A New UN Report Details Food Crises Around the World Joanne Lu April 10, 2019Every year for the last three years, persistent conflict, climate shocks and economic instability have driven more than 100 million people around the world into crisis-levels acute hunger or worse. Last year, ...
How a Social Entrepreneur is Fighting Counterfeit Medicines in the Developing World Mark Leon Goldberg April 3, 2019Not long ago, the social entrepreneur Bright Simons tried and failed to create a platform to pair organic farmers in Ghana with consumers of organic products. But in that failure he made an important discovery ...
Crowdfunding the Sustainable Development Goals Joanne Lu February 13, 2019GoFundMe for the Sustainable Development Goals? It's more feasible than you may think. A new study from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School says crowdfunding may be a viable strategy for financing ...
Here is How Countries Rank in Education Joanne Lu February 1, 2019How does every country rank when it comes to the education levels of their adult populations? Two reports offer some insight into the percentage of country's populations that have completed primary, secondary a...
What’s Next for the World Bank After Jim Yong Kim’s Sudden Resignation? Mark Leon Goldberg January 10, 2019World Bank president Jim Yong Kim is stepping down at the end January. He made that announcement on January 7th, surprising most observers for the fact that he is resigning from his post with three years left i...
A New Law Passed by Congress is “The biggest step forward in U.S. development policy” in 15 Years Joanne Lu November 14, 2018U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is on a mission this week to win the hearts and minds – and cooperation – of Southeast Asian leaders. He’s doing so with the help of a recently passed bill that creates a new U.S....
Why Trump’s Decision to Leave the Universal Postal Union Makes No Sense Mark Leon Goldberg October 26, 2018Say you want to mail a letter from your home in Cairo, Illinois to a friend in Cairo, Egypt. All you need to do is affix the right amount of postage, stick the letter in your mailbox and you can be reasonable a...
Chart of the Day: The World Bank Ranks Each County Based on Its “Human Capital” Joanne Lu October 16, 2018How well are governments setting up their people for success? According to a new set of rankings by the World Bank – not so well. The Human Capital Index (HCI), launched last week at the World Bank-Internation...
“Many of the people I have spoken with haven’t eaten in days.” Indonesia Tsunami Devastation is Mounting Mark Leon Goldberg October 3, 2018Over 1,300 people are confirmed to have been killed by a Tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi last Friday. The global international crisis response system is kicking into high gear right now, b...
