Global Development

A hostess stands before the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

Africa in Focus

FOCAC 2021: China’s retrenchment from Africa?

Yun Sun

Monday, December 6, 2021

Global Development

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, Onyeka Nwabunnia, and Sarah Osborne

Friday, December 3, 2021

A sex worker holds a placard during a gathering to mark the "World Day Against Trafficking in Persons" organized by "Maiti Nepal", a non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to help the victims of human trafficking and orphanage home for HIV-affected children and women. The "World Day Against Trafficking in Persons" is celebrated worldwide on July 30th. (Photo by Sunil Pradhan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

The fight against forced labor and modern slavery

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Kristen Leanderson Abrams, and Carsten Stendevad

Thursday, December 2, 2021

A worker packs cardboard boxes of cocoa liquor at Choco-Ivoire factory in San Pedro October 2, 2010. A new cocoa grinding factory started operations in Ivory Coast this week, director of export firm SAF Cacao Ali Lakiss told Reuters late on Tuesday, nudging Ivory Coast a step closer to being the world's top grinder. Picture taken October 2, 2010. To match interview COCOA-IVORYCOAST/FACTORY REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST - Tags: BUSINESS)

Africa in Focus

Industrial policy makes a comeback in Africa

Max Walter

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Reports

Essay

Coming together: Forging new paths to action for the Sustainable Development Goals

John McArthur, Zia Khan, and Jacob Taylor

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 30 2014: Raw Coffee Bean sorting and processing in a factory

Report

The potential of industries without smokestacks to address unemployment: An Ethiopia case study

Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Financial chart with upward arrow drawn in pencil

Report

Status check: Managing debt sustainability and development priorities through a ‘Big Push’

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Friday, October 29, 2021

Report

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt problem: Mapping the pandemic’s effect and the way forward

Chris Heitzig, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and Lemma Senbet

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Report

The ruinous price for Africa of pernicious ‘perception premiums’

Hippolyte Fofack

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Blog Posts

Families flee renewed fighting between Congolese army and M23 rebels near the eastern Congolese city of Goma July 24, 2012. Congolese rebels and government forces traded heavy weapons fire around two eastern villages on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the provincial capital days ahead of a regional summit due to tackle the rebellion. REUTERS/James Akena (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)

Future Development

Conflict and land tenure security: What is the relationship?

Paul Prettitore

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Future Development

The end of development tourism: A new model for development cooperation

Patrick Fine

Monday, November 22, 2021

La Paz, Bolivia.- Authorities distribute food in La Paz, Bolivia on November 3, 2020. The United Nations (UN) warned this Tuesday (3) that the COVID-19 crisis in Bolivia threatens the sustainability of the achievements of the last decade, exposing the middle class to slipping back into poverty.

Future Development

Eliciting welfare information from both the tails and the middle of income distributions

Kimberly Blair Bolch and Luis F. Lopez-Calva

Friday, November 19, 2021

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Experts

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Multimedia

A woman wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19 walks past a sign advertising UN's 'Sustainable development goals' in Ginza.The State of Emergency in Tokyo will last until end of June 2021. (Photo by Stanislav Kogiku / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Getting the world unstuck on the Sustainable Development Goals

Zia Khan and John McArthur

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Podcast Episode

Introducing 17 Rooms, a podcast about the people driving a new approach for the Sustainable Development Goals

Zia Khan and John McArthur

Monday, November 15, 2021

Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: First anniversary of the Center for Sustainable Development

John McArthur

Friday, October 29, 2021

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Reports

Technology, inequality, and democracy

Breakthrough: Harnessing technology for a better future

Greater transparency for development finance institutions

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Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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