This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the six weeks since violence erupted across Rakhine State, Myanmar, on 25 August 2017, more than half a million people – almost equivalent to the population of The Hague or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Loan-buy downs is not a new concept, but most of its known usage is limited, and often in health. It usually involves three parties — the lender, the borrower, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The information in this article is not legal advice, and is provided only for general informational purposes. The reader should be aware that the legal context for anti-terrorist financing is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mobile phones have introduced a sea of opportunities in every sector imaginable, and that includes in finance. Today, anyone with a cellphone can engage in one form or another of…
The Rohingya face the final stages of genocide. Decades of persecution have taken on a new and intensified form since mass killings in 2012. The marked escalation in State-sponsored stigmatisation,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Organizations working on financial inclusion often grapple with the question: how to get a large number of low-income individuals and families access to financial services? For the Bill & Melinda…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge gave Oregonians firsthand experience with the dangers of the “patriot” movement and its mission of seizing America’s public lands to “give them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.K. secretary of state for international development pledged 40 million pounds ($54 million) to combat “modern slavery” on Friday in a move celebrated by many in the aid community —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Now in its third year and as a spate of accusations of sexual assault have swept through the aid industry and beyond, the United Nations-led HeForShe movement, which calls on men to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A billionaire entrepreneur, a former education secretary and the head of a high-performing charter school network came to Capitol Hill together Wednesday to impress upon Congress the urgency of saving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Global Fund on Wednesday announced its first debt-to-health, or D2H, swap since 2011, kicking off a strategy that aims to engage up to five new creditor countries in 2018. “Over the next…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Advocates campaigning for refugees to have access to safe abortion in humanitarian settings say they have made major progress at a recent high-level meeting — but they added that “political sensitivities”…