For the latest edition of the podcast series, Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Ani Dasgupta and Adva Saldinger to provide an update from the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings.
We are leaving trillions on the table by not investing in women, said Melinda French Gates, who urged for more dollars toward female entrepreneurs at the Global Inclusive Growth Summit on Thursday.
Analysis of World Bank and OECD figures show that countries in the global south are likely to pay out $50 billion more in 2024 than they receive in grants and loans.
The proposed resolution for the pandemic agreement will create further negotiations after May for some of the most contentious issues. But experts say deferring some of the decisions comes with significant risks.
In 2022, official sources spent $441 billion, while the private sector provided $62.4 billion. But which among the SDGs received the largest share and how was the money disbursed geographically?
Watchdog accuses British International Investment of breaching its own rules by investing in dating site ShareChat — which also hosted clips promoting prostitution and hailing Hamas’ attacks on Israel.
Haitian civil society groups have been leading local initiatives to reach Haitians in need. We at the Open Society Foundations have committed $20 million to support this work.
