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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...

This is the third in a series of five blogs on the Biden administration’s global development agenda. This blog focuses on the Biden administration’s record on pillar 3: Decarbonize the Economy and Increase Climate Resilience, and offers an assessment of how the next Trump administration could affect...

It almost didn’t happen, but at the eleventh hour, negotiators at COP29 in Baku were able to finalise an agreement that wealthy countries would provide at least $300 billion annually to developing countries by 2035. On the face of it, a tripling of the previous $100 billion goal sounds impressive. A...

My colleagues and I are preparing a series of blogs on the Biden administration’s global development agenda over the past 3 ½ years, with analysis on how the next Trump administration could affect its legacy. For the second piece in this series, we look at the outgoing administration’s record on hea...

Last week, the World Bank released a draft of the IDA21 replenishment report for comment by external stakeholders. Six of CGD's senior researchers dissected the draft report and the most recent iteration of the policy package on the issues we follow most closely. Here are our reactions.

With the Biden administration now in the lame duck period, this is an opportune time to review President Biden’s track record on development. This blog post, the first in a series, will examine MDB reform, the Nairobi-Washington Vision, and PGI.

After taking office amid COVID-19 and increasingly urgent alarms about the threat of climate change, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen started  making the case for MDB reform underscoring that these institutions, while vital, were no longer fit for purpose. Her priority was to support the evolution of...

An essential step to peace is that the UAE stop arming the RSF and be held to account for its actions, which it officially denies. The United States is one of the few countries that has enough sway to have an impact.

In a modest win for multilateralism, 193 countries approved the Pact for the Future just ahead of the UN General Assembly. Unfortunately, the Pact suffers from two fatal flaws: the first is the disconnect between its vision and current events and the second is the disconnect between its signatories’...