Happy New Year to all our readers! Welcome to the latest issue of "This Week in Macroeconomics". As we start the new year, ...

The Global Risks and Resilience team’s work on risk informed development and resilience shows that building resilience means ...

Ahead of Davos, guests unpack how aid cuts and the rise of investment-led development are reshaping global cooperation and ...

Following the US military strike on Venezuela on 3 January 2026, Beijing's diplomatic condemnation was immediate and expected ...

Ethiopia’s coffee farmers, guardians of rich forest ecosystems, face new challenges as the EU delays its Deforestation ...

In the latest issue of "This Week in Macroeconomics", guest contributor Chahir Zaki of the University of Orléans, dissects ...

In this blog, Yuen Yuen Ang advances polytunity as a constructive, global alternative to the fear-driven, Western-centric ...

The EU has long been a leading actor promoting gender equality, setting global gender norms and consistently allocating more aid to this area than other donors. However, due to shifting political ...

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) reshapes the global economy, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have a powerful opportunity to lead – by embracing innovation and digital ...

China has become a major global player in energy finance, infrastructure development and clean technology exports. This report explores the changing nature of China’s engagement in energy transitions ...

Even our best-case funding scenario paints a grim picture for many of the world’s most climate-vulnerable places. Yet there is reason to hope. To paraphrase a well-known quote: “It’s not a principle ...

Over the last week the UK made the decision to grow defence spending to 2.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2027 by cutting aid from 0.5% Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of Gross ...