A New Study Finds Giving Pregnant Women Cash Massively Improves Children's Health
A new study out of Kenya shows that one of the most impactful ways to reduce infant and child mortality is to provide cash—no strings attached—to pregnant women. A randomized controlled trial by econo...
28 Aug 202523min
How Global Development Finance Deals Can Actually Drive Local Impact | Future of Africa Episode 3
Making promises on financing for development is the easy part. Following through on them is hard. Ambassador Chola Milambo speaks frankly about turning global financing commitments into tangible benef...
26 Aug 20251h
Can a Series of Global AI Summits Actually Shape the Rules that will Govern the World's most Powerful Technology?
In 2023, the United Kingdom hosted the world's first major international summit on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence. That Bletchley Park gathering kicked off a series of high-profile summ...
21 Aug 202527min
The Climate, Peace & Security Nexus | Future of Africa Episode 2
What does it mean to make peace with nature — and why could that be the key to lasting peace between people? Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos shares the extraordinary indigenous mandate t...
19 Aug 20251h
What We Can Expect from the Putin-Trump Alaska Summit
The past week has seen a frenzy of diplomatic activity on Ukraine, culminating in Donald Trump's extraordinary announcement that he will host Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on the war. Setting asi...
14 Aug 202518min
Africa's Role on the Global Stage | Introducing: The "Future of Africa" Podcast Series
Africa is the world's youngest continent — and its future is everyone's future. By 2030, 70% of sub-Saharan Africa's population will be under the age of 30. By century's end, one in three people on th...
12 Aug 20251h 1min
Famine in Gaza — A Political and Humanitarian Tipping Point?
"The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip." That was the conclusion of a July 29 report by the leading global authority on food security, the Integrated Food Securi...
7 Aug 202524min
The Stark Demise of the Era of NGOs
In 1997, Jessica Matthews' landmark Foreign Affairs essay "Power Shift" captured the growing influence of NGOs and other non-state actors in shaping global affairs. But nearly three decades later, tha...
4 Aug 202524min
