GiveWell: How a Charity Advisor Became a Powerhouse Grantmaker With USAID dismantled, GiveWell’s evolution from research and recommendation hub to formidable global funding intermediary couldn’t be better timed.

With USAID dismantled, GiveWell’s evolution from research and recommendation hub to formidable global funding intermediary couldn’t be better timed.

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#Philanthropy #GlobalHealth #EffectiveAltruism #GiveWell #GlobalDevelopment #Nonprofits #ImpactGiving

Accelerating Climate-Health: How the Sector Can Become Africa’s Next Strategic Investment Frontier Analysts explore why the growing, interrelated challenges of climate change and healthcare present a compelling investment case in Africa.

Accelerating Climate-Health: How the Sector Can Become Africa’s Next Strategic Investment Frontier

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@wdavidsoninst.bsky.social #climate #ClimateChange #health #healthcare #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #investing #ClimateHealth #ImpactInvesting #Africa

When Uncertainty Becomes Structural: Entrepreneurship Support Organisations as Ecosystem Infrastructure in a New Fiscal Reality How global development funding cuts have changed the role entrepreneurship support organisations play in sustaining the broader ecosystem.

When Uncertainty Becomes Structural: Entrepreneurship Support Organisations as Ecosystem Infrastructure in a New Fiscal Reality

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#entrepreneurship #GlobalDevelopment #entrepreneurs

We're thrilled to announce that Cecilia Wallen has stepped into the role of Interim Executive Director of BNID.

We're excited for this next chapter — and we're glad she's leading the way.
Welcome, Cecilia. 🎉

#BNID #GlobalDevelopment #Boston #Leadership

BasisPointInsight.com - The Myth of Post-War Reconstruction by Sharmila Chavaly The world pledges billions for postwar reconstruction. The money rarely arrives. Here’s what works when the fantasy ends. by Sharmila Chavaly, BasisPointInsight.com

3/4 So what actually works when the cheques don’t come?

Smaller, self-sustaining models — revenue-generating assets, community-owned systems, blended finance, and enforceable structures that attract real capital. Reconstruction is not about scale alone, but about viability.

#GlobalDevelopment

But adoption doesn’t happen automatically. For MSMEs and organisations, the questions are still very practical:
▪️ What are the right AI use cases?
▪️ What will the return on investment look like?
▪️ What capabilities are needed to make it work?

#MSME #PublicPolicy #TechForImpact #GlobalDevelopment

The Trade-offs in African Energy Access are Real: Why Electrification Efforts Must Prioritise Industrial Use over Household Connections An analyst pushes back on the argument that Africa can simultaneously pursue both household and industrial energy access.

The Trade-offs in African Energy Access are Real: Why Electrification Efforts Must Prioritise Industrial Use over Household Connections

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#EnergyAccess #solar #RenewableEnergy #Africa #GlobalDevelopment #electrification #SDG7

The Hidden Role of ‘E-Boiling’ in Clean Cooking: How Nairobi’s Informal Settlements are Quietly Powering an Electric Transition How the growing adoption of e-boiling in Africa's informal settlements offers an entry point for boosting electricity usage and clean cooking.

The Hidden Role of ‘E-Boiling’ in Clean Cooking: How Nairobi’s Informal Settlements are Quietly Powering an Electric Transition

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#CleanCooking #Africa #Kenya #research #EnergyAccess #GlobalDevelopment #UrbanDevelopment

What is aid for? How public views are evolving - Development Engagement Lab

Support for foreign aid remains strong, but motivations are shifting.
People increasingly see aid as advancing global stability and shared prosperity, not just charity. Framing matters. @DevEngageLab

#GlobalDevelopment #DataboomUS

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Innovation in development finance does not inherently guarantee equity or empowerment. According to Riva Kantowitz, founder and CEO of the Radical Flexibility Fund, it ultimately depends on how those tools are wielded.

#philanthropy #globaldevelopment

Climate change is creating losses communities can’t avoid.
Read TechnoServe’s conversation on the future of climate finance and development:
www.technoserve.org/blog/re...

#ClimateFinance #LossAndDamage #GlobalDevelopment

What Drives Corporate Philanthropy in Asia: Exploring the Region’s Unique Approach to Giving Analysts explore the factors that are driving the growth in Asian corporate philanthropy — and discuss three common approaches.

What Drives Corporate Philanthropy in Asia: Exploring the Region’s Unique Approach to Giving

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@bridgespangroup.bsky.social #Asia #CSR #Corporations #Philanthropy #GlobalDevelopment

🌍 FAO Fellows Programme 2026
PhD students, researchers & professors can join the UN FAO Fellows Programme and contribute to global efforts to end hunger.
🎁 Global research & policy experience
📅 25 Aug 2026
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#FAO #Fellowships #GlobalDevelopment

🚀 OPEC Fund Young Professional Development Program 2026
A prestigious 2-year development program for young professionals.
🎁 Training + mentorship + rotations
🌍 Work with a global development institution
📅 April 11, 2026
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#GlobalDevelopment #OFY

In early February, the High-Level Strategy Group convened in Bellagio, Italy, where twenty-one experts worked to shape an action-oriented roadmap for the next phase of global cooperation and development assistance.

#globalinnovators #globaldevelopment

We’re excited to announce our first Devex Impact House event of 2026! Join us in Washington, D.C., on April 15 and 16 for Devex Impact House: The Capital Summit, taking place on the sidelines of the World Bank Spring Meetings. (thread 🧵)

#DevexImpactHouse #CapitalSummit #globaldevelopment

Hype vs evidence: What do we really know about the building blocks of the future development finance landscape? Blended finance, guarantees, results-based financing, private capital mobilisation, impact investing, national development banks and philanthropies are just some of the approaches being considered as ...

In a new opinion piece, Gary Forster argues that we currently lack comparable data to properly assess how these approaches perform on development effectiveness, value for money and shifting power.

www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2026/03/hype...
finance-landscape/

#GlobalDevelopment #DevelopmentFinance

Addressing the Communications Breakdown in Global Development: How AI-Enabled Assessment Tools Can Reach Excluded Communities How AI can facilitate impact evaluations and data collection in the multilingual and low-connectivity contexts common in excluded communities.

Addressing the Communications Breakdown in Global Development: How AI-Enabled Assessment Tools Can Reach Excluded Communities

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#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GlobalDevelopment #data #ImpactMeasurement #LanguageAccess

Who is in the Devex Power 50?

We have put together a list of individuals who are playing a key role in redefining global development as it enters a new era.

#DevexPower50 #Power50 #globaldevelopment

What skills is @savethechildren.org US looking for?

At a recent career event, Douglas Mercer, Managing Director of Talent Attraction and Acquisition at Save the Children US, highlighted the specific roles the organization is currently seeking to fill.

#careers #globaldevelopment #SaveTheChildren

Our monthly newsletter is out now! 🌐
This edition features an interview with Tim Hailer-Röthel & @heinerjanus.bsky.social.

Click here to learn more about how foreign aid cuts reshape #GlobalDevelopment assistance:
blogs.idos-research.de/2026/02/26/i...

The limits of the child rights vernacularisation approach to ending child begging in Senegal’s Qur’anic schools In Senegal, many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have attempted to promote the rights of talibés – young boys studying in traditional residential Qur’anic schools, who are often required to b...

Excited to see my latest article published! In it I explore the limits of NGO approaches grounded in rights vernacularisation for tackling child begging in traditional Qur'anic schools in Senegal.

Available open access here: doi.org/10.1080/0225...

#childrights #Senegal #globaldevelopment

The False Choice in African Energy Access: Why the Sector Must Balance the Needs of Households and Businesses — And How it Can Electrify Both How the energy access sector can prioritize electricity solutions for both households and businesses to finally end energy poverty in Africa.

The False Choice in African Energy Access: Why the Sector Must Balance the Needs of Households and Businesses — And How it Can Electrify Both

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#Africa #EnergyAccess #energy #SolarEnergy #solar #GlobalDevelopment

Devex Power 50 Check out the full list »

Who is calling the shots in global development?

As the industry reaches a pivotal turning point, we are spotlighting 50 individuals with the influence and insight to define the sector’s next era.

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“Zombie funds” show a hard truth: we launch funds better than we deliver results. Impact is about deployment, accountability, and speed. Via @Devex
#GlobalDevelopment #ClimateFinance #Impact #DataboomUS
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FIFA has partnered with the Board of Peace to support the reconstruction of Gaza through football-based development projects.

#FIFA #Gaza #FootballForPeace #Reconstruction #GlobalDevelopment

🌍 The newly released The State of the World’s Children 2025 by @unicef.org delivers a stark reminder that child poverty remains one of the defining challenges of our time.

Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/develo...

#EndChildPoverty #ChildRights #GlobalDevelopment #SocialProtection

IndiaAI IndiaAI Mission, an initiative by MeitY, is building a robust, inclusive AI ecosystem through democratized compute, high-quality data, talent, R&D, startup support, industry collaboration & ethical AI.

Looking to follow India’s AI Summit? Livestreams are available!

Global leaders are debating AI governance, access, safety, and development impacts. These are key issues for #SDGs, data systems, and AI-for-good.

#AISummit #AIforGood #GlobalDevelopment

https://www.youtube.com/@IndiaAI/streams

Forthcoming! Uses an evolutionary perspective and interpretative methods to explore economic and social transformations in the United States and China. Click here ➡️ tinyurl.com/35246ufb #AnthemPress #CultureAndInstitutions #EconomicTransformation #GlobalDevelopment @ucl.ac.uk

Who are the people you need to know in global development?

We’ve identified the 50 individuals — on the front lines and behind the scenes — who are navigating tectonic shifts in funding, policy, and AI to redefine the sector in 2026.

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