The Crisis in South Sudan is Sending 2,000 Refugees to Uganda. Every DayOver the past three months, an average of more than 2,000 South Sudanese a day have crossed into Uganda, seeking...
This Leading Global Development Expert is a Big Optimist. Here’s Why.Charles Kenny is an optimist. He’s the author of several book about global development, including Getting Better: Why Global Development Is...
A Fond Farewell to the Clinton Global Initiative, which Pioneered a new Model of PhilanthropyAfter 11 years, the final annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) wrapped last week in New York. An...
5 Stories to Follow During UN WeekIt’s that time of year! World leaders are gathering at the United Nations this week for the start of the...
This is the Worst Crisis in the World that Gets the Least Amount of AttentionOver the course of the last six weeks or so, I’ve received a series of increasingly urgent sounding press releases...
Report: Women in Africa face profound gender inequalities and those inequalities do great economic harm to individuals and nationsThe UN Development Program’s flagship report on development in Africa–the Africa Human Development 2016 report — was released this week. It focuses...
An Extreme Malnutrition Crisis is Escalating in Northern NigeriaThe warnings about a severe humanitarian crisis underway in a remote corner of Nigeria previously controlled by Boko Haram are...
Will These African Languages be Lost forever?The San are one of the oldest groups to inhabit Southern Africa. From Zimbabwe and South Africa, to Botswana and...
Map of the Day: Where and How the USA Will Spend Foreign Aid in 2017Today’s map comes from the new ForeignAssistance.gov website. It is a fascinating data visualization of planned global development and foreign...
