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Blog Post
September 09, 2022
In this blog post, we discuss the implications for carbon emissions and climate debt if the G20 countries implemented the most recent pledges in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Despite positive developments in the US on climate legislation, we find that the implementation of the G2...
Blog Post
June 10, 2022
Why do so few studies measure maternal mental health in the context of ECD interventions? First, researchers focused on early childhood may not have a familiarity with the best instruments for measuring maternal mental health. Second, studies focused on ECD may have so much of their limited survey t...
Blog Post
June 06, 2022
This blog post argues that higher health spending is unlikely to be sustained because of the pandemic’s adverse impact on revenues, other spending pressures, and the resulting deteriorating fiscal position of LLMICs. This suggests that countries will need to undertake policy actions to create additi...
Blog Post
May 12, 2022
Girls today are getting more education than ever before. But many girls are still being left behind. How can societies ensure they go the last mile when it comes to guaranteeing all girls have access to primary school, or the last hundred miles when it comes to quality education and access to second...
Blog Post
April 18, 2022
As developing countries recover from the pandemic, they will need to bring their public finances to a more sustainable position by streamlining public spending and strengthening the revenue base. The need to mobilize additional resources has been exacerbated by the recent economic turmoil triggered ...