Health aid has helped domestic financing achieve historic gains in global health but there is much still to be done. Six major issues currently prevent aid from being more effective, fit for the future, and aligned with country priorities.
International cooperation on digital markets must ensure competition cases and laws around the world are consistent.
The annual European Financial Flows on SDG7 to Africa report continues an investigation into European and other financial flows to Africa, covering the period 2014-2020. It assesses the progress made towards achieving the SDG7 objective of providing access to cost-effective, dependable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two minutes. This report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020.
Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, there have been reports of forced eviction resulting in displacement in ten provinces of Afghanistan.
This paper examines and attempts to determine whether the war in Ukraine, launched by Russia in February 2022, will affect Russia-Africa relations, have no impact, or strengthen Russia-Africa ties.
Corruption seriously undermines development and hits the most vulnerable hardest. But it is a multifaceted, wicked problem. This paper reviews new evidence on how anti-corruption can be conducted, how the EU has been performing in this area and what should be done next to improve Europe’s overall footprint.
This policy briefing provides a brief multi-sector comparison between African and Southeast Asian experiences of environmental, socioeconomic and governance (ESG) implementation in Chinese-led infrastructure projects.
In Tanzania, climate change has generally been tackled as a crosscutting issue in macro and sector policies, but the emergence of COVID-19 has created opportunities for a more mainstreamed approach.
The environmental crisis is increasing risks to security and peace worldwide, notably in countries that are already fragile. Indicators of insecurity such as the number of conflicts, the number of hungry people and military expenditure are rising; so are indicators of environmental decline, climate change, biodiversity, pollution and other areas.
The Indo-Pacific region will play a critical role in shaping Canada’s future over the next half-century. Encompassing 40 economies, over four billion people and $47.19 trillion in economic activity, it is the world’s fastest growing-region and home to six of Canada’s top 13 trading partners.
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was the result of declining active support for the government, and of waste and inefficiency in aid delivery. Yet, while corrosive, these problems were not in themselves sufficient to have brought about a collapse. To a significant degree, they were the result of early failings in institutional design, reflecting an American inclination to pursue short-term policy approaches that created perverse incentives—thus interfering with the long-term objective of stability.
This evidence gap map presents a landscape of studies on the effectiveness of behavioural science interventions in developing countries within the context of climate change.
Girls’ education remains a global priority for donors and many governments. National governments also highlight the importance of girls’ education. This resolve, by both donors and national governments—alongside great advances in knowledge about what works to get girls in school and learning—is starting to pay dividends.
Achieving a Zero Hunger world (SDG 2) is at the heart of the mandates of the three Rome-based UN agencies: FAO, IFAD and WFP. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by 149 Member States in 2007, provides the framework for the agencies’ work with Indigenous Peoples.
This note looks at the development finance provided to multilateral institutions by a group of 13 major economies that have become significant international actors over the past decade. This group—which includes the five BRICS countries—are outside of the mainly Western, high-income countries that absorb the focus of attention for most development activity.
At the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Ukrainians have proved astonishingly brave and resilient in the face of an assault of a scale and brutality not seen in Europe since 1945.
One year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe continues to support Kyiv with military equipment and financial and political support. The bravery of Ukrainians is unparalleled, but, to truly support Ukraine, Europe needs to answer serious questions about its defence.
This report aims to identify the most important contextual developments in Ukraine and provide an anticipatory level of analysis. It includes an outlook into how the current dynamics can develop and on potential risks that could further deteriorate the situation of the affected population.
The Taliban have barred women from universities and many workplaces, compelling several aid organisations to pause operations in Afghanistan and donors to contemplate cuts to assistance. Yet the principled response remains to mitigate the harm these harsh rulings are doing to the most vulnerable Afghans.
