Devex @ SXSW: How 3 organizations are leveraging technology for a more equitable future
The world needs new approaches, not just more funding, as it faces a financing gap of an estimated $4 trillion annually to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. “We’re either going to f...
19 Maalis 202438min
Devex @ SXSW: How Emerson Collective prioritizes causes and partners
It’s no surprise that Anne Marie Burgoyne, managing director of Emerson Collective, had a long line of people forming to meet with her following her session at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas Wedn...
14 Maalis 202426min
Devex @ SXSW: Comfort Ero on the world's conflicts, and the trends driving them
Next year marks 30 years since the start of the International Crisis Group, which conducts research and analysis to prevent and resolve global conflict. Comfort Ero, president and CEO of Crisis Grou...
12 Maalis 202431min
This Week in Global Dev: #38: A look at USAID’s spending, and the Africa CDC’s wishlist
This week we published an article on how USAID spent its money last year. We noted that the agency spent $38.1 billion through its assistance and acquisition mechanism in the fiscal year that ended in...
8 Maalis 202437min
This Week in Global Dev: #37: Leaked Trade Agreements, And The Development Organizations To Watch
This week Devex published an exclusive story on how Ghana-based NGO Youth Opportunity & Transformation in Africa, or YOTA, is embroiled in a dispute with CARE Ghana over a decision to raise staff sala...
1 Maalis 202428min
This Week in Global Dev: #36: Recapping the Munich Security Conference, and US - UN Clash Over UNRWA
Last weekend we attended the Munich Security Conference, a summit which is not as solely centered around security as its name suggests. We look back at the highlights and lowlights of the conference, ...
22 Helmi 202432min
This Week in Global Dev: #35: What Community Leaders Think Of USAID's Localization Plans
Recently, the U.S. Agency for International Development published 14 "good practices" to define what a locally led program looks like as part of its push for half its projects to be locally led by 203...
15 Helmi 202432min
This Week in Global Dev: #34: The development finance issues to watch, and reforming the World Bank
This week we published an article on the development finance issues to watch in 2024. From fresh climate finance targets to the role that private capital mobilization can play in overcoming global dev...
9 Helmi 202442min
