Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. What we need is a reasoned approach to planning for obsolescence of ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a major defense spending increase, funded by deep cuts to foreign aid—raising concerns about the future of global development and humanitarian efforts. Foreign ...

This week, officials from around the world are meeting in Seville for a landmark event in the development policy calendar: the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. The previous ...

Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) provided over $667 million in aid through 2025 for more than 45 countries, culminating in a ...

It's been over a week since Congress granted the White House its wish to claw back $7.9 billion that Congress previously allocated for spending on disease and famine control, disaster relief and ...

Over the past eight decades, the United States’ international emergency food aid program has been a core component of the country’s humanitarian initiatives and national security and foreign policy ...

After marathon negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning, world leaders at the UN climate talks (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, reached a landmark agreement committing wealthy nations to ...

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump’s new administration has plunged international development assistance into an existential crisis. Within hours of taking office in January, the ...

One lawsuit, underway since February, has sought to compel President Trump to honor Congress’s vision for foreign aid. It still has a long way to go. Furniture, files and equipment at a medical site ...

The benefits of empowering women extend far beyond the immediate recipients of gender-related aid, fostering economic growth, political stability, and social cohesion. Recognizing these benefits, ...

The Ministry of Social Development, under directives from Prime Minister Jafar Hassan, has begun immediate measures to assist families whose homes were damaged by recent severe weather and flash ...