The eagle-eyed among you will notice something different about this week’s links. No, it’s not the novelty socks I’m wearing (I hope those aren’t visible); it’s the fact that the email has now moved to an online platform, as part of my efforts to keep onside of GDPR laws.

With climate change already affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world, the need for a coordinated global response has never been more urgent. But to mobilize the huge sums required to finance the investments we need to ensure a climate-resilient future, the world mus...

In July, a G20 independent panel (of which we are members) recommended measures to modernise how the World Bank and other multilateral development banks calculate their capacity to lend in support of development and climate objectives. These recommendations are now under discussion by MDB shareholde...

With food prices escalating globally, there is an urgent need for renewed partnerships between the US and African governments to sustain school meal programs around the continent.

A new political commitment for development effectiveness is urgently needed to drive implementation in support of the 2030 Agenda. The upcoming Geneva Summit is a test of the political will available to drive its implementation in the years ahead.

Mitchell faces a very difficult task. It will help him enormously that he has a clear-eyed sense of the problems he faces and the scale of the challenge. But to reverse them will take decisive action, with support from elsewhere in Whitehall, too. Our note suggests one way to do so.

It's important that the upcoming US-Africa Leaders Summit focuses on much more than aid and security. The Biden administration should say a lot about US financial flows to the region and how they will be improved, but summit commitments must go far beyond that.