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The International Financial Architecture and Sustainable Prosperity
The current international financial architecture is misaligned with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. External Read more
Scaling Up Funding and Reforming Financial Institutions
In the 2024 United Nations Pact for the Future, global leaders committed to scaling up and reforming international financial institutions Read more
Seminar Summary – Queering Repression: How the Global Crackdown on Civil Society Affects LGBT+ NGO Foundings
By Naomi Frim-Abrams On February 26, 2025, the Spring 2025 Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Seminar Series at the Boston University Read more
10 Ways Financing for Development has Changed in 10 years
By Tim Hirschel-Burns Financing for Development Conferences – the chief event in the United Nations (UN) system on mobilizing the Read more
Mapping Global Financial Risks Under Climate Change
There is a growing concern about the potential impacts of climate change on financial stability but little quantitative evidence is Read more
Unmined Potential? Opportunities for Development Finance to Support Sustainability and Inclusion in Transition Mineral Supply Chains
Demand for energy transition minerals (TMs) is set to expand many-fold as global investors and nations embrace the ongoing global Read more
Digging Deeper: How Development Finance Can Unearth Sustainability in Transition Mineral Supply Chains
By Julie Radomski and Rebecca Ray As the global economy shifts toward a greener future, the role of public development Read more
Beyond Debt: The Case for Public Sector Net Worth
By Hua Chai and Yan Wang In recent years, the traditional focus on public debt as the cornerstone of fiscal Read more
Unlocking Synergies Between Multilateral Development Banks and National Development Banks
By Chiara Mariotti and Richard Kozul-Wright 2025 will be a pivotal year for development and climate cooperation, with financial matters Read more
Blending from the Ground Up: Multilateral and National Development Bank Collaboration to Scale Climate Finance
International financing for development has persistently fallen short of developing country needs. That gap has widened dramatically with the onset Read more