Global Development

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

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

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

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

Child running with USAID icon in the background,

Voices on US foreign assistance under challenge, part 2: Measuring effectiveness, private sector financing, and foreign aid success stories

Fred Dews and Homi Kharas

Friday, October 13, 2017

USAID package.

Voices on US foreign assistance under challenge, part 1: US leadership, fragile states, and ideas for reform

Fred Dews and George Ingram

Friday, October 6, 2017

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

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

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

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

What “America First” means for US foreign aid

Molli Ferrarello

Thursday, July 27, 2017

A woman stitches leather gloves at the Pittards world class leather manufacturing company in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa

Is Africa still rising?

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Fred Dews

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

On proposed budget cuts to foreign assistance programs

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Schoolgirls queue up to receive from authorities at government school in Mumbai

WATCH: What are the key ingredients to scaling quality learning?

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Molly Curtiss

Thursday, May 25, 2017