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Making the Belt and Road Initiative work for Africa
Insight | 15 October 2019 | Linda Calabrese
China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative offers opportunities for Africa but countries will need to be strategic to avoid losses and maximise gains.
Read and commentLow-income country debt: three key trends
Insight | 15 October 2019 | Jesse Griffiths
The first in a new blog series explores how more low-income countries are vulnerable to debt, while they also face rising and more expensive debt levels.
Read and commentFour ways to improve the World Bank’s proposal for a Sustainable Development Finance Policy
Insight | 14 October 2019 | Annalisa Prizzon
A few areas of the draft proposal for a World Bank Sustainable Development Finance Policy need reconsidering to make its incentives work.
Read and commentHow do we reduce disaster risks for the conflict-affected?
Insight | 13 October 2019 | Katie Peters
As conflicts become more protracted around the world, cutting disaster risks from climate change in those places will require a different approach.
Read and commentHow the arts and sciences can work together to improve disaster risk reduction
Insight | 11 October 2019 | Yue Cao
A new earthquake resilience scenario in China shows the arts can turn scientific evidence into compelling messages and help reduce the risk of disasters.
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As researchers, we must work with activists to solve the climate crisis
What G7 leaders can do to end extreme poverty
Three ways humanitarians can support the Rohingya in Bangladesh, two years on
IPCC’s Climate Change and Land report: how we can shape a healthier planet
Dear Prime Minister, five priorities for the UK government
Lessons from the African Continental Free Trade Area
Let’s talk climate change: four tips for communicating about it
How to make property tax work for local governments in poorer countries
Empowering Africa’s powerful women
Welcome back to DFID, Rory Stewart