Commentary

The US role in global health appears increasingly uncertain as President-elect Trump prepares to enter the White House. While his previous term provides clues about future directions, evolving dynamics with Capitol Hill and the overall budget picture will also shape the US approach. Still, if past i...

Development policy appears across various German political party manifestos released ahead of the election this Februrary. What are their differing approaches, and what they might tell us about the future direction of German development policy?

The nature of South-South cooperation has evolved significantly over recent decades, from bilateral engagements to triangular cooperation mechanisms into a new phase: true participation in the multilateral system. The emergence of Southern-led multilateral development banks (MDBs) such as the Asian ...

Our research revealed that the rise of Southern MDBs has redefined the development finance aspirations of the Global South. Southern MDBs are thought to be more attuned to the interests of recipient countries. These banks are perceived as innovators—introducing new financial instruments, channelling...

Fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) present the most difficult development problem of our era. According to the last OECD States of Fragility report, the sixty countries characterized as FCS are home to 73 percent of those living in extreme poverty, and that number is expected to rise to ...

This is the fourth in a series of five blogs on the Biden administration’s global development agenda over the past four years. This blog focuses on the Biden administration’s record on pillar 4 of its global development agenda, to "Promote Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance and Address Fragilit...

Just over a year ago, the Future of Global Health Initiatives process concluded with the publication of the Lusaka Agenda, which recognized that the current global health financing architecture needs to change. It emphasized the need for donor funds to align and use government systems, and to drive ...