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It’s a crucial time for the World Bank, with growing calls for reform and sky-high expectations of what one leader needs to do. A former World Bank official explains the challenges ahead.
Licensing agreements between pharmaceutical companies and the Medicines Patent Pool, in cooperation with the WHO, could accelerate access to doses for the poorest countries.
Plenty of Western officials and media outlets have criticized Libra – but it’s not meant for them.
An urgent discussion is needed around the cost of research publications.
The push to end TB requires significant investment into the research and development of new diagnostics and treatments.
Elections are supposed to hold politicians accountable: Officials who fear losing their seat will work harder for voters. But in some countries, political competition actually makes government worse.
Without secure records of property ownership, many poor people around the world have trouble improving their economic situations. Several countries are already trying blockchain-based land registries.
We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
Volunteer tourism is often criticised for focusing on profit and volunteer experience. But improving monitoring and evaluation and putting host communities in charge can make it more sustainable.
Small loans from governments and philanthropists are often held up as a route out of poverty. But proper research into whether they work is thin on the ground.
More than half of the global population do not have safe sanitation. What is the best way to go about changing this?
The Trump administration withdrew from the Paris Agreement. But U.S. cities and states are supporting climate change efforts in the developing world regardless.
Chinese investment is driving an unprecedented investment boom in global infrastructure. But despite its claims to be pursuing green development, China’s building bonanza is harming the planet.
The UK lags behind poor nations when it comes to young business owners, so what’s stopping them taking the plunge.
What do traditional Maasai people use mobile phones for?
What does God have to do with climate change? A lot, if you want to engage with communities in the Pacific Islands, where almost everyone goes to church and religious leaders are hugely influential.
Already becoming a darling of Wall Street, blockchain technology’s biggest real benefits could come to the world’s poorest people. Here’s how.
In its agenda to reform global economic governance the developing world should look for ways to extract some value from the G20.
We check the facts on how Australia’s foreign aid spend has changed over time.
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Master of University House and Professor of Forestry, Australian National University
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Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Visiting Fellow at Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in China Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor & ARC Future Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence, Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Director, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
