This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many developing countries, building a skilled workforce is one of the greatest challenges. In a digital age where an increasing number of traditional jobs are being replaced with technology,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The hedge-fund billionaire and a global advocate has transferred $18 billionin assets to his long-time philanthropy. With the gift, to be distributed over several years, the foundation becomes the second largest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The start of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September was a sobering reminder of the immense suffering taking place in our world; it was also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Do you know all 17 of the sustainable development goals adopted by the UN in January of 2016? If so, good for you. I decided it was time to do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As China’s civil society expanded in the early 2000s and philanthropy flourished in the years after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, non-governmental charities operated in an evolving policy gray zone until…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Devex spoke to Winnie Byanyima, the head of Oxfam International, after she took part in a panel session organized during the annual World Bank/IMF meetings in Washington, D.C. recently. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ambitious global goals aimed at ending poverty and inequality by 2030 are moving more slowly than expected and would struggle to get approval from United Nations members if put to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over half the world’s land is lived on and managed using customary and traditional systems. Yet indigenous peoples and local communities have formal, legal ownership of just 10 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world’s leading family planning funder, the United States, has stalled all funding to the UNFPA and threatens to eliminate global aid directed at family planning and global health. An…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. International humanitarian organizations—including international staff—must be granted immediate, independent, and unfettered access to people in Rakhine state, Myanmar, to alleviate massive humanitarian needs in the region, said the international medical humanitarian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two new financing mechanisms aim to inject private capital and creativity into reducing preventable blindness in developing countries. We are going to have to think very creatively if we are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Myanmar, also known as Burma, has the unfortunate distinction of being home to the world’s longest-running civil war. For over sixty years, the Myanmar military and various ethnic groups have…