Qatar’s quiet rise as a development powerhouse
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Kenya lands $1B debt-for-food swap with US DFC
5 December 2025The Kenyan government and the DFC have inked a deal to swap $1 billion of debt in exchange for food security investments.
Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
5 December 2025The decision halts funding for initiatives that build resilience in chronically food-insecure regions — known as resilience food security activities or nonemergency food aid — which are designed to reduce chronic hunger and prevent future emergencies.
Foreign service in crisis as 1 in 4 officers pushed out, AFSA warns
4 December 2025A new report from the American Foreign Service Association finds that plummeting morale and mass layoffs have crippled the U.S. foreign service.
Impact of HIV funding cuts, and the rise of digital public infrastructure
4 December 2025For the latest episode of our podcast series, Adva Saldinger sits down with Catherine Cheney and Jenny Lei Ravelo to discuss the top global development stories of the week.
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How debt is undermining countries’ fight against climate change
5 December 2025Opinion: As global south nations are forced to devote scarce public resources to servicing record-high external debt, they are left fiscally constrained and unable to invest in urgent climate action and resilient infrastructure.