher and first time voter, poses for a picture in his classroom in the Makoko shanty town built on stilts in a lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria February 4, 2019. He is anxious that who ever becomes president does not order the demolition of the precarious settlement he calls home. Azonmayon said: "He must give us assurance that if we vote for them, that they are not going to do anything to us, they must allow us to stay here safely." But he is no fan of the current president. "Everything is hard in the time of Buhari. To find a job is very difficult, to buy food is very hard for us now so that's why we don't need him now." Picture taken February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja - RC19D2735C00

Report

The global education challenge: Scaling up to tackle the learning crisis

Alice Albright

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Blog Posts

Africa in focus

A conversation with Guinean President Condé on natural resource management in Africa

Christina Golubski

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Abdulahi Abuker weaves threads into traditional garments, preserving a Somali tradition that is under threat from a flood of inexpensive clothes imported from China and other countries, in the Madina district of Mogadishu, Somalia.September 13, 2019.Picture taken September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RC1156B19070

Future Development

Somalia’s path to stability

Raj M. Desai

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

A general view of Firdos Square, one of the main squares of Baghdad April 29, 2014. Iraq is now gripped by its worst violence since the heights of its 2005-2008 sectarian war, and Sunni Islamist insurgents who target Shi'ites have been regaining ground in the country over the past year. But despite the instability, daily life continues in poor Shi'ite neighbourhoods of Baghdad such as Al-Fdhiliya and Sadr City - a sprawling slum marred by poor infrastructure and overcrowding. Reuters photographer Ahmed Jadallah spent time documenting the community and their daily life. Picture taken April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POLITICS)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 01 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCCER, SALONS AND SWIMMING IN SADR CITY'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'SADR JADALLAH' - GM1EA5T16KX01

Future Development

Getting reconstruction right and wrong: Lessons from Iraq

Hideki Matsunaga

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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Events

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Upcoming Event

Leave no one behind: Time for specifics on the Sustainable Development Goals

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Natural resource management in Africa: A conversation with President of Guinea Alpha Condé

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM EDT

2020 and beyond: Maintaining the bipartisan narrative on US global development

9:00 AM - Friday Aug 02, 2019 1:00 PM MST

Aspen, Colorado

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Related Books

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African Development, African Transformation: How Institutions Shape Development Strategy

By Landry Signé

2018

From Summits to Solutions

Edited by Raj M. Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W. McArthur

2018

Identification Revolution

By Alan Gelb and Anna Diofasi Metz

2018

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mar 17, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; A member of the Bridgestone Arena crew sweeps confetti off the court after a win by the Auburn Tigers over the Tennessee Volunteers in the SEC conference tournament championship game at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports - 12368716

Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

George Ingram

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@GMIngramIV

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Multimedia

Women work at a garment factory in Thai Binh province, Vietnam.

Economic Development

The story of Vietnam’s economic revolution

David Dollar and Madame Pham Chi Lan

Monday, September 30, 2019

Volunteers serve lunch at a community kitchen set-up by USAID and World Food Programme in Cucuta, Colombia February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC1AED504B00

Podcast Episode

Will foreign aid matter in the 2020 election?

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Fred Dews

Friday, August 30, 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

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