global development

A researcher works on the diagnosis of suspected COVID-19 cases in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on March 26, 2020.

Why The Race For A Coronavirus Vaccine Will Depend On Global Cooperation

8:35pm May 20, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

Developing and producing a vaccine is a complicated process — one that is heavily reliant on countries sharing supplies and a common goal, says Prashant Yadav of the Center for Global Development.

Grim And Hopeful Global Trends To Watch In 2020 (And Fold Into A Zine)

8:37pm January 02, 2020

by NPR Staff

There's cause for pessimism and optimism in the year ahead as our expert sources share their predictions. Plus: Print and fold your own global trends zine.

Ivanka Trump speaks at a roundtable for the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative at the White House on February 7.

Ivanka Trump Launches $50 Million Program To Empower Women In The Workplace

5:30pm February 13, 2019

by Joanne Lu

She wants to make it help 50 million women around the world get jobs and start their own businesses. Critics are waiting for more details.

Demonstrators ransacked this Ebola transit center in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the struggle to control the disease — and the protests it has sparked — will be part of the global health landscape in 2019.

What's Coming In 2019? Global Thinkers Make Big, Bold Predictions

2:53pm January 04, 2019

by NPR Staff

What will the next year bring? We asked experts for their forecasts on humanitarian aid, the refugee crisis, global health and other topics.

Sidumiso Nyoni, 30, took the train from her home in rural Nyamandhlovu, Zimbabwe, to the industrial city of Bulawayo to visit family. "The train doesn't have a specific time at which it comes," she says.

Zimbabwe's Rickety Trains Get A Boost From Expat Investors Next Door

6:46pm July 29, 2018

Zimbabweans living in neighboring South Africa are injecting capital into a railway revamp — but much more is needed to get the country back on its feet.

A boy carries a sack of grain from a dugout canoe to shore in the village of Ambohitsara in eastern Madagascar, characterized as a low-income country by the World Bank.

Your Turn: How Are Poor Countries Portrayed By Aid Groups And The Media?

8:55pm January 12, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

The controversy over President Trump's description of El Salvador, Haiti and African countries has global thinkers asking whether the aid community is partly to blame.

Global Buzzwords That Will Keep On Buzzing In 2017

7:00am January 08, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

From airpocalypse to UAVs, we decipher the trending terms of global health and development. And we even use them in a sentence!

Men crowd out a woman in two high-level panels.

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Dude, Where Are The Women? #AllMalePanels In Global Development

12:48pm May 09, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

The aid industry focuses on issues about women and is dominated by female staffers. So why are they often absent in high-level public conversations?

Don't have a "functioning postal code"? Aid workers can download and print Jaded Aid from the field. NPR's Goats and Soda team played a round using the downloadable deck.

Could A Vial Of Bono's Tears End Poverty? In This Card Game, It Can

10:00am February 14, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Frustrated aid workers can find laughter and solace in Jaded Aid, which pokes fun at the bureaucratic business of global development.

What Hashtagged In 2015? Periods, Refugees And Nigerians At Hogwarts

3:39pm January 05, 2016

If it didn't hashtag, did it really happen? We look back on the trendiest hashtags in global development in 2015.