Global Development

People walk past roadside stalls with umbrellas in the central business district, near Marina in Lagos, Nigeria December 13, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC119A3413E0

Rethinking global poverty reduction in 2019

Homi Kharas, Kristofer Hamel, and Martin Hofer

Thursday, December 13, 2018

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakesh, Morocco December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Abderrahmane Mokhtari - RC1C5F88B000

The Global Compact on Migration: Dead on arrival?

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

A Turkish official points while giving a tour to media of the Turkish-made power ship 'Kaya Bey' after a dedication ceremony at Karachi Port on November 21, 2010. The Turkish-made power plant aboard the vessel will feed 232 megawatts to the national grid within a month, local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - GM1E6BL1QP501

Building beyond borders

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington is lit up in blue as part of a United Nations global event to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN's founding October 24, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - GF20000031592

The US is closing in on a coherent approach to fragility

Monday, December 10, 2018

A child gets an injection of chemotherapy at the Misurata Cancer Center in Misurata, Libya August 5, 2018. Picture taken August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny - RC1855561670

Is there a doctor in the house? The challenge of primary health care in Libya

Ernest Massiah, Moustafa Abdalla, and Kent Garber

Monday, December 10, 2018

A general view shows the Azov Sea port of Berdyansk, Ukraine November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich - RC17C02B74C0

3 big societal problems to fix in 2019

Monday, December 10, 2018

Participants take part in the plenary session during COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - RC17E0BBAB80

It’s déjà vu all over again: Climate finance at COP24

Romain Weikmans and Timmons Roberts

Thursday, December 6, 2018

An official from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) collects data and registers a Congolese migrant who crossed from Angola at the Kamako border, Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 13, 2018. Picture taken October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini - RC1D32E4EC70

Achieving better results in global development even when you can’t innovate radically

Kristin M. Lord

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Iranian rials, U.S. dollars and Iraqi dinars are seen at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq November 3, 2018. Picture taken November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani - RC18BD110300

Iran’s economic reforms in retreat

Djavad Salehi Isfahani

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Workers walk along a tunnel of a subway construction site in Changsha, Hunan province, China, October 11, 2015. Picture taken October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - S1AETNOYSNAA

Sustainable infrastructure investment, climate change, and global development

Joshua P. Meltzer

Monday, December 3, 2018