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Devex @ World Bank-IMF: The skinny on World Bank plans to harness private capital
How can the World Bank play a role in attracting more private capital to address development and climate needs?
That is a challenge that World Bank Pr…
2 years, 4 months ago
How can the World Bank be a better partner in global development?
Episode 44
This week we are closely following the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings taking place in Washington, D.C. From having a cap…
2 years, 4 months ago
Devex @ World Bank-IMF: Unpacking World Bank reforms: Progress and path forward
The World Bank is about 18 months into its efforts to reform the institution in response to shareholder demands and changing global needs. From stret…
2 years, 4 months ago
Israel's attempt to dismantle UNRWA, and USAID's localization spending
Episode 43
As the war in Gaza stretches past the six-month mark, this week we had an exclusive story on Israel’s efforts to disrupt and dismantle UNRWA, the Uni…
2 years, 5 months ago
USAID's spending plan and reforming the Inter-American Development Bank
Episode 42
Last week, we launched Roots of Change, a Devex series on locally led development, which explores how the localization agenda can be elevated from rh…
2 years, 5 months ago
A new localization legislation, and the 'severe' risk to UK aid
Episode 41
This week, we reported that at the Employees at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems — a 37-year-old pro-democracy organization based o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Is it business as usual as USAID issues its latest $5 billion contract?
Episode 40
Last week, USAID unveiled its latest $5 billion global health supply contract, part of its NextGen suite of contracts. Worth $17 billion in total, it…
2 years, 5 months ago
Devex @ SXSW: These doctors turned entrepreneurs are using tech to transform health
Vitala Global Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works with girls and women to develop digital solutions for stigmatized sexual and reproduc…
2 years, 5 months ago
Devex @ SXSW: Technology's role in the future of food systems
There’s no question that artificial intelligence will have a massive impact on the future of food systems, but it remains to be seen whether it will …
2 years, 5 months ago
Devex @ SXSW: How 3 organizations are leveraging technology for a more equitable future
The world needs new approaches, not just more funding, as it faces a financing gap of an estimated $4 trillion annually to achieve the Sustainable De…
2 years, 5 months ago