Book Club: #8: Homi Kharas on "The Rise of the Global Middle Class"
The middle class is the most successful group in world history, but today, it’s facing a bit of an identity crisis. The realities of automation, climate change and other factors are straining the once...
9 Jan 202434min
Book Club: #7: Rajiv Shah on "Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens"
Like many of us, Rajiv Shah knew early on that he wanted to make an impact on the world, but he wasn’t quite sure how to do it. His book, "Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens," opens with ...
9 Jan 202442min
Climate +: #12: What does climate vulnerability mean for the Caribbean?
The agreement to operationalize a new fund for loss and damage was a key achievement of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 28. But key questions remain about how that fund wi...
8 Jan 202447min
This Week in Global Dev: #29: What to expect from development in 2024
This Week in Global Development is back for its first episode of the New Year, and this week, we took a look ahead at what we can expect to come down the pike in 2024. It’s an election year in the U....
8 Jan 202433min
Climate +: #11: A food systems breakthrough at COP 28?
The United Nations climate change conference in Dubai, or COP 28, was a big moment for food systems. For the first time, COP included a day dedicated to food and agriculture, which many see as an impo...
28 Dec 202326min
Climate +: #10: The role of corporations in shaping the climate conversation
The annual United Nations climate conferences, or COPs, have become much more than just a forum for technical and political negotiations. They’re also a convening space for representatives from the li...
21 Dec 202327min
Climate +: #9: What “Paris alignment” means for multilateral development banks
The Paris Climate Agreement, established at COP 21 in 2015, calls for leaders and institutions across society to work towards reducing their carbon emissions with the aim of reaching net zero by 2050....
18 Dec 202353min
This Week in Global Dev: #28: Key takeaways from COP 28, and USAID's localization announcement
Last week we traveled to Dubai to attend the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 28, where apart from hosting our event on the sidelines of the main conference, we also reported on t...
15 Dec 202337min
