Words count!
Let’s start the New Year by looking at how we talk about development. It is striking how certain concepts and buzzwords rally people around ideas and mobilize us into action. The buzzwords themselves...
View ArticleLet’s get real in Addis: The high cost of people-centered development
When heads of state, ministers of finance and leaders of the international development community gather in Addis Ababa this July for the Third Conference on Financing for Development, I hope that the...
View ArticleThe specter of segregation haunts global health
Could some of the MDGs have actually been achieved if we had pursued an integrated approach to advancing the health of women and children?
View ArticleCognitive dissonance in the development community
There is an interesting contradiction emerging in the international development community in the run-up to July’s third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...
View ArticleThe age of integration
The Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in September provide an expansive vision of what we can accomplish over the next 15 years. Unlike the previous global development agenda,...
View ArticleAchieving USAID’s 30 percent local spending goal
In 2010, the United States Agency for International Development formulated a bold, new agenda for modernizing U.S. foreign assistance. Christened USAID Forward, one of its most notable features was an...
View ArticleA conversation on ending extreme poverty
What will it take to eradicate extreme poverty? I sat down with Carla Koppell, Vice President for the Center for Applied Conflict Transformation at the United States Institute of Peace to discuss the...
View ArticleA conversation on coming to terms with the high cost of human development
How do we measure nonprofit organizational effectiveness? I was delighted to have a conversation with Jeri Eckhart Queenan, Partner & Global Development Practice Head at the Bridgespan Group, about...
View ArticleA Deeper Look: Making development more relevant and effective
How can we make our work more relevant and effective? Earlier this summer, FHI 360 held its first summit on integrated development, Greater Than the Sum of its Parts. Ben Ramalingam, a researcher and...
View ArticlePeaceful and inclusive societies
A little more than a year ago, the world rallied around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a historic plan to improve the lives of people everywhere. This past year was a reminder of just how...
View ArticleEducation and the SDGs in sub-Saharan Africa
Over the past decade, there has been important progress in achieving the target of universal primary education. The total enrollment rate in developing regions reached 91 percent in 2015, and worldwide...
View ArticleGlobal health in the age of the SDGs
Over the past 15 years, we have witnessed major declines in child and maternal mortality and progress in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in countries around the world. Still, an...
View ArticleGender equality and the SDGs
Whether it’s ending poverty, protecting the planet or ensuring that all people enjoy peace and prosperity, it is clear that women need to be at the center of the development agenda. Simply put,...
View ArticleTechnology will redefine our future and the progress of the SDGs
Technology is integral to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and the 2030 Agenda is counting on breakthrough technologies to propel social and economic progress. But, when technology advances...
View ArticleThe changing face of U.S. foreign aid
The proposed cuts to the U.S. development and diplomacy budget may signal a new era in international development. But what’s behind the numbers and what does it mean for U.S. global leadership and for...
View ArticleInnovation and scalable solutions to meet the SDGs
What drives innovation, beyond the good idea that begins it? What are the obstacles keeping nonprofits from moving from experimentation to application of scalable ideas? What lessons can we learn from...
View ArticleA Deeper Look: Making development more relevant and effective
How can we make our work more relevant and effective? Earlier this summer, FHI 360 held its first summit on integrated development, Greater Than the Sum of its Parts. Ben Ramalingam, a researcher and...
View ArticlePeaceful and inclusive societies
A little more than a year ago, the world rallied around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a historic plan to improve the lives of people everywhere. This past year was a reminder of just how...
View ArticleEducation and the SDGs in sub-Saharan Africa
Over the past decade, there has been important progress in achieving the target of universal primary education. The total enrollment rate in developing regions reached 91 percent in 2015, and worldwide...
View ArticleGlobal health in the age of the SDGs
Over the past 15 years, we have witnessed major declines in child and maternal mortality and progress in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in countries around the world. Still, an...
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