They are the world’s forgotten poor, invisible to the financial markets, barely noticed because, understandably, the focus is on Ukraine, but nearly 800 million of the world’s poorest people are about to be trapped by an onrushing food crisis caused by soaring prices, fuelled by shortages and exacer...

As climate pledges pile up, a worrying theme is emerging that bold efforts by rich nations to decarbonize the global economy will be ruined by hordes of new consumers in the developing world buying cars, installing air conditioning, and taking planes. China’s and India’s rapid development and steep ...

What assistance comes as a result of Cop26 will be piecemeal, inadequate, and decline in substance as the climate crisis increases in intensity. Africa must continue to demand more.

Following its underwhelming response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the damaging “Doing Business” scandal, the World Bank should focus on getting money to poor countries. Here, the Bank can distinguish itself by providing governments with both concessional loans and untied aid.

Lack of access to quality childcare has been a longstanding issue, especially in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for children’s and caregivers’ well-being and countries’ overall development. Now, COVID-era containment measures, resulting in school and childcare center closures...

China’s national emissions trading scheme marks the first national effort to price carbon as the world’s largest polluter. The initial design of the scheme shows limited ambition, but it provides a foundation that could be transformational.