Somini Sengupta: The World’s Youngest Country Faces Some Serious Growing PainsSomini Sengupta is the United Nations correspondent for the New York Times. She’s the author of the new book The...
Episode 99: Raj ShahDr. Raj Shah served as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, from 2010 to 2015....
Want to Improve Education for Poor Kids Around the World? Here’s The WayEducation has been one of the lingering problems of global development. We have somehow managed to make huge strides in...
One Simple Way to Increase the Wealth, Health and Productivity of the Workers Who Make the Clothes We WearEarlier this month, an appeals court upheld the convictions of 13 Cambodians charged with violence and causing property damage during...
SDGs Get Their First International Hearing(Dubai, UAE) — I’m coming to you from the World Government Summit. This is a three day conference, hosted by...
3 Charts that Explain the State of Foreign AidThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, better known as the OECD, is an international institution with 34 member states,...
5 Under-the-Radar Stories that Will Drive the Global Agenda in 2016It may not make the front page of the New York Times, but behind-the-scenes these events, trends, and circumstances are...
USDA: Climate Change Will Make Our Food Less NutritiousClimate change is going to have a massive impact on food and food security. It’s both true and intuitive. Agriculture...
El Nino + ISIS. Why the UN is Preparing for the Toughest Year Ever.The numbers don’t lie. The United Nations is expecting 2016 to be the most challenging year ever for global humanitarian...