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Why does international development matter to Canada?
We asked students, professors and practitioners at @uOttawa— and their message was clear:
🌍 We live in a globalized world
🤝 What happens abroad affects us here
💡 Cooperation shapes our future
#IDW2026 #DevMatters
Across the world, young people have turned to protest as a response to economic exclusion, rising living costs and a growing sense that the political system is failing them.
In our latest #DevMatters guest post, @Nanjala1 reflects on what these youth-led movements reveal.���️
With the release of the 2024 official development assistance (#ODA) preliminary data, revisit Harald Hirschhofer and Ugo Panizza's reform recommendations for making ODA fit for the future in our #DevMatters blog post.⤵️
How can development finance providers and policy makers step up to support local capital markets?
Read our new #DevMatters blog to see how to shift towards a new approach for development finance ➡️ https://t.co/pXjOvSdKTX
Why aren't women participating more in the urban workforce in South Asia?
Despite new opportunities, social and cultural barriers still make it hard for women to join the urban workforce.
Learn more about this paradox in our #DevMatters blog ➡️ https://t.co/B7oBjkKHBh
In #SouthAsia, women’s participation in the urban workforce remains low, despite the availability of increased job opportunities .
Learn more about this paradox in the new @OECDdev #DevMatters blog by @MaurizioBussolo and @jonahrexer ➡️ https://t.co/CTlENPMB9u
Digital trade will be key to Africa's economic growth. Yet a lack of unified frameworks is preventing the continent from reaching its e-commerce potential.
Read more about the challenges and ways forward for Africa in our new #DevMatters blog: https://t.co/HC3syKsvUE
In these challenging times, public funds will not be enough to bridge the SDG financing gap. Official development assistance (#ODA) will need to boost private investment, which means reforming how ODA handles currency risk.
Read more on #DevMatters ➡ https://t.co/gDjCyZjHBu
As the world races toward an #AI-powered future, African women risk being left behind not due to a lack of ambition, but because of systemic barriers that limit their digital opportunities.
Learn more on #DevMatters ➡️ https://t.co/bsXrfISaGK | @ImpactHERAfrica
"What does it mean to be a “real” man?
This complex question opens up a conversation about masculinities: those shared beliefs about how men – and women – should behave, often deeply ingrained within societies." – @estelle_loiseau for #DevMatters.
https://t.co/ic9o5RZRLV
Africa's debt crisis is rooted in a credit-rating crisis.
New #DevMatters article by Daniel Cash explores why private creditors and credit rating agencies are key to the solution.
➡️ https://t.co/F9R3yPGTbe | @AstonPress #AfricaForum
How can we build a more effective multilateral development system?
Catch up on the key takeaways from the OECD Multilateral Development Finance Week! Read the highlights in a 🆕#DevMatters blog post ➡️ https://t.co/yxBwZ78orJ
Across #Africa 🌍, 84.3% of women living in rural areas lack any digital device, compared to just 15.7% in urban centres, according to an @ImpactHERAfrica survey.
Learn more about the digital divide on #DevMatters ➡️ https://t.co/rLqk5U3NZf
"The question isn’t whether we can afford to invest in digital education for women and girls—it’s whether we can afford not to."
🆕 #DevMatters blog post by Efe Ukala, Founder of @ImpactHERAfrica, explores how 🌍 can bridge the digital gender divide ➡️https://t.co/9sp8TZSxZC
Succesful visit to the Gambia by a delegation of the WorldBank led @ousmane_diagana and @SPimentaIFC . The delegation engaged with many sectors driving sustainable and inclusive development in the Gambia. Gratitude to my colleague @FrankMutahakana for his leadership. #DevMatters
On the mission in The Gambia with @SPimentaIFC & @ousmane_diagana, we engaged with dynamic private sector leaders driving development. With #OneWorldBank in The Gambia, there's a stronger opportunity to accelerate private sector growth. #DevMatters #IFC #WorldBank
Knowing how income is distributed regionally is just as key to understanding its national distribution.
Scholars from @GlobalDevInst @OfficialUoM @UNUWIDER @SKEMA_BS @LaStatale explain how and its consequences for SDG Goal 10.
➡️ https://t.co/AGVIeLhbiD #DevMatters
UN SDG 10, "reducing inequality," tackles income disparity within and between countries.
A recent study illustrates that monitoring at a subnational level is critical.
@GlobalDevInst @OfficialUoM @UNUWIDER @SKEMA_BS @LaStatale
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/AGVIeLhbiD #DevMatters
Currency risk is stifling climate finance for developing countries.
It should – and can – be mitigated, argue Ruurd Brouwer & @B_Eichengreen in their #DevMatters blog 👇 https://t.co/Vo6wZzqDiU
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Progress on poverty eradication is fading fast amid multiple global crises.
In this #DevMatters blog, @srpoverty argues for increasing official development assistance (#ODA) to social protection systems, effective and under-funded anti-poverty measures ⤵️ https://t.co/gDUJkeQszI
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