Climate +: #3: Making development finance work in an era of climate emergency
The Bridgetown Initiative, an ambitious set of proposals to overhaul how development finance works spearheaded by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, has been front and center of discussions about cl...
27 Nov 202343min
Climate +: #2: How a climate 'loss and damage' fund can truly deliver on its promise
The decision to establish a loss and damage fund to provide financial assistance to countries affected by climate disasters was hailed as one of the biggest achievements at last year’s climate confere...
22 Nov 202336min
This Week in Global Dev: #25: Views from the ground — from unpaid workers to YouTube influencers
The latest edition of This Week in Development takes both a ground-level and 30,000-foot view of localization and the latest issues in development, ranging from unpaid workers in Nigeria to a YouTube ...
21 Nov 202338min
Climate +: #1: At COP28, can rich countries restore the global south’s trust?
Hakima El-Haite knows what it takes to host a U.N. climate conference. The former Moroccan environment minister served as vice president of COP21 — where the Paris Climate Agreement was signed — and ...
16 Nov 202329min
Trailer: Climate +
Climate + is our new twice-weekly podcast, publishing in the lead up to, during, and after this year's UN climate conference in Dubai. . Join Devex senior reporter Michael Igoe as we speak with COP in...
14 Nov 20231min
This Week in Global Dev: #24: The hiccups in USAID's largest-ever project & the nuances of migration
Ten years ago, the U.S. Agency for International Development unveiled the largest project in its history, hoping it would revolutionize health supply chains around the world to such an extent that it ...
10 Nov 202343min
This Week in Global Dev: #23: Uncertainty over PEPFAR's future and controversy around UNRWA
The future of PEPFAR, the flagship United States global HIV/AIDS program credited with saving millions of lives over the past couple of decades, hangs in the balance due to an ongoing political stalem...
2 Nov 202332min
This Week in Global Dev: #22: An update on the EU's Global Gateway project, and OSF's reorganization
This week we attended SOCAP23 in San Francisco — a conference bringing together investors, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders to discuss how progress can be accelerated against the world’s tough...
27 Okt 202331min
