Global Development

Nairobi, Kenya - April 28 2018: People walking along a busy street in the crowded down town of Nairobi City, Kenya, East Africa

Africa in Focus

US foreign policy toward Africa: An African citizen perspective

E. Gyimah-Boadi, Landry Signé, and Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny

Friday, October 23, 2020

Future Development

Are we on track to end global hunger?

Matt Cooper, Homi Kharas, and Benjamin Müller

Thursday, October 22, 2020

A boy walks in front of a graffiti promoting the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Future Development

The impact of COVID-19 on global extreme poverty

Homi Kharas

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Future Development

Around the halls: Brookings experts on the new Center for Sustainable Development

Amar Bhattacharya, Marcela Escobari, George Ingram, Homi Kharas, and Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Reports

Report

Making US global development structures and functions fit for purpose

George Ingram

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

China

China’s influence on the global middle class

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

October 2020

Report

Do the benefits outweigh the costs of impact bonds?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sarah Osborne

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Report

Urban economic growth in Africa: A framework for analyzing constraints to agglomeration

John Page, Jeffrey Gutman, Payce Madden, and Dhruv Gandhi

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Report

Do impact bonds affect the ecosystem of social services delivery and financing?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Sarah Osborne, and Meg Massey

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Blog Posts

A child plays with a ball that represents an earth globe during the Global Climate Strike of the Fridays for Future movement in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Future Development

Heeding the call to action: A sustainable path for humanity

John McArthur

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Up Front

Why Brookings is starting a Center for Sustainable Development

John R. Allen

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

US flag fluttering on the wind during sunset, flag raised on the cargo ship berthed in the port of Newark, NJ.

Up Front

How the next administration can enhance US engagement in global development

George Ingram

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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Events

2020

Oct

Past Event

Charting a new course toward economic, social, and environmental progress

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

Scaling quality education in India: Year 2 results of the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond and beyond

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

American leadership in advancing the sustainable development goals

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Online only

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Related Books

Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential

By Landry Signé

2020

Leave No One Behind

Edited by Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Izumi Ohno

2019

Democracies Divided

Edited by Thomas Carothers and Andrew O'Donohue

2019

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Experts

John Page

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

George Ingram

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

@GMIngramIV

Jeffrey Gutman

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Multimedia

Helsinki cityscape with Helsinki Cathedral, Finland

Up Front

A conversation with Jan Vapaavuori, mayor of Helsinki

Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Global Trade

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s vision for the WTO

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and David Dollar

Monday, September 21, 2020

Up Front

A conversation with Chris Castro, director of sustainability and resilience for Orlando

Anthony F. Pipa, Max Bouchet, and Landon Webber

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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