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Leslie Maasdorp, Hans Peter Lankes   LONDON – The fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development, to

Ifeanyi M. Nsofor SILVER SPRING – A global storm is gathering – and Africa is directly in its path. Under President Donald Trump, the

Mahmoud Mohieldin, Paolo Gentiloni, Trevor Manuel, Yan Wang WASHINGTON, DC/ROME/JOHANNESBURG/BOSTON – Economic development requires

Wolfgang Fengler WASHINGTON, DC – At its most basic level, the goal of economic development is to eradicate poverty. By that metric,

BONN/ABU DHABI – Our planet and its inhabitants are in trouble. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that to meet

Nilima Gulrajani LONDON – Foreign aid is being slashed across the Global North, nowhere more so than in the United States. Within his

Mark Blyth PROVIDENCE – What do Rachel Reeves, Javier Milei, and Elon Musk have in common? All are preaching the gospel of austerity

– Mia Amor Mottley Mia Amor Mottley is Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Barbados and a 2025 honoree of the Zayed Award for

– Jayasree K. Iyer Jayasree K. Iyer is CEO of the Access to Medicine Foundation. AMSTERDAM – Every year, 21.5 million people are

Pascal Lamy, Agnes Kalibata, and Ibrahim Assane Mayaki Pascal Lamy, a former director-general of the World Trade Organization, is the