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The World Bank needs to understand poverty and what it actually costs a family to live on

Blog / 16th August 2019

The World Bank claims poverty is decreasing around the world but UN research shows it depends on what you measure. If we are serious about reducing poverty, we need to start by properly identifying it.

UN report shows mixed results in meeting SDGs

Report / 26th July 2019

The United Nations launched its 2019 report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showing inadequate progress in the fourth year into the sustainable development agenda and highlighting the need for imminent global action.

Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2019: Reshaping governance for sustainability

Report / 8th July 2019

Four years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda the world is off-track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Most governments have failed to turn the transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda into real transformational policies. 

Big holes in the UN Development Goals are exposed by new studies

Blog / 18th April 2019

Serious flaws in the system for tracking progress on the Sustainable Development Goals have been uncovered in a newly published collection of stunning, provocative research by eminent policy specialists.

The IMF and the World Bank: 75 years on

Article / 18th April 2019

A decade after the financial crisis shook the foundations of the global financial system, the Bretton Woods Institutions face an uncertain future. The following overview is written for a series on the 'crisis of multilateralism' by openDemocracy with The Bretton Woods Project.