Our hope is that stakeholders will coalesce around a series of reforms to address deficiencies in the current model that have led to a surfeit of IDA-eligible countries above the income threshold, con...

CGD's Clemence Landers, Liliana Rojas-Suarez, and Catherine Pattillo look at how the Iran war compares to recent shocks like COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, how governments are responding—from fuel s...

This episode features Paola Subacchi in conversation with Clemence Landers.

Despite the global development system’s existential funding crunch, the World Bank is booking record profits. Last fiscal year, the World Bank reported a record $2.4 billion in profit. And in the firs...

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) recently introduced big changes to its country scorecards, which inform partner selection. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new and what it portends for the ...

Also in the Global Health Checkup: A grim outbreak in Ethiopia, bird flu, WHO layoffs, and a dengue cure shut down by Johnson & Johnson.

The Global Fund is heading into its replenishment with a lofty fundraising goal: $18 billion for the next three years (2026–2028). But in today’s world of shrinking aid budgets, that target might alre...

The Global Fund is heading into its replenishment with a lofty fundraising goal: $18 billion for the next three years (2026–2028). But in today’s world of shrinking aid budgets, that target might alre...

The International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional lending arm for the world’s poorest countries, is facing an uphill climb to maintain its $100 billion replenishment, fina...

Yields for investment-grade EM borrowers fall relative to developed markets amid concerns over traditional havens

In this brief—the first in the Tough Times, Tough Choices series that will target the major global health and development institutions and their funders—we propose a different approach: radically stre...

Gavi’s board and leadership must stretch scarce resources to fulfill a challenging double mandate: (1) stabilizing immunization outcomes and fiscal solvency in Gavi-eligible countries facing severe he...

The 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank, concluded last December, with donors pledging $23.7 billion for a…

The 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank, concluded last December, with donors pledging $23.7 billion for a replenishme...

A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.

The Trump administration unveiled an overview of its FY2026 budget request on Friday. While short on details, the document offers a grim forecast for US development and humanitarian spending. In seeki...

If the U.S. steps back from the IMF, there will only be one winner: China.

In the latest episode of our weekly podcast series, we discuss the top global development stories from this week and look ahead to the World Bank Spring Meetings.

In the latest episode of our weekly podcast series, we discuss the top global development stories from this week and look ahead to the World Bank Spring Meetings.

Multilateral concessional funds like Gavi or the World Bank’s IDA are the largest source of development finance for the world’s poorest countries. But with shrinking donor commitments, the system need...

According to a recently leaked document, the Trump administration is considering reorganizing the US foreign assistance architecture, with an eye to merging MCC, DFC, and USTDA.

Central African nation seeks military support against rebel offensive in exchange for natural resources

PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned