Global Development

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

Manufacturers work at an assembly line of Vingroup's Vsmart phone in Hai Phong,Vietnam December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Kham - RC16DDBFE340

Future Development

How can Vietnam avoid the middle-income trap?

Sebastian Eckardt and Vu Viet Ngoan

Thursday, May 16, 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

Men attend a charity event to distribute meals for homeless people near a cathedral in Russia's southern city of Stavropol November 19, 2014. The charity event was organized by social movements, the Russian Orthodox church and held by former drug and alcohol addicts undergoing rehabilitation, who cooked and distributed food among the homeless, according to organizers. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD POVERTY) - GM1EABJ1C3W01

Future Development

Can Russia halve poverty by 2024?

Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Aleksandra Posarac, and Apurva Sanghi

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Reports

Residential buildings under construction are seen in Jinpu New District in Dalian, Liaoning province, China March 19, 2018. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. - RC16EF764510

Report

Conclusion: Toward a new economic and political model?

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

A boy rows his boat in the polluted waters of the Brahmaputra river on the occasion of World Water Day in Guwahati, India, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika - RC14A5D8FB60

Report

The environment beyond neoliberalism: Delivering sustainable growth

Manish Bapna, Helen Mountford, and Janet Ranganathan

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

A woman looks at an electronic board showing the recent fluctuations of market indices on the floor of Brazil's B3 Stock Exchange in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 3, 2019. Picture taken April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli - RC157ABDC690

Report

Finance and monetary policy beyond neoliberalism: The way ahead for emerging markets

Rakesh Mohan

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

A men locks his shack at Slovo Park, an informal settlement located next to the Nancefield industrial area, south of Johannesburg, South Africa May 29, 2018. Picture taken May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1BE7B6FC00

Report

Inequality beyond neoliberalism: Policies for more inclusive growth

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

A general view of factories in the industrial district of Jurong in western Singapore April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su - D1AESWJXHQAA

Report

Economic growth strategies beyond neoliberalism: Do we need new models for the 21st century?

Danny M. Leipziger

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Blog Posts

Workers stand on a ladder at a new condominium construction in Jakarta's business district June 11, 2015. Indonesian property shares all rose in October when it became clear that reform-minded Joko Widodo would be president, but as Southeast Asia's biggest economy charts a weaker course this year, stock investors are keen to separate the wheat from the chaff. Picture taken June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta - GF10000124918

Future Development

How emerging markets are moving beyond neoliberalism

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Thursday, May 2, 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

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

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Events

2019

Apr

Past Event

The city of Pittsburgh, ONEPGH, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Washington, DC

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Related Books

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

The Marshall Plan and the Shaping of American Strategy

Edited by Bruce D. Jones; Foreword by Strobe Talbott; Contributions by Will Moreland

2017

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Multimedia

Somali women walk past the wreckage of a car involved in an explosion near the president's residence in Mogadishu, Somalia December 22, 2018. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RC195E3B8230

Podcast Episode

Preventing violent extremism in fragile states

George Ingram, Nancy Lindborg, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

A 40-foot-high (12-metre-high) and 30-foot-wide (nine-metre-wide) inflatable rubber duck, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is towed up the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 27, 2013. The event marks the North American debut of Hofman's Rubber Duck Project, which has taken place in other cities in Asia, Europe, Australia and South America. REUTERS/Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E99S0NDL01

Up Front

US cities leading on the Sustainable Development Goals

Ambassador Sarah Mendelson and Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A woman, who has been displaced by floods, uses a USAID box to move her belongings while taking refuge on an embankment at Chandan Mori village in Dadu, some 320 km (199 miles) north of Karachi October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E6AA1O2701

Global Development

Trump tries to cut foreign aid without Congress

George Ingram

Thursday, August 23, 2018

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