Humanitarian & Disaster Assistance

Civilians and White Helmets members inspect a building that collapsed in the city of Harem following the devastating earthquake that struck the Turkish-Syrian border and left more than 5000 people dead.

Northwestern Syria needs humanitarian assistance. Getting it there must be a priority.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

2023

30 developing countries to watch in 2023

Homi Kharas and Charlotte Rivard

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

U.S. embassy staff hang a banner on a truck loaded with humanitarian aid before it is sent to Lebanon from Amman, Jordan August 31, 2006. The United States, through the Agency for International Developments (USAID), donated 700 metric tons of wheat to the World Food Program for immediate release and transport to Lebanon, according to the U.S. embassy in Amman. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

Rethinking the constraints to localization of foreign aid

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Syria / Atma Refugee Camp - January 2018 - Syrian refugee family and camp

Build cities, not camps: A proposal for addressing refugee crises

Michael Lokshin and Jan-Peter Olters

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

stock image of books stacked ontop of one another with sunlight in background

Summer readings on cash transfers and social protection

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

President of France Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz shake hands at the arrivals ahead of an informal meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union, to discuss the consequences of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, in Versailles, near Paris, France, Thursday 10 March 2022.Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

Western leaders must be honest about what it takes to stand up to Putin

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, March 21, 2022

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Accelerating digital cash transfers to the world’s poorest

Anir Chowdhury, Cina Lawson, Elizabeth Kellison, Han Sheng Chia, Homi Kharas, Jacquelline Fuller, Michael Faye, Michal Rutkowski, Rodrigo Salvado, and Stefan Dercon

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Upcoming DAC peer review is an opportunity to advance US development goals

George Ingram and Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Girls wearing school uniforms walk past a burning street baricade during demonstrations against widespread kidnappings, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Haiti needs a new, improved UN mission

Charles T. Call

Thursday, December 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Motor, speaks at the South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Gerry Shih/File Photo

Elon Musk, billionaires, and the United Nations: The 1% solution to global development

Friday, November 5, 2021