More: Development
Develop while you still can
The last
week saw the United Nations General Assembly as the focal point for global
affairs, with the center stage given to the confrontation between a...
Turning challenges into opportunities: Africa’s industrial development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
When world leaders gathered in New York
for the 70th session of the General Assembly in 2016, and proclaimed the period
2016-2025 as the Third Industrial...
Pacific Social Development Improving, But Challenges Remain
Lessons from the impact of the global economic
crisis a decade ago, plus a sustained period of economic growth, has helped to
drive substantial social development...
Why Infrastructure Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth
Here’s a statistic: 75 percent of the infrastructure that will be
required globally in 2050 has yet to be built. That sounds daunting, but the
truth...
Addressing Sri Lanka’s Macroeconomic Challenges
Sri Lanka is widely recognized for its rapid development progress—as
shown by various development indicators—but underperformance on growth. The
country’s growth slowed to 3.2% in 2018....
Ambitions are affordable for Asia and the Pacific
Three years of implementation of the transformative
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows the
region has some catching up to do....
Green and Gray Infrastructure More Powerful When They Work Together
A new generation of infrastructure projects that harness the power of nature can help achieve development goals, including water security and climate resilience,...
Reforming Multilateral Development Banks
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the value of
multilateralism. I am a strong believer that the multilateral system, which
includes multilateral development...
African Development Bank: Making a Big Difference in Africa
The story of 1.2 billion people living in
the African continent is poised to change considerably and could be the big
story of the next decade...
Avoiding a Jobs Crisis in Africa is a Global Responsibility
This month, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim shocked the international aid community with his announcement that he will leave his post on 1...