How the Sustainable Development Goals Drove the Conversation at the World Humanitarian Summit(World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul) — The World Humanitarian Summit ended yesterday evening — and though it may come as a...
Calestous Juma: What The History of Margarine Can Teach Us About the Future of Global DevelopmentCalestous Juma is a prolific author who focuses on the intersection of society, science and international development. He is a...
Extreme inequality is expensive and destructive. But there is something we can do about it on a global scaleInequality is the issue of our time. The gap between rich and poor has ceased closing; instead it’s getting worse....
What would happen if you just gave people living in poverty a basic income — no strings attached?Paul Niehaus is undertaking a radical experiment. His organization, Give Directly, wants to find out would happen if people living...
Women are trying to rebuild Nepal house by house. But patriarchy is standing in the wayIn a hilltop village in Nagarkot, Nepal, 24-year-old Prapti Tamang looks at the scattered remains of her old home –...
65% of All Humans Will Live in Cities by 2050. The UN Wants You To Be PreparedThis is the latest installment of our Takeaway series in which Alanna Shaikh breaks down the latest and greatest reports...
Can International Cooperation Stop Global Food Shortages?Ed note. Welcome to The Takeaway, a regular feature in which Alanna Shaikh unpacks the latest think tank and government...
The UN Wants You to Know that Lentils Can Save Your LifeEd note. This is a special guest post from Deepti Pradhan, Senior Research Analyst in the Yale Office of Development, and...
Praying for Rain in Ethiopia (Video)This video, from the Thompson Reuters Foundation, is a powerful first person account of the epic drought currently being experienced...
