Global Poverty

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Flood risk and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

Payce Madden

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Future Development

Are we on track to end global hunger?

Matt Cooper, Homi Kharas, and Benjamin Müller

Thursday, October 22, 2020

A boy walks in front of a graffiti promoting the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Future Development

The impact of COVID-19 on global extreme poverty

Homi Kharas

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Asia at night from space with city lights showing human activity in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other countries, 3d rendering of planet Earth, elements from NASA

Future Development

Asia’s data frontier—Modeling poverty from space

Anna Marie Fernando, Arturo Martinez Jr., Joseph Bulan, and Katharina Fenz

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Reports

North Korean bank note, Jan 25, 2020 : North Korean bank notes displayed for sale at a pavilion, just south of the border between the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Report

What do we know about poverty in North Korea?

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Olha Danylo, Steffen Fritz, Martin Hofer, Homi Kharas, and Juan Carlos Laso Bayas

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

A child sits outside a locked shack in Nkaneng township, Marikana's informal settlement, in Rustenburg

Report

Poverty, hunger, and malnutrition: Challenges and breakthroughs for rural revitalization

Homi Kharas and Lorenz Noe

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

A girl walks towards her family's tent at a refugee camp for people displaced by fightings between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State militants in Ain Issa, Syria October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC182B251DD0

Global Development

Global development disrupted: Findings from a survey of 93 leaders

George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

A malnourished boy lies on a weighing scale at the malnutrition ward of al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen September 11, 2018. Picture taken September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC1D4DBA52B0

Public Health

The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: The Lancet Commission report

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Social Issues

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Blog Posts

Migrant workers with their faces covered and carrying their belongings, walk along a railway track to return to their home state of eastern Bihar, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Future Development

The impact of COVID-19 and the policy response in India

Maurice Kugler and Shakti Sinha

Monday, July 13, 2020

3D render of stock market crashing in a global economy

Future Development

Unprecedented damage by COVID-19 requires an unprecedented policy response

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu and M. Ayhan Kose

Friday, July 10, 2020

Ahmad Yassin al-Ali and Fawza Umri's children eat together inside their tent, at Atmeh camp, near the Turkish border, Syria June 13, 2020. Picture taken June 13, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Future Development

Can we avoid a lost decade of development?

Kevin Watkins

Thursday, July 9, 2020

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Events

2019

Oct

Past Event

Leave no one behind: Time for specifics on the sustainable development goals

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Economic mobility across generations around the world

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Related Books

Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential

By Landry Signé

2020

Leave No One Behind

Edited by Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Izumi Ohno

2019

From Summits to Solutions

Edited by Raj M. Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John McArthur

2018

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Experts

Homi Kharas

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

Raj M. Desai

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Multimedia

A man checks his phone while waiting in a long queue to enter a wholesale market to buy a cake for Mother's Day celebrations, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Podcast Episode

The future of global development: How the pandemic is upending development finance

Homi Kharas

A Deeper Look

Thursday, May 14, 2020

A couple wearing protective face masks walk along the Villa 31 slum, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Podcast Episode

Addressing COVID-19 in resource-poor and fragile countries

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Paul H. Wise

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Volunteers serve lunch at a community kitchen set-up by USAID and World Food Programme in Cucuta, Colombia February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC1AED504B00

Podcast Episode

Will foreign aid matter in the 2020 election?

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Fred Dews

Friday, August 30, 2019

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