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March 11, 2024
Last month, Open Philanthropy published a list of open research questions they would like answers to. It’s a fascinating list, and in keeping with their mission, focuses on some potentially high-impact and neglected problems where more evidence could make a big difference to improve social and econo...
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March 08, 2024
For nearly 25 years, innovation has been core to Gavi’s success in accelerating vaccine introductions in lower-income countries. Building on this track record, Gavi has a high-impact opportunity to sharpen its focus on scaling innovations for systems improvement in its next five-year strategic perio...
Blog Post
March 07, 2024
An extraordinary cascade of crises threatens Africa’s growth and economic stability. The incomplete economic recovery from the global pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, food and fuel inflation, rising debt distress, and Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza have all aggravated geopolitical and geo-econo...
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March 05, 2024
Brazil kicked off the Finance Track of its term as G20 president on February 28-29 with a clarion call for progressive international economic action. Despite some of the familiar G20 dysfunction, the Brazilian G20 gives me a shred of hope. The Brazilians put forward some big ideas.
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February 22, 2024
Is there a relationship between climate change and conflict? Gyude speaks to Dr. Edward (Ted) Miguel of University of California Berkley about the impact of rising temperatures, extreme droughts, and floods on competition for resources, and how governments can respond to climate change’s compounding...
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February 08, 2024
With several replenishment campaigns set for 2024-2025, a fundraising pileup is on the horizon. Close to a dozen major development funds—including the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), thematic funds like Gavi, and new entities like the Loss and Damage Fund—could aim to raise...