Global Development

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Tianjin/China-April 12,2020:Smoking chimneys of a power plant, located beside a fishing village.

Future Development

To support climate action, growth measures should count planetary damages

Vinod Thomas

Monday, January 25, 2021

Africa in Focus

Vote—What do you think should be the top priority for Africa in the year ahead?

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Friday, January 22, 2021

Future Development

The brave new world of 2021

Homi Kharas

Thursday, January 21, 2021

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Events

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2021

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST

U.S.-Japan relations: Policy challenges for the Biden administration (Part 2: Economics, trade, COVID-19, climate, infrastructure and connectivity)

7:30 PM - 8:45 PM EST

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

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

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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

Daniel Kaufmann

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Haroon Bhorat

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

@HaroonBhorat

Vera Songwe

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

@SongweVera

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Multimedia

Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding the Supreme Court at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mark Makela

Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Can President Biden reengage on US global leadership?

George Ingram

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Reimagining rural policy in America

Anthony F. Pipa

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Report

Great Transitions: Doubling down on the Sustainable Development Goals

Monday, November 30, 2020

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More on Global Development

FILE PHOTO: A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the Iowa caucuses, where agriculture and clean energy are key issues, in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Time to pivot: The role of the energy transition and investors in forging resilient resource-rich country outcomes

Victoria Bassetti, Norman Eisen, Michael Jarvis, Suneeta Kaimal, Daniel Kaufmann, Kelsey Landau, Robin J. Lewis, Allison Merkel, Mario Picon, and Erica Westenberg

Friday, January 15, 2021

Durban, South Africa - 15 August, 2012 - a woman works picking cucumbers in a farm greenhouse.

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A South African case study

Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Morné Oosthuizen, and Christopher Rooney

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Hands holding a a globe like a Rubik's cube

Renewing US global engagement in a changed world

George Ingram

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

COVID-19 exposes a changed world: A prescription for renewing US global partnership

George Ingram

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Let the great transition begin

Zia Khan and John McArthur

Thursday, January 7, 2021

United States Vice President Joe Biden talks to reporters at the International Studies Learning Center where he visited with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President Xi, China's leader-in-waiting to President Hu Jintao, is wrapping up a five-day visit to the United States with a two days of business talks Los Angeles. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

Biden must make China more accountable for its Belt and Road Initiative

George Ingram and Lester Munson

Thursday, January 7, 2021

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Reports

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2021

U.S.-Japan relations: Policy challenges for the Biden administration (Part 2: Economics, trade, COVID-19, climate, infrastructure and connectivity)

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

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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

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