Global Development

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

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

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Hands holding a a globe like a Rubik's cube

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

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Global network

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

A girl plays hopscotch as people line up to vote in the first round of 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Marseille, France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Laurenson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DF78E8BB0

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

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

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Illustration of a globe focused on Africa

African Leadership Transitions Tracker

Monday, January 4, 2021

A woman from the Daborin Single Mothers Association gathers rice at a small processing plant in the northern Ghanaian town of Bolgatanga, February 1, 2008. The single mothers began their organisation to gain more freedom and financial independence in a district where most farmers live on the equivalent of about a dollar a day, according to Oxfam, which helps fund the women's programme. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GHANA)

Mitigating short-term adjustment costs: Preparing for the AfCFTA

Hippolyte Fofack

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Handshake made of greenery

Keep climate commitments voluntary

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Vang Vieng. Laos. 15/12/2017. Children leaving school by bicycle

How international development donors can collaborate in Southeast Asia

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Map of Southeast Asia

Development in Southeast Asia: Opportunities for donor collaboration

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Lima, Peru.- Peruvians claim the new bonus granted by the state as an economic aid in the midst of the pandemic on December 10, 2020. More than 52 thousand workers of micro-enterprises benefited from the bonus of S / 760 for perfect suspension of labor, economic compensation that is delivered to mitigate the economic impact generated by Covid-19.

COVID-19’s legacy of debt and debt service in developing countries

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Seydou Sogoba prepares to weigh crates of tomatoes before they are sent to the market in Katibougou, Mali February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Annie Risemberg

Unpacking the misconceptions about Africa’s food imports

Louise Fox and Thomas S. Jayne

Monday, December 14, 2020

Solar panels on the roof of a school in Guinea

Lessons from the proliferating mini-grid incentive programs in Africa

Jonathan Phillips, Benjamin Attia, and Victoria Plutshack

Friday, December 11, 2020

A mobile phone application shows movements of a John Deere 5503 tractor, installed with the Hello Tractor technology that connects farmers with vehicles' owners, in Umande village in Nanyuki, Kenya February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

What is the future of work in agri-food?

Luc Christiaensen, Zachariah Rutledge, and J. Edward Taylor

Friday, December 11, 2020

detail of white smoke polluted sky

Business as usual is not an option: The future of natural resource governance

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

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in port during a 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cape Town, South Africa, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

How to reignite Africa’s growth and avoid the need for future debt jubilee

Rabah Arezki and Aitor Erce

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Osaka, Japan skyline at sunrise

City playbook for advancing the SDGs

Tuesday, December 8, 2020