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Blog Post
June 24, 2024
In 2014, West Africa became the epicenter for the world’s first epidemic outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease. The virus hit West African capitals hard, leading to more than 10,000 deaths, international travel restrictions, and significant economic hardship. Documenting the tragedy for a global audience ...
Blog Post
June 19, 2024
Development finance has grown in volume and complexity, but official development assistance (ODA)—defined by the OECD’s development assistance committee (DAC)—remains at its core in both a substantive and political way. Although it makes up a shrinking share of total financing for development, ODA i...
Blog Post
June 18, 2024
Roughly 40 percent of the world’s refugees live in countries where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals face legal persecution. 64 countries worldwide criminalize consensual same-sex relations, with sentences ranging from imprisonment to the death penalty.
Contrary ...
Blog Post
June 18, 2024
The environment in which development policy operates has changed rapidly. The world is becoming more multipolar, and countries from the "Global South” are taking a more prominent role in global cooperation. The global economy is in upheaval, and interconnected and ongoing crises are becoming the nor...