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A look at the Trump administration's plan for DFC
Episode 107
This week, we're taking a deep dive into the Trump administration's vision for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. The White Hous…
1 year, 1 month ago
The next steps after FfD4, and how UN programs are affected by aid cuts
Episode 106
This week, our conversation features Shari Spiegel, chief of the Financing for Sustainable Development Office at the United Nations Department of Eco…
1 year, 1 month ago
US aid slashed: Inside the $8 billion cut to foreign assistance
Episode 105
After an all-night marathon of amendments, the U.S. Senate voted to advance President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package this week. While …
1 year, 1 month ago
Special episode: Reimagining a more just and equitable global system
While the abrupt cuts to official development assistance and closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development have upended the existing globa…
1 year, 1 month ago
Foreign aid at a crossroads: What's next for global development?
Episode 104
With the U.S. Agency for International Development officially dismantled and its remnants folded into the State Department, the landscape of global a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Special episode: How blockchain is powering crisis-to-cash infrastructure
As development budgets tighten, donors, NGOs, and implementing partners alike are all grappling with an increasingly urgent question: How do you move…
1 year, 2 months ago
Did Sevilla save multilateralism — or just survive the heat?
Episode 103
As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development wraps up, Devex reporters Jesse Chase-Lubitz and Elissa Miolene join Associate Ed…
1 year, 2 months ago
Special episode: Can health survive the development finance revolution?
With aid budgets under pressure globally, delegates at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla, Spain, are urgent…
1 year, 2 months ago
FfD4 kicks off as aid budgets shrink and U.S. steps back
Development leaders have converged on Sevilla, Spain, for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, or FfD4 — the first such …
1 year, 2 months ago
How cuts to Gavi reflect US disengagement from development
Episode 102
This week, we have been closely following the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s high-level replenishment event in Brussels. Gavi, the leading internationa…
1 year, 2 months ago