Global Development

SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 08 July 2020 - Grade 11 pupils from J.G Zuma High School in Kwamashu, Durban queue early in the morning joining other pupils over 2 million from grade R, 6 and 11 pupils as they return to the classrooms after almost four months at home.Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa out.

Financing a comprehensive and equitable COVID-19 response

Mahmoud Mohieldin and Michael Kelleher

Friday, September 18, 2020

A soccer fan uses his mobile phone for betting during a television broadcast at a soccer theatre called the San Siro Stadium as the English Premier League season resumes after a three-month stoppage due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Kibera district of Nairobi, Kenya June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

COVID-19 exposes Africa’s digital divide

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, September 18, 2020

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Time to walk the talk: International financing of the Sustainable Development Goals

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Foreign workers sit on the street after losing their jobs, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Pandemic highlights the vulnerability of migrant workers in the Middle East

Thursday, September 17, 2020

South Africa - Durban - 15 June 2020 - Zethembe Langa (owner, 34) with his assistant Dumani Jili (blue uniform) are young pig farmers just ouside Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his business this year 2020 and has a few butcheries as his clients. Photo by Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA) /RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Easy meat: The case of the pork industry in South Africa

Christopher Rooney

Thursday, September 17, 2020

American leadership in advancing the sustainable development goals

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

A hairdresser uses her phone as she waits for clients at a makeshift saloon in Soweto, August 4, 2014. While still largely based in the informal economy, the African haircare business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches to China and India and has drawn global giants such as L'Oreal and Unilever. Hairdressers are a fixture of markets and taxi ranks across Africa, reflecting both the continent's rising incomes and demand from hair-conscious women. Picture taken August 4. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TELECOMS)

What types of interventions promote women’s entrepreneurship?

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

A shop owner poses for a photograph at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa December 16, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

What works for women microentrepreneurs?

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Are impact bonds delivering on outcomes?

Are impact bonds delivering outcomes and paying out returns?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Meg Massey, and Sarah Osborne

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

A child reacts during a demonstration in support of women and against gender violence, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Mariana Greif

USAID’s draft policy retrenches on gender equality

George Ingram and Nora O’Connell

Thursday, September 10, 2020