Global Development

Future Development

The fierce urgency of now: Toward a new multilateralism

Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright

Monday, June 24, 2019

Sudanese refugees who fled from the clashes are seen at a school in Al Dahra district in Tripoli, Libya April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny - RC1A8DEA8F40

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Prosper Africa, World Refugee Day, and DRC updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, June 22, 2019

Workers inspect railway tracks, which serve as a part of the Belt and Road freight rail route linking Chongqing to Duisburg, at Dazhou railway station in Sichuan province, China March 14, 2019. Picture taken March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1563D032A0

Future Development

Winners and losers along China’s Belt and Road

Indermit Gill, Somik V. Lall, and Mathilde Lebrand

Friday, June 21, 2019

Children play football at the graveyards (City of the Dead) called locally "Zawiyyet al-Mayyiteen" in Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1217CE1350

Future Development

More than half of the world’s poor are children

Katharina Fenz and Kristofer Hamel

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Reports

People walk in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States, October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1688DDCC30

Report

Shaping the global agenda to maximize city leadership on the SDGs

Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

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

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

Blog Posts

A technician cleans solar panels, part of the BBOXX and EDF solar energy system used to provide electricity to Sikpe Afidegnon village, Togo May 16, 2019. Picture taken May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Noel Kokou Tadegnon - RC123FE24560

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Progress on SDGs in Africa

Genevieve Jesse and Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Office buildings under construction stand behind the Angolan central bank building in the capital, Luanda, in this January 20, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/Files - GF10000382251

Future Development

Stressful speculations about public debt in Africa

Indermit Gill, Kenan Karakülah, and Shanta Devarajan

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Syrian refugee Omayma al Hushan, 14, who launched an initiative against child marriage among Syrian refugees, speaks to her friends about her initiative at a school in Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - GF10000397998

Future Development

Forced displacement and child marriage: A growing challenge in MENA

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

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Events

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

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

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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

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

Thursday, August 23, 2018

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