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Policy & Finance
The next era of reform must be about capability
Economic development should no longer be measured solely by how much finance is mobilised or how much fiscal space is created. It must also be judged by whether countries emerge more capable of setting their own priorities, responding to challenges, and seizing new opportunities to shape their own future.
Carbon & Climate
Can adaptation accelerate climate action?
After a summer of apocalyptic headlines, a new survey finds that people across the political spectrum are deeply concerned about preparing for the effects of global warming. The adaptation imperative may end up being the kind of crisis that forces us to stop neglecting the green agenda and act at the necessary scale.
Food & Agriculture
What the Iran war taught the world about food security
Perhaps the most unsettling lesson from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the gap between what we knew and how we prepared. Countries should use whatever easing of immediate pressures occurs to strengthen resilience before the next shock arrives.
As Laos prepares to graduate from the United Nations’ least developed country category, the bigger challenge is no longer escaping poverty but building a future defined by clean space and green growth.
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24 May 2026
Policy & Finance
War tests BRICS — and reveals its limits
22 May 2026
Policy & Finance
Sustainable economies will own the future
3 March 2026
7 May 2025
10 February 2025
Policy & Finance
Trump’s withdrawal from WHO will not make America great again
2 May 2024
Carbon & Climate
Is climate action China's trump card?
30 April 2024
20 February 2024
Policy & Finance
What corporations need to know about public health
29 January 2024
Policy & Finance
Developing countries need debt relief to act on climate change
21 December 2023
20 December 2023
15 December 2023
Policy & Finance
Credit ratings and climate chaos
6 July 2023
Policy & Finance
How can fintech innovation supercharge global women's development?
Policy & Finance
China’s climate diplomacy in a turbulent world
16 May 2023
Carbon & Climate
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