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Blog Post
January 13, 2025
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...
Blog Post
January 13, 2025
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 ...
Blog Post
January 10, 2025
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 ...
Blog Post
January 09, 2025
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...
Blog Post
January 09, 2025
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 ...
Blog Post
January 08, 2025
Development cooperation will come under more pressure in 2025, with aid budgets shrinking across key European donors. What are the key issues that will likely shape the EU’s approach to international partnerships, and opportunities and challenges for the bloc on development cooperation?
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