Global Development

An Afghan vendor leads a herd of bulls at a livestock market in Kabul

Up Front

From fragility to resilience: Recommendations for strengthening USAID’s ‘self-reliance’ approach

George Ingram and Jonathan Papoulidis

Friday, August 17, 2018

People stand beside a truck loaded with sacks of flour received from The United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Global Development

If the US doesn’t lead on foreign assistance, who will?

Fred Dews and Merrell Tuck-Primdahl

Friday, August 17, 2018

A labourer walks along a Metro-line construction in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa February 7, 2015. Chinese workers mingle with Ethiopians putting the finishing touches to a city metro line that cuts through Addis Ababa, one of a series of grand state infrastructure projects that Ethiopia hopes will help it mimic Asia's industrial rise.To match Insight ETHIOPIA-ECONOMY/. Picture taken February 7, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CITYSCAPE) - GM1EB281I6C01

Development Financing

Mobilizing private investment and the Compact with Africa: A preliminary assessment and steps ahead

Rob Floyd, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Jann Lay, Rainer Thiele, and Jing Gu

Monday, August 13, 2018

Displaced Afghans load aid near the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan province May 5, 2014. Grief-stricken and desititute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes. Some 300 homes in Aab Bareek, a village in the Argo district of Badakhshan, a remote and mountainous northeastern province, were buried under up to 50 metres of earth and debris. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DISASTER) - GM1EA56055K01

Future Development

The case against a US retreat from international development

John R. Allen

Friday, August 10, 2018

Reports

Global Development

India’s model bilateral investment treaty: Are we too risk averse?

Prabhash Ranjan, Harsha Vardhana Singh, Kevin James, and Ramandeep Singh

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki Haley, introduces White House senior adviser Jared Kushner to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres before a meeting of the UN Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, U.S., February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC15D8890F20

Global Development

Advancing US leadership through multilateral participation

Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

A man looks out of the window of his colonial-era house in Freetown, Sierra Leone November 19, 2012. Sierra Leone's elections were generally well conducted, saw a large turnout, and will help consolidate democracy in the West African state if the eventual results are accepted peacefully by the contenders, European Union observers said on Monday. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOCIETY) - GM1E8BJ1MSC01

Global Development

Fragility 2.0: Ideas to action

Nancy Lindborg

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

A U.S. Marine stands on top of boxes containing tent material from U.S. relief organisation USAid, as he and Philippine soldiers prepare the load to be deployed by airlift by U.S. military to victims of super typhoon Haiyan, at Manila airport November 13, 2013. Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons on record, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province where officials had feared 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like wall of seawater. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY) - GM1E9BD0WA102

Development Financing

Development finance: Filling today’s funding gap

George Ingram and Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Global Development

Foreign assistance in the ‘America First’ era

Liz Schrayer

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Blog Posts

A researcher works on his terminal at the Microsoft India research centre in Bangalore June 24, 2009. Staffed with about 60 full-time researchers, many of them Indians with PhDs from top universities in the United States, the centre is at the cutting edge of Microsoft's R&D. It covers seven areas of research including mobility and cryptography. Its success, including developing a popular tool for Microsoft's new search engine Bing, underscores the potential of R&D in India at a time when cost-conscious firms are keen to offshore to save money by using talented researchers abroad. To match feature INDIA-R&D/ REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SCI TECH BUSINESS) - GM1E57L0LK701

Future Development

Developing statistical capacity in low-income countries

Ryuichi Tomizawa and Noriharu Masugi

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Heavy machinery is seen at Frontier copper mine in Fungurume, southern Democratic Republic of Congo May 25, 2010. Production at First Quantum Minerals' Frontier copper mine in Congo continued round the clock on Wednesday, despite a court decision to revoke the Canadian miner's license. Picture taken May 25, 2010. REUTERS/Katrina Manson (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E65R079Q01

Future Development

7 surprising findings about resource-rich sub-Saharan Africa

Ivailo Izvorski

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

A Jordanian employee paints a handcrafted salver at a Beit al Bawadi ceramics workshop in Amman January 7, 2014. The Beit al Bawadi ceramic workshop was set up by non-profit organisation Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) to provide employment opportunities for Jordanian youths. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA1800K501

Education Plus Development

Female labor force participation is about more than economics

Mayyada Abu Jaber

Thursday, July 26, 2018

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Events

2018

Aug

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Invigorating US leadership in global development

8:40 AM - Friday Aug 03, 2018 12:20 PM MDT

Rethinking indicators of well-being: A discussion with New Zealand’s Treasury Secretary

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM IST

The Marshall Plan’s 70th anniversary and the future of development cooperation

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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From Summits to Solutions

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

Flags are pictured outside the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva.

Global Development

Finding breakthroughs for the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fred Dews, Bill Finan, Homi Kharas, and Enric Sala

Friday, July 20, 2018

Employees work on the manufacturing line at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone textile factory in Nairobi, Kenya April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC116416CF10

Africa in focus

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Girls walk to school at the outskirts of Yangon November 4, 2015. Myanmar on November 8 is holding its first free and fair election in 25 years in which democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is pitted against the ruling party comprised of former members of a military junta. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - GF20000044866

Education in Developing Nations

The women working to improve girls’ education

Dasmine Kennedy, Christina Kwauk, Armene Modi, María Cristina Osorio Vázquez, Damaris Seleina Parsitau, and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 8, 2018

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Global Development

From fragility to resilience: Recommendations for strengthening USAID’s ‘self-reliance’ approach

If the US doesn’t lead on foreign assistance, who will?

Mobilizing private investment and the Compact with Africa: A preliminary assessment and steps ahead

The case against a US retreat from international development

Reports

India’s model bilateral investment treaty: Are we too risk averse?

Advancing US leadership through multilateral participation

Fragility 2.0: Ideas to action

Development finance: Filling today’s funding gap

Foreign assistance in the ‘America First’ era

Blog Posts

Developing statistical capacity in low-income countries

7 surprising findings about resource-rich sub-Saharan Africa

Female labor force participation is about more than economics

Events

Invigorating US leadership in global development

Rethinking indicators of well-being: A discussion with New Zealand’s Treasury Secretary

The Marshall Plan’s 70th anniversary and the future of development cooperation

Related Books

From Summits to Solutions

Identification Revolution

The Marshall Plan and the Shaping of American Strategy

Multimedia

Finding breakthroughs for the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

The women working to improve girls’ education

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