Global Economics and Development

ORF America conducts programs and research around more effective development policies, strengthening global value chains, coordinating foreign assistance initiatives, and fostering entrepreneurship in the developing world.

Recent Publications

Commentary and Research on Technology
Basel Committee at 50: From crisis to confidence
Basel Committee at 50: From crisis to confidence
Buckle Up for the Ride: Sovereign Wealth Funds Grapple with Fragmentation and Conflict
Buckle Up for the Ride: Sovereign Wealth Funds Grapple with Fragmentation and Conflict
Anit Mukherjee's Interview in Mondato
Anit Mukherjee's Interview in Mondato
Spring meetings prompted to shed light on MDB reform
Spring meetings prompted to shed light on MDB reform
Unleashing Africa’s investment potential
Unleashing Africa’s investment potential
Africa’s bold bargain with global finance
Africa’s bold bargain with global finance
LiFE Lessons: Rethinking Policies for Lifestyles for Sustainable Development
LiFE Lessons: Rethinking Policies for Lifestyles for Sustainable Development
Outlook 2024: The year financial systems break or make it
Outlook 2024: The year financial systems break or make it
The key to a sovereign’s resilience
The key to a sovereign’s resilience
The time for Africa’s financial transformation is now
The time for Africa’s financial transformation is now
Delivering Digital G2P Payments to Urban Informal Populations
Delivering Digital G2P Payments to Urban Informal Populations
Digital Development: Emulating India's Digital Public Infrastructure to Reach the Sustainable Development Goals
Digital Development: Emulating India's Digital Public Infrastructure to Reach the Sustainable Development Goals
Bank of England exercises aim to better understand market dynamics
Bank of England exercises aim to better understand market dynamics
Cash Transfers in the Context of Energy Subsidy Reform: Insights from Recent Experience
Cash Transfers in the Context of Energy Subsidy Reform: Insights from Recent Experience
Rebooting Development Finance: An Agenda for Reforming Multilateral Development Banks
Rebooting Development Finance: An Agenda for Reforming Multilateral Development Banks
India rising as leader of emerging economies. Now Delhi must ally with Latin America too
India rising as leader of emerging economies. Now Delhi must ally with Latin America too
Digital-First Approach to Emergency Cash Transfers: Step-Kin in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Digital-First Approach to Emergency Cash Transfers: Step-Kin in the Democratic Republic of Congo
China makes sweeping reform to financial sector regulation
China makes sweeping reform to financial sector regulation
India emerging as leader in global crypto framework efforts
India emerging as leader in global crypto framework efforts
Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh
Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh
Budget 2023 must focus on agricultural productivity, not production. Go beyond populism
Budget 2023 must focus on agricultural productivity, not production. Go beyond populism
Models of Social Payments through Inua Jamii
Models of Social Payments through Inua Jamii
Building Resilient Global Value Chain Linkages in India: Findings from an Enterprise Survey
Building Resilient Global Value Chain Linkages in India: Findings from an Enterprise Survey
Exploring the Inequities of Climate Finance
Exploring the Inequities of Climate Finance
High-Income and Highly Unequal: The US Falls Behind in SDGs 8 and 10
High-Income and Highly Unequal: The US Falls Behind in SDGs 8 and 10
Why Welfare Policies are Ill-Suited for 21st Century Families
Why Welfare Policies are Ill-Suited for 21st Century Families
Gaps in social protection: The US is failing to make needed investments in people
Gaps in social protection: The US is failing to make needed investments in people
Sustainable development: Shared problems need shared solutions
Sustainable development: Shared problems need shared solutions
Building Back Better together—Potential for an India-UK partnership for a Green Transition
Building Back Better together—Potential for an India-UK partnership for a Green Transition
Beyond Borders: Transnational Development Impacts
Beyond Borders: Transnational Development Impacts

Recent Events

Featured
Raisina Roundtable @ Tokyo
Mar 6
Raisina Roundtable @ Tokyo
Raisina Dialogue DC 2024: Competing on Connectivity
Feb 13
Raisina Dialogue DC 2024: Competing on Connectivity
Brasilia Conference on Social Justice
Dec 14
Brasilia Conference on Social Justice
Cape Town Conversation
Nov 24
Cape Town Conversation
Dealing with Debt: India’s Experience in the Global Context Private Lunch Roundtable Discussion
Nov 20
Dealing with Debt: India’s Experience in the Global Context Private Lunch Roundtable Discussion
From G20 to COP28: Energy, Climate and Growth
Nov 12
From G20 to COP28: Energy, Climate and Growth
The G20 Legacy-MDB Reforms, Digital Infrastructure, and Climate Finance in the Global South
Sep 5
The G20 Legacy-MDB Reforms, Digital Infrastructure, and Climate Finance in the Global South
Kigali Global Dialogue, 2023
Jun 12
Kigali Global Dialogue, 2023
Digitalization, Climate and Debt: The Agenda for Multilateral Development Banks
Apr 11
Digitalization, Climate and Debt: The Agenda for Multilateral Development Banks
Kigali Global Dialogue
Aug 10
Kigali Global Dialogue
Sustainable Development Writing Workshop
May 24
Sustainable Development Writing Workshop

Sustainable Development Writing Workshop.

Roundtable on India’s foreign trade policy: imperatives for Indian industry
Jan 21
Roundtable on India’s foreign trade policy: imperatives for Indian industry
The Road to Glasgow | Greening the Recovery
Oct 28
The Road to Glasgow | Greening the Recovery

Panel Discussion in collaboration with Nehru Center, London

Featuring ORF America’s Terri B. Chapman

A conversation with Dr. Alexis Crow
Mar 19
A conversation with Dr. Alexis Crow

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