Global Development

A view of the Yaba district in Lagos June 25, 2015. At first glance, Yaba is like many other parts of Nigeria's sprawling commercial capital: a cacophony of car horns and shouting street vendors, mingling with exhaust fumes and the occasional stench of sewage. But in between the run-down buildings in this seemingly inauspicious part of Lagos, a city of around 21 million, tech start-ups are taking root and creating a buzz that is drawing international venture capitalists and more established digital firms. Picture taken June 25, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX1M6LS

Up Front

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, development hacks, and the power of digital record-keeping

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Philippine soldiers carry medicine supplies donated by USAID for landslide victims in St. Bernard town, southern Leyte, upon their arrival at the Tacloban airport in central Philippines February 18, 2006. Hundreds of people were feared dead in central Philippines after mudslides triggered by heavy rains buried houses and an elementary school packed with children on Friday, officials and witnesses said. REUTER/Romeo Ranoco - RTR1B7HD

Up Front

Empowering aid: The real disruptive play for U.S. foreign policy

Anthony F. Pipa

Thursday, August 3, 2017

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A U.N. peacekeeper demonstrates to schoolchildren how to use a mine sweeper during an educational campaign at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in the town of Naqoura in southern Lebanon April 4, 2014. U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon held an educational campaign for schoolchildren teaching them to identify mines and unexploded cluster bombs to commemorate international mine awareness day. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) - RTR3JXJX

Development Financing

The politics of foreign aid

Monday, July 31, 2017

Reports

Internally displaced Somali families rest as they flee from drought stricken regions in Lower Shabelle region before entering makeshift camps in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar TEMPLATE OUT - RTX31HFI

Development Financing

Handle with care: The challenge of fragility

Monday, July 31, 2017

Workers offload the first consignment of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) medical equipment towards the fight against Ebola, at the Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, August 24, 2014. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that a decision by many transport companies to suspend services to Ebola-hit countries was leading to shortages of basic goods and foodstuffs. The USAID airlifted more than 16 tons of medical equipment and emergency supplies to the Liberian capital Monrovia on Sunday. Picture taken August 24, 2014. REUTERS/James Giahyue (LIBERIA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY HEALTH TRANSPORT) - RTR43LPD

Development Financing

American public support for foreign aid in the age of Trump

Monday, July 31, 2017

A woman carries a bag of rice from USAID as part of food distributed by various relief agencies in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince February 18, 2010. France will provide 270 million euros (US$366.8 million) over two years to Haiti to help the Caribbean nation's economy recover from a devastating January 12 earthquake, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT FOOD SOCIETY POLITICS) - RTR2AI1Z

Development Financing

U.S. global development leadership in a changing world

Monday, July 31, 2017

Flags fly at the Washington Monument, as the U.S. Capitol is seen at rear, on Flag Day in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTS174ST

Development Financing

Institutional architecture of U.S foreign aid

Monday, July 31, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump talks with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde during a working session at the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay - RTX3ALT2

Development Financing

Multilateralism under stress

Monday, July 31, 2017

Blog Posts

U.S. embassy staff hang a banner on a truck loaded with humanitarian aid before it is sent to Lebanon from Amman, Jordan August 31, 2006. The United States, through the Agency for International Developments (USAID), donated 700 metric tons of wheat to the World Food Program for immediate release and transport to Lebanon, according to the U.S. embassy in Amman. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN) - RTR1GUQC

Brookings Now

What “America First” means for US foreign aid

Molli Ferrarello

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Cholera patients receive treatment and care inside a special ward at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RTX3C2A7

TechTank

How the Trump budget harms global health and weakens international stability

Jake Schneider and Darrell M. West

Thursday, July 27, 2017

A general view shows the Gibe III hydroelectric dam during its inauguration in Shoma Yero village in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region in Ethiopia, December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTX2VFXL

Future Development

Why developing countries get stuck with weak institutions and how foreign actors can help

Brad Parks, Mark Buntaine, and Benjamin Buch

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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The evolving US diplomatic and foreign aid budget: What do these changes mean for Africa?

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Friday, May 26, 2017

Unidentified government officials stand on used vegetable oil tins donated by the U.S. at a food distribution point near Jijiga, eastern Ethiopia December 1, 2009. Aid workers in Ethiopia will investigate how foreign humanitarian relief supplies are delivered after opposition political parties alleged that their members were being denied food ahead of elections in May. Picture taken December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Barry Malone (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS FOOD CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXS2K0

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Teachers’ salaries: Too many bucks for the bang?

Friday, July 21, 2017

A cargo ship crosses behind Kroo Bay slum in Freetown, January 23, 2014. As evening falls over Sierra Leone's Banana Island archipelago, bats stream from their beachside roosts to circle in their thousands over the jungle village of Dublin. Below them a struggle is playing out over an unexpected commodity - the lowly sea cucumber, a fleshy, sausage-shaped creature that scavenges for food on the seabed. While the Banana Islanders have no use for sea cucumbers, in China they are prized for their medicinal properties and as a natural aphrodisiac. Picture taken January 23, 2014. To match Feature LEONE-SEACUCUMBERS/ REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: ANIMALS BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY POLITICS MARITIME) - RTR3NHJC

Six steps to start changing how Africa does development

Souleymane Coulibaly

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Participants of the G20 summit and their spouses pose for a family photo around German Chancellor Angela Merkel (5thL) and her husband Joachim Sauer (6thL) at the Elbphilharmonie before attending a concert in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool - RTX3AJJC

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Amar Bhattacharya

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