In the latest issue of "This Week in Macroeconomics", Professor José Antonio Ocampo, a renowned Colombian economist, academic ...

The latest episode from the Small Islands Big Picture podcast explores exciting updates in sustainable development across ...

An independent, expert working group convened by ODI Global to assess solutions for IDA's long-term financial sustainability and operational effectiveness ahead of the IDA21 mid-term review in ...

On Monday 20 July 2026, Ed Miliband took up his appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs in the new government led by Andy Burnham. He assumes the role at a ...

This outcome note details the reflection, discussion and learning that were generated in a series of workshops, funded by the Council for British Research in the Levant, that sought to bring together ...

On 15 July 2026, the UK–India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) entered into force. It is a welcome part of the UK’s ‘looking east’ policy, lowering tariffs, increasing opportunities ...

The Global Risks and Resilience Team's China 2049 Initiative provides insight and analysis of China’s evolving geo-economic strategy as the country moves towards its 2049 targets for modernisation and ...

The future of aid Aid ~ Defence ~ Human rights ~ Humanitarian ~ Humanitarian system ~ Multilateral institutions ~ Gender justice ~ United Kingdom (UK) ~ United States (US) ...

Understanding the impact of ‘localisation’ on strengthening effective and efficient responses to humanitarian crises continues to be a key policy and practice concern for donors and the broader sector ...

Localisation has long been discussed, but has still not been delivered. Systemic barriers have posed challenges, and the term itself is contested. Now, the last tumultuous 18 months could provide a ...

The financial capacity of the World Bank and the other major multilateral development banks will be central to conversations this week at the Annual Meetings in Washington, on how to meet global ...

Welcome to the latest issue of This Week in Macroeconomics. This week, Phyllis Papadavid examines some of the economic and financial fallout of the US-Israel strikes in Iran, which continues to send ...