Global Development

A man, recuperating from dengue fever, talks to a doctor in a hospital of Manila, Philippines, August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez - RC14EDA78C00

Achieving universal health coverage through value-based care and public-private collaboration

Mark McClellan, Lucas Scherdel, Andrea Thoumi, and Krishna Udayakumar

Friday, September 20, 2019

Women wash leaves on the bank of the Matan Fada river ahead of the Argungu fishing festival in Kebbi State, north-west Nigeria March 14, 2008. Hundreds of local fishermen from around Nigeria and other neighbouring countries of Niger and Mali are expected to participate in traditional bare-hand fishing at the annual Argungu fishing festival. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA) - GM1E43E1QW301

Africa’s climate crisis, conflict, and migration challenges

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Friday, September 20, 2019

The slogan "Climate action" is projected on the Eiffel Tower as part of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) in Paris, France, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - LR1EBCB1BKV2N

Success from the UN climate summit will hinge on new ways to build national action

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Delegates walk in front a poster of prominent attendees of the 1955 Asian-African Conference during a historical walk commemorating the 60-year anniversary of the Asian-African Summit, on Asia Afrika street in Bandung, Indonesia April 24, 2015. Leaders of Asian and African nations are in Jakarta to mark the 60th anniversary of a conference that made a developing-world stand against colonialism and led to the Cold War era's non-aligned movement.

The Global South and development assistance

Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Amara Ekeruche

Monday, September 16, 2019

Residents fill containers with water from a polluted river in Cape Town, South Africa, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC126C105D10

The invisible water crisis

Richard Damania

Monday, September 16, 2019

A person dressed in ebola protective apparel is seen inside an ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena? - RC11E436E5B0

Are the multilaterals ready to act on pandemic prevention and other global public goods?

Kaci Kennedy McDade and Gavin Yamey

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

A factory employee works in a thread spinning factory in Cairo, Egypt, July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1339B685A0

The curse of (uncontested) imports

Friday, September 6, 2019

Soldiers and rescue workers unload aid from cargo aeroplane in Sittwe airpot at Sittwe, Rakhine state, August 5, 2015. The United States will announce an aid package for Myanmar to help the Southeast Asian country provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. More than 250,000 people have been affected and 69 killed by flooding that was triggered last week by monsoon rains, according to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - GF20000014051

US foreign aid is worth defending now more than ever

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

A ship transports empty containers at the seaport of Benghazi, Libya August 28, 2019. Picture taken August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori - RC1399D965E0

Has globalization gone too far—or not far enough?

Shanta Devarajan

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

A woman hawks merchandise past transit trucks at Mpondwe border that separates Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena - RC1ADF153830

The AfCFTA: The first step of a long marathon

Angelle B. Kwemo

Tuesday, September 3, 2019