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  • Live from WHA78: A look at the Pandemic Agreement

    Live from WHA78: A look at the Pandemic Agreement
    2025/05/22
    With the 78th World Health Assembly in full swing, we dig into the main talking point of the conference: the Pandemic Agreement.

    The landmark treaty was adopted during this year’s edition of the annual summit. The agreement is designed to create a world better prepared for pandemics, ensuring a more equitable distribution of lifesaving medical interventions — a key challenge highlighted by the COVID-19 response. We delve into what this means for pandemic preparedness and chart the essential next steps.

    During the conversation, we also discuss the funding challenges faced by the World Health Organization and possible solutions that are being explored to ensure its sustainable future.


    For this special episode of our podcast series recorded live on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly, Devex Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with Helen Clark, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, the principal adviser to the director-general on program management and the continental incident manager for mpox at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

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    5 分
  • Previewing the World Health Assembly, and Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

    Previewing the World Health Assembly, and Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
    2025/05/15
    Next week, the global health community will convene in Geneva for the World Health Organization's annual decision-making summit, the World Health Assembly. We preview the pivotal discussions expected to shape the coming year, including the implications of recent leadership changes and cost-saving initiatives at WHO, as well as the evolving role of philanthropic organizations in funding global health.

    We also discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s self-described “big, beautiful bill,” which made its way through a key congressional tax-writing committee on Wednesday. The 389-page plan would increase taxes on private foundations, place a 5% tax on remittances for non-U.S. citizens, and allow the government to revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations it says support terrorists.

    To analyze these stories, and others, Devex Senior Reporter Adva Saldinger sits down with Managing Editor Anna Gawel and senior global health reporter Jenny Lei Ravelo for the latest episode of our podcast series.

    Join our global health reporting team in person or online in Geneva from May 19 to 22 as we host a series of events and roundtables on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly. This journalist-led summit will bring sector leaders to discuss and explore solutions to some of the most pressing issues in global health. Check out the lineup of programs and register here.

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    28 分
  • Bill Gates’ big announcement, and Trump’s budget proposal

    Bill Gates’ big announcement, and Trump’s budget proposal
    2025/05/14
    This week, we learned that billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates will commit most of his fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 2045. Before this date, the foundation will double its philanthropy, spending $200 billion over the next two decades. The announcement comes as the organization, which has given away $100 billion since 2000, marks its 25th anniversary.

    Meanwhile, at the end of last week, U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget proposed an unprecedented slashing of U.S. foreign assistance, making huge cuts to global health, humanitarian aid, and core economic and development work. We discuss the details of Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, and its potential impact on the global development sector.

    As the future of foreign aid remains in limbo, 400,000 boxes of food for malnourished children remain stuck in the United States.

    To explore these stories and others, Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with reporters Sara Jerving and Elissa Miolene for the latest episode of our weekly podcast series.
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    28 分
  • Exclusive Interview: UNDP's Achim Steiner on the 'chronic erosion' of development

    Exclusive Interview: UNDP's Achim Steiner on the 'chronic erosion' of development
    2025/05/14
    For this special episode of our weekly podcast series, we sit down with outgoing UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. He reflects on his two terms, navigating the agency through transitions and current disruptions. Steiner candidly discusses the significant impact of Trump administration program cuts, detailing how they disrupted vital partnerships and supply chains in crisis-hit countries. Hear his take on these impactful cancellations within the larger context of UNDP's work.

    Steiner also addresses the concerning trend of declining development finance for much of the developing world, despite overall ODA figures. He confronts the growing skepticism around multilateral institutions and the critical need for internal reflection. Looking ahead, Steiner highlights UNDP's adaptation through new partnerships and financing, urging a global shift towards innovative funding solutions, especially for the most vulnerable nations. Tune in for this crucial discussion on the changing face of development.
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    41 分
  • How the first 100 days of Trump's presidency impacted global development?

    How the first 100 days of Trump's presidency impacted global development?
    2025/05/01
    This week marked the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency. From the cutting of foreign aid programs to the laying off of government staff, we reflect on the second Trump administration's impact on the global development sector.

    On the topic of the U.S. government, the Department of Government Efficiency is also planning to shut down the Millennium Challenge Corporation. However, efforts are underway to try and save the agency, which has enjoyed bipartisan support and is seen as a key tool to countering China's geopolitical influence.

    We also look back at the key takeaways from the Global Inclusive Growth Summit hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, where Devex was a media partner.

    To dig into these stories, and others, Devex Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar and Senior Reporter Adva Saldinger for the latest episode of our weekly podcast series.

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    38 分
  • Special episode: What’s at stake in the race for critical raw materials?

    Special episode: What’s at stake in the race for critical raw materials?
    2025/04/29
    Conversations about critical raw materials — the natural resources that power  everything from clean energy to smart phones, electric vehicles, and even AI systems — are not ones you hear about in every development circle, but this is starting to change. Given their critical role in the global economy and sustainable technology, they are now at the center of geopolitical power struggles, supply chain shocks, and debates around equity, governance, and sustainability.

    “All the world is talking about going from fossil fuels to decarbonization, and how we should do the green transition … But all of this will need the relevant equipment, and this relevant equipment demands critical raw materials,” said Olena Pavlenko, President and co-founder of DiXi Group, a Ukrainian think tank focused on the energy sector.

    One key challenge for the development sector is ensuring the equitable distribution of critical raw materials, especially to resource-rich nations that often miss out on their benefits.
    “A lot of countries in the African continent contain many of these materials, but aren't necessarily the beneficiaries of a lot of the value that's extracted from them,” said Brian Kagoro, the managing director of programs at Open Society Foundations.

    Pavlenko and Kagoro were joined by Devex Executive Vice President Kate Warren on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, for a special podcast sponsored by the Open Society Foundations.

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    36 分
  • Live from the World Bank meetings, an inside look at the targeting of MCC

    Live from the World Bank meetings, an inside look at the targeting of MCC
    2025/04/24
    With the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in full swing, we are recording live from the conference. From the United States’ approach to the institutions to how to create more jobs in the global workforce, we take a look at the key discussion points at the summit.

    On the topic of the U.S., we chew over the possibility that the uncertainty surrounding potential tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration may be more damaging than the tariffs themselves, drying up liquidity and forcing painful choices on indebted nations.

    During the conversation, we also get into our scoop on the Department of Government Efficiency’s targeting of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. In the coming weeks, the agency is expected to face a reduction in both staff and programming.

    To explore these stories, Business Editor David Ainsworth sits down with reporters Adva Saldinger and Jesse Chase-Lubitz, who are covering the Spring Meetings this week, for the latest episode of our weekly podcast series.

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    34 分
  • What can we expect from the World Bank Spring Meetings?

    What can we expect from the World Bank Spring Meetings?
    2025/04/18
    This week we published a story in which we spoke with 14 former and current World Central Kitchen staff members and contractors to find out what lay behind the deaths of seven of the nonprofit’s staff members in Gaza. The interviewees described a workplace plagued by risk, inadequate training, and a “build-the-plane-while-flying-it” mentality.

    With the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund coming up next week, we discuss what the gathering will mean for the global development sector. It’s the first World Bank meeting since U.S. President Donald Trump’s election in January, and all eyes will be on how the United States will approach the talks and its relationship with the institution.

    We also take a look at the key takeaways from our event with U.S. Rep. French Hill, a Republican from Arkansas and chair of the House Financial Services Committee, who argued that the World Bank is disproportionately focused on climate change and it needs to be pushed “back on course.”

    To unpack what happened to the World Central Kitchen staffers in Gaza and to look ahead to the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with reporters Adva Saldinger and Elissa Miolene, as well as Clemence Landers, vice president and senior policy fellow at the Center For Global Development.

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    41 分