The world’s poorest countries are getting poorer when it comes to expanding global foreign aid spending, shows new data from…
Two new rankings of country-level performance on foreign aid and development tell very different stories. It is best illustrated by…
For the Humanosphere podcast, we speak with Michael Clemens, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development who has…
It is almost a given after major disasters that we see op-eds touting the value of donating cash rather than…
When a disaster strikes, the world takes action to help people in need. Relief workers are deployed and pledges are made…
The White House stayed true to form in the establishment of its program to increase access to electricity in Africa,…
Humanitarian leaders and their organizations talk a lot about listening to what citizens in developing countries want. The UN is…
An extremely rare microscopic image of drug-resistant bacteria. The WHO has added its voice to a booming choir warning of…
The debate over aid does not want to go away, but it is moving away from general statements about whether…
Companies have been taking oil out of Nigeria for nearly half a century, making it one of the wealthier nations…