Global Development

A lab worker holds up a test-tube of blood before conducting HIV tests at Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland (AZG)'s clinic in Yangon February 21, 2012. Tens of thousands of lives are at risk in Myanmar due to an anticipated funding shortfall to treat people living with HIV and tuberculosis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned Wednesday, urging international donors to provide immediate support to the impoverished country. Myanmar is already facing "a devastating gap" between people's needs and access to treatment and a decision by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to cancel funding for 2013 because of a lack of donor money could worsen the situation, the report "Lives in the balance: the urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar" said. Picture taken February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) - GM1E82M0ZJO01

We need breakthrough technologies to reach the Sustainable Development Goal targets for health

Gavin Yamey and Alexander Gunn

Friday, October 5, 2018

Members of hardline Muslim groups hold a big national flag as they attend a protest against Jakarta's incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama

Development and the crisis of global nationalism

Prasenjit Duara

Thursday, October 4, 2018

A woman who holds a BPL (Below Poverty Line) card buys wheat from a government-run ration shop in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad February 12, 2013. Picture taken February 12, 2013. To match INDIA-BUDGET/ REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY POVERTY) - GM1E92F1NDT01

How India can improve its Take-Home Rations program to boost child and maternal nutrition

Ryan Schwarz, Robert Hecht, Kelly Flanagan, and Rajan Sankar

Monday, October 1, 2018

Cinema-goers wearing 3D glasses watch a movie at a PVR Multiplex in Mumbai November 10, 2013. Multiplex operators like PVR Ltd, Inox Leisure, Reliance Mediaworks and Mexican chain Cinepolis are scrambling to set up theatres targeting the rapidly growing number of middle-class Indians willing to pay to watch Bollywood movies in more comfortable surroundings. The potential is huge, provided operators can find the right location in a country where prime urban real estate is costly and in short supply. Picture taken November 10, 2013. To match MULTIPLEX-INDIA/ REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT) - GM1E9BK0DED01

A global tipping point: Half the world is now middle class or wealthier

Homi Kharas and Kristofer Hamel

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Mine workers employed at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft operate a drill in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. Picture taken April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1ECFE663F0

Resource-rich Africa can boost growth to reduce poverty

Ivailo Izvorski

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

A World Food Programme employee uses a satellite phone to coordinate a U.N's World Food Programme (WFP) food aid air drop near the town of Katdalok, in Jonglei State of South Sudan July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Dumo - RC172BCB7890

Data is the new feet on the ground

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

People walk by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis - RC13737E70C0

Tracking private finance to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

George Ingram and Sally Paxton

Monday, September 24, 2018

An open toilet is seen in a field in Gorba in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, India

What panel data tell us about toilets in India

Indermit Gill and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Newly displaced Syrians arrive to a refugee camp in Atimah village, Idlib province, Syria September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC1C3AA07CD0

The Idlib agreement and other pieces of the Syrian puzzle

Omer M. Karasapan

Monday, September 17, 2018

Fatima Paola Pizarro (L), holds her daughter Aitana Pizarro at her grandparent's home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 8, 2018. Fatima is the daughter of Marcelino Pizarro who lives in El Paso, U.S. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez SEARCH "MARCELINO PIZARRO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1EC57A0B00

International migration: What happens to those left behind?

Milena Nikolova, Carol Graham, and Artjoms Ivlevs

Thursday, September 13, 2018