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Opinion: Debt swaps can play key role in tackling the development crisis

Opinion: Debt swaps can play key role in tackling the development crisis

The use of debt swaps, which is on the rise, can unlock long-term development funding and reduce debt burdens in lower- and middle-income countries.

Opinion: The EU is an aid superpower. It just doesn’t know it yet

Opinion: The EU is an aid superpower. It just doesn’t know it yet

U.S. aid cuts and withdrawal from WHO are a terrible blow for global health, but also an opportunity for the European Union to step up as a superpower: Together, EU member states spend nearly twice as much as America on ODA.

Opinion: Global health is at a crossroads, emerging as a new asset class

Opinion: Global health is at a crossroads, emerging as a new asset class

Investors have become a driving force in global health, seeing it as the next big asset class, while global south nations are pushing back against donor-driven models.

Opinion: At the UN, we need to do better with less. Here’s how

Opinion: At the UN, we need to do better with less. Here’s how

By acting with a renewed sense of "purpose, pace, priority, and precision," the UN80 reforms can advance shared development goals.

Opinion: US foreign assistance recasting is a test of national strategy

Opinion: US foreign assistance recasting is a test of national strategy

As the U.S. State Department reorganization unfolds, the future of U.S. foreign assistance and development hangs in the balance.

Opinion: Progress on loss and damage fund shows climate is global priority

Opinion: Progress on loss and damage fund shows climate is global priority

The work to-date to get financing from the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage to countries most vulnerable to climate change is a clear indicator of global solidarity toward climate action.

Opinion: A new development conference can’t be just a Western echo chamber

Opinion: A new development conference can’t be just a Western echo chamber

We are all for international development reform, as long as Western donors are not the only ones at the table.

Opinion: On food system change, time to keep calm and accelerate

Opinion: On food system change, time to keep calm and accelerate

From inter-agency collaboration to public-private partnerships, from effective development finance institution involvement to stronger feedback loops — here’s how to accelerate food system transformation.

Opinion: Why grassroots innovation must survive aid cuts

Opinion: Why grassroots innovation must survive aid cuts

As threats to global development assistance mount, now is the time to elevate grassroot innovations that promise transformative change.

A response by OECD’s Carsten Staur to civil society open letter of June 3

A response by OECD’s Carsten Staur to civil society open letter of June 3

The chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee responds to an open letter from the DAC CSO Reference Group, clarifying DAC's mandate and role in international development cooperation.

Opinion: Why the UN’s recent Africa relocation news matters

Opinion: Why the UN’s recent Africa relocation news matters

The announcement that key United Nations offices will be moved to Nairobi marks an encouraging step toward localizing the global body.

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