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April 18, 2024
Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and addressing global challenges will require a step change in private investment in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Only a small fraction of the trillions in private assets under management are currently directed to EMDEs.
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March 12, 2024
There is no way that poverty can be fully tackled without policies designed to address the multiple disadvantages faced by people due to the combination of ascribed attributes including gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, migration status, and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). And...
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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 21, 2023
Globally, almost a third of students aged 13 to 15 have been victims of school violence. This is a deeply concerning statistic. Exposure to school violence has proven to affect students’ learning, socio-emotional development, and physical and mental health. School safety is an important precondition...
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October 30, 2023
Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and tackling the climate crisis in developing nations demands substantial investments. A recent report commissioned by the G20 estimated that for developing countries (encompassing low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income nations), a...
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October 25, 2023
A couple of years ago I joked that many development economics papers could be summarized by simply saying “schools: they’re good!”—or as an economist might put it, “the returns to education are positive.” Papers documenting the benefits of education have been at the core of development economics for...
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October 12, 2023
The vast majority of out-of-school children around the world live in rural areas. For children who live in rural areas and who are enrolled in school, they are less likely to finish primary school or to transition to secondary school. They score worse on tests. Less educational attainment and lower ...