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Blog Post
December 20, 2021
We congratulate the FCDO on the landmark paper on Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) and offer three recommendations for implementation: 1) further clarify strategic priorities, for example by articulating a poverty focus and prioritising partnership with low-and middle-income governments; 2) p...
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December 14, 2021
We know that one of the main impacts of climate change will be an increase in all forms of mobility around the world. People will move in the wake of both sudden- and slow-onset disasters, responding to the negative impacts of climate change on their daily lives by seeking new lives and livelihoods ...
Blog Post
December 10, 2021
The Biden-Harris administration has made addressing the “root causes” of irregular migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras a top policy priority. Its first budget request included $861 million for the region, a level nearly triple previous commitments. Though Congress hasn’t yet finalize...
Blog Post
November 29, 2021
While hopes for mobilizing private finance for climate response were boosted by the investment firms managing a collective $130 trillion who signed onto net zero pledges at the COP, actually getting the private trillions to move south remains a huge challenge. And two leading proposals point to the ...
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November 18, 2021
In a new report, we rely on public reporting from multilateral development institutions and funds to provide a clearer picture of China’s participation across the multilateral development system. We find that China has staked out a uniquely important position, one that relies on leading roles as a s...