Only one woman born and raised in a low- or middle-income country has ever headed an international financial institution. CGD's Eeshani Kandpal speaks with Francisco Ferreira from the London School of Economics and Amie Batson from WomenLift Health about what effective mentorship and allyship can lo...

Earlier this week, CGD’s board chair Lawrence Summers started a speech at the Confederation of Indian Industry with a clarion call for cooperation in the face of global threats like climate change and pandemics. This is a moment of discontinuity, and incrementalism will simply not deliver on the sca...

By the end of the day, eight inches of rain may have chucked down on to New York’s streets; the UK’s decision to water down its environmental and climate policies look—against all odds—even stupider one week on than they did on the day of their announcement.

The rapid evolution of the development landscape, amid ongoing crises such as the war in Ukraine and climate change, presents profound challenges for all development actors. The various challenges intersect in unprecedented ways, amplifying the complexities faced by development cooperation providers...

168 Team Europe Initiatives are currently being rolled out across the globe. In this blog, we look at their geographical and sectoral distribution, as well as the Member States and the institutions who are involved in them. 

The UK is, hopefully, coming out of its nadir in international development. This is marked by planned rises in development spend, an ambitious new international development white paper, a supportive Minister, and a new parliament in 2024. But before considering any proposal, future governments with ...