This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As 2018 begins, we would do well to reassess these optimistic projections for private finance for development, and ask are the “billions to trillions” materializing? The data and trends to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations is predicting 135.7 million people worldwide will need humanitarian assistance in 2018, an increase over this year. More than 76 million people are projected to need emergency food assistance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the tax changes in the U.S. and the General Data Protection Regulation in the EU, policy is expected to play a big role in changing the philanthropy landscape in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hope Academy is a school for street children in the outskirts of Beirut, and began as an idea of Brady and Amber Black, the school’s founders, when they were living in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The long-term impacts of the “global gag rule” are beginning to emerge as a major family planning provider projects that approximately 2 million women will be denied sexual and reproductive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A range of environmental risks and cybersecurity threats top the list of concerns in the World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Risk Report, even as economic issues diminish amid continued growth. While…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are a plethora of companies cropping up touting the future of efficient aid or charitable giving, via blockchain. Promising: Complete transparency on your charitable donations We …drive[s] the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In laying out the Sustainable Development Goals, the international community set itself an ambitious set of targets to achieve by the end of the next decade. But the challenge of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy could be a huge resource for development organizations in Asia, but a host of factors are keeping Asia’s billionaires and philanthropists from giving more, according to a new report.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The arrival of more than 655,000 vulnerable Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh in a four-month span has created a chaotic window of opportunity for those who seek to exploit them. Small…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Torrential downpours and subsequent mudslides in the crowded capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, earlier this week are expected to worsen the cholera outbreak that has held…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food security is, and will continue to be, one of our greatest ongoing development challenges. We not only need to provide food and nutrition for a growing global population, but…