Some of global development’s emerging players could fill a void in aid to the world’s most isolated countries — and their citizens who desperately crave basic services.
For instance, Russia and North Korea’s foreign policy decisions have alienated them from many of the world’s largest aid donors. But new actors are emerging, and some experts speculate that the recently launched BRICS development bank — officially called “New Development Bank” — could take on some of the health and development challenges facing those countries like tuberculosis.
While the BRICS comprise three of the five most TB-affected countries — India, China and Russia — other countries who share the bank’s status outside of the conventional aid inner circle are sending distress signals. As common interests emerge, TB seems premiere among them.
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.