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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.
Policy & Finance
A workable social contract for the climate transition
Economic insecurity and growing distrust in institutions are undermining governments’ ability to sustain support for climate action. To rebuild that support, they must show that climate policies can reduce household bills, create decent jobs, and ensure that the biggest emitters pay their fair share.
Policy & Finance
Why Asia must fight for global tax justice at the UN
OECD rules won’t save Asian revenues or fund climate resilience. The upcoming UN Tax Convention negotiations offer our best chance to rebuild a broken system.
If development programmes are serious about long-term change, they have to create real pathways towards paid, respected roles within the communities women already belong to.
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Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
13 October 2025
Corporate Responsibility
Can ethical supply chains survive the tariff storm?
3 October 2025
22 August 2025
Carbon & Climate
The Global South must claim the climate mantle at COP30
9 July 2025
Policy & Finance
Global rollback of women's rights puts SDGs at risk
29 May 2025
15 April 2025
Policy & Finance
Can COP30 succeed where COP29 failed?
8 April 2025
24 March 2025
Policy & Finance
Aid cuts could erase women from public life
23 September 2024
Carbon & Climate
Women leading the green charge
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