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Blog Post
November 11, 2015
Some 2.4 billion people lack widely-recognized forms of legal identity. Over 600 million are children whose births have not been registered. How can wider access to identity – now recognized for the first time as a development goal in SDG target 16.9 -- help to achieve the SDG...
Blog Post
November 10, 2015
Under the rubric of “buttressing sustainability,” the Turkish presidency has placed development at the center of its G-20 agenda, with a special focus on climate change finance. As G-20 leaders assemble this weekend, with the UN climate summit in Paris just two weeks later, the conversat...
Blog Post
November 10, 2015
Last week’s Girl Summit DC focused on child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM), the consequences of the practice, and solutions that will allow girls to delay marriage and reach their full potential. The event generated discussion about potential solutions, and raised a number of issues C...
Blog Post
November 10, 2015
Financial inclusion is a key development focus in Turkey’s agenda for the G-20 summit beginning this weekend (November 15). I am pleased to note that the international community’s efforts to broaden financial inclusion have continued to gain momentum since the 2010 G-20 Summit in Seoul, ...
Blog Post
November 09, 2015
“Energy Sustainability” is high on the agenda for the G-20 meeting in Antalya, Turkey, next week. In practice, this means the governments of the world’s leading economies will pledge to continue the laudable goals of phasing out inefficient subsides and boosting energy efficiency. ...