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Blog Post
November 28, 2023
The central role that private investors must play in financing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) investments in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is now widely understood and acknowledged. The just-published two-volume report of the Independent Experts Group (here and here) to the ...
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November 13, 2023
Schools play many roles in society, but most people believe that they should at least help children to master fundamental skills—like literacy and numeracy—and make sure that children are safe in their care. Unfortunately, far too often, children are neither safe, nor learning. Many children experie...
Blog Post
November 08, 2023
Koldo Echebarria’s fascinating paper explores the long and tragic story of Haiti’s struggle to achieve both political stability and economic prosperity. Despite mostly good intentions—at least in recent decades—and periodic surges in aid, one would have to conclude that the international community h...
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October 17, 2023
There’s not a lot of low-hanging fruit in global development. On the issues that matter most, from preventing the next pandemic to expanding migration opportunities, and financing climate adaptation, even minor progress tends to require big financial commitments and often faces deep political resist...