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US cities leading on the Sustainable Development Goals
By Ambassador Sarah Mendelson, Anthony F. PipaOn November 29th in D.C., an event co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Global Economy and...
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How corporations are approaching sustainability and the Global Goals
By George Ingram, Mai Nguyen, Milan BalaCorporations are increasingly building sustainability into their business strategies, and linking outcomes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as seen...
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Financing sustainable development: Is fintech the solution, problem, or...
By Simon ZadekDigitalization is transforming financial and capital markets, of that there is no doubt. Less clear is how we can best harness this disruption to ensure financing for the Sustainable...
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Closing Africa’s health financing gap
By Osondu Ogbuoji, Ipchita Bharali, Natalie Emery, Kaci Kennedy McDadeThe Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) health targets are extremely ambitious. They call for ending the epidemics of AIDS,...
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Is trade with India changing Africa’s health care landscape?
By Siddharth Dixit, Natalie Emery, Chinmoy KumarAfrican countries face numerous challenges in health services, from severe shortages of health care professionals to weak leadership and governance to...
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In an era of global uncertainty, the SDGs can be our guide
By John McArthur, Robert Muggah
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Impact investing: Achieving financial returns while doing good
What is the potential of impact investing to create impact? A new International Finance Corporation (IFC) report, “Creating Impact: The Promise of Impact Investing,” attempts to answer this question....
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How global development leaders think their field is changing
By George Ingram, Kristin M. LordLast year, we interviewed 93 leaders from government, NGOs, private development contractors, corporations, foundations, and multilateral organizations on how they see...
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Poverty in Africa is now falling—but not fast enough
By Kristofer Hamel, Baldwin Tong, Martin HoferAfrica is the world’s last frontier in the fight against extreme poverty. Today, one in three Africans—422 million people—live below the global poverty...
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Toward gender equality and inclusivity in oil, gas, and mining
By Kelsey Landau, Robin LewisThe oil, gas, and mining extractive industries have historically been male-dominated at all levels, from leadership roles in major corporations to jobs working in mines and...
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Are we reducing hunger in the world?
By Homi Kharas, Lorenz NoeIt is now clear that the world is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. While there is progress on some fronts, such as poverty, it is...
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Sustainable financing for development
By Homi Kharas, Sachin Chaturvedi, Mustafizur Rahman, Imme Scholz
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Global poverty reduction has slowed down—again
By Homi Kharas, Kristofer Hamel, Martin Hofer, Baldwin TongDuring the last year, a new poverty narrative gained acceptance across the world. The trends in our global poverty predictions—which we...
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The future of aid: How the global development business is evolving
By George IngramThe Chief Economist of the World Bank, Pinelopi Goldberg, recently called out the need for a “new vision in development.” We may not yet have a clear new vision, but thanks to three...
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Uncertainty in ending extreme poverty
By Fabian Mendez RamosWhereas sustained economic growth is considered the primary driver of poverty alleviation, the different ways in which growth interacts with changes in income inequality mean that...
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African Development, African Transformation: How Institutions Shape...
By Landry SignéAfrica is home to many of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Landry Signé’s “African Development, African Transformation” (Cambridge University Press, 2019) traces new continental...
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Aligning G-20 infrastructure investment with climate goals and the 2030 Agenda
By Amar Bhattacharya, Minji Jeong, Kevin P. Gallagher, Miquel Muñoz Cabré, Xinyue Ma
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African states’ varying progress toward gender equality in education
By Nirav Patel, Genevieve JesseLast week, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) updated its eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education. The database is used by policymakers and scholars for...
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Will the G-20 provide the urgent leadership needed on climate action?
By Amar BhattacharyaIn two weeks, G-20 leaders will meet in Osaka to take up a range of pressing global issues, after which a set of key U.N. summits in September will convene world leaders to take...
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