Multilateral Development Organizations

Election officials seal ballot boxes at the end of voting in South Africa's parliamentary and provincial elections at a polling station in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8,2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC197F6624B0

Africa in the news: Election results in South Africa, low wages in Ethiopia, and new World Bank funding for Africa

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Impact investing: Achieving financial returns while doing good

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Schoolgirls eat their free mid-day meals, distributed by a government-run primary school, in New Delhi May 8, 2013.

Are we reducing hunger in the world?

Homi Kharas and Lorenz Noe

Friday, April 5, 2019

A view of the Moria camp for refugees and migrants and a makeshift camp set next to Moria, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis - RC1C3B625EC0

Adapting global development in a two-tiered world

Kristin M. Lord

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Sustainable financing for development

Homi Kharas, Sachin Chaturvedi, Mustafizur Rahman, and Imme Scholz

Sunday, March 31, 2019

A man carries a bag of food aid at the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya, March 6, 2018. Picture taken March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1A3D7798D0

How global development leaders think their field is changing

George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord

Tuesday, March 26, 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 disrupted: Findings from a survey of 93 leaders

George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

A woman looks at a view of Seoul shrouded by fine dust during a polluted day in Seoul, South Korea, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1EC92E1360

In an era of global uncertainty, the SDGs can be our guide

John McArthur and Robert Muggah

World Economic Forum Friday, March 8, 2019

The United Nations flag flies in front of the Secretariat Building at the United Nations headquarters in New York City September 18, 2015. As leaders from almost 200 nations gather for the annual general assembly at the United Nations, the world body created 70 years ago, Reuters photographer Mike Segar documented quieter moments at the famed 18-acre headquarters on Manhattan's East Side. The U.N., established as the successor to the failed League of Nations after World War Two to prevent a similar conflict from occurring again, attracts more than a million visitors every year to its iconic New York site. The marathon of speeches and meetings this year will address issues from the migrant crisis in Europe to climate change and the fight against terrorism. REUTERS/Mike SegarPICTURE 3 OF 30 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "INSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS"SEARCH "INSIDE UN" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000219185

An assessment of grant-based multilateral funding flows from 2014 to 2016

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Sunday, March 3, 2019

A doctor attends to a child at a relief centre for flood victims in Patani community in Nigeria's Delta state October 14, 2012. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on October 11 visited some of the hundreds of thousands of people made homeless by the country's worst flooding in at least five decades, calling it a 'national disaster'. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH) - GM1E8AE1N9001

Closing Africa’s health financing gap

Osondu Ogbuoji, Ipchita Bharali, Natalie Emery, and Kaci Kennedy McDade

Friday, March 1, 2019

FILE PHOTO: Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, speaks at the Milken Institute 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo - RC1ED977E770

Will Donald Trump get to pick the next president of the World Bank? Maybe not.

Thursday, January 10, 2019

OECD Secretary General Jose Angel Gurria attends a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC1CAD9AD680

Don’t undermine the basic architecture of OECD/DAC statistics: A Letter of warning

J. Brian Atwood, Richard Manning, and Hedwig Riegler

Friday, December 21, 2018

A 40-foot-high (12-metre-high) and 30-foot-wide (nine-metre-wide) inflatable rubber duck, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is towed up the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 27, 2013. The event marks the North American debut of Hofman's Rubber Duck Project, which has taken place in other cities in Asia, Europe, Australia and South America. REUTERS/Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E99S0NDL01

US cities leading on the Sustainable Development Goals

Ambassador Sarah Mendelson and Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall, as he holds Kenyan shillings (KSh) in Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1C78EE9D90

From one to many: Cash transfer debates in ending extreme poverty

George Ingram and John McArthur

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

People protest against the conservative government's makeover of the Polish judiciary in Warsaw, Poland July 3, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Dawid Zuchowicz via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. - RC1B4D6F1EE0

Why are Poles unimpressed with Poland’s economic achievements?

Enrique Aldaz-Carroll, Rogier van den Brink, and Emilia Skrok

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

A tram rides through the centre of Warsaw, Poland September 26, 2018. Picture taken September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - RC1B11A78720

How to avoid the middle-income trap: Lessons from Poland, a European Tiger

Enrique Aldaz-Carroll, Rogier van den Brink, and Emilia Skrok

Monday, December 17, 2018

A woman walks past the Hausari primary school in Michika village, northeast Nigeria June 12, 2017. Picture taken June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1AFAC79A10

Leave no one behind: From development slogan to policy practice

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Friday, December 14, 2018

People attend a protest against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner - RC1244588330

How should development organizations work with populist governments?

Massimiliano Santini 

Thursday, November 29, 2018

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (C) poses for G-20 finance ministers and central banks governors family photo during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC14DAD6E380

Making the global financial system work for all: A message for the G-20

Thursday, November 29, 2018

An investor sits in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province January 4, 2012. China shares started the new year weaker on Wednesday, dragged down by more cyclical sectors after the Chinese premier warned of difficult economic conditions in the first quarter, hinting there will not be another massive fiscal stimulus programme. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - GM1E81418CH01

The economic and political case for coordinating fiscal stimulus

Monday, November 26, 2018