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Critical Questions
The Next Wave Is Not a Covid-19 Wave: Debt Sustainability in Developing Countries
April 20, 2022 | Daniel F. Runde, Frank Kelly, Romina Bandura Global indebtedness is at record highs. Collaboration and adaptive solutions are required to create inclusive and productive debt structures and relief mechanisms.

Commentary
The Importance of Water in Foreign Policy
January 10, 2022 | Conor M. Savoy, Janina Staguhn Infrastructure, climate, inclusive development, and finance are examples of areas where addressing water challenges can play a significant role in promoting the Biden administration’s foreign policy objectives and advancing U.S. priorities in the development space.

Commentary
After the UNFSS, How Should the United States Support Global Food Systems Transformation in Low-Income Countries?
December 16, 2021 | Julie Howard The UN Food Systems Summit marks a shift from heavily focusing on increasing agricultural production to a broader food systems approach to food security. What are the implications for Feed the Future and related U.S. assistance to low-income countries?

Commentary
Haitian Migration: Food Insecurity, Fragility, and a Better Way Forward
November 22, 2021 | Jamie Lutz, Erol Yayboke Recent coverage of Haitians arriving at the U.S. border is only a snapshot of a years-long journey in search of safety and food security. U.S. strategy toward Haiti must consider the links between hunger and migration and prioritize food security as a pillar of stability.

Commentary
The Quad’s Strategic Infrastructure Play
September 27, 2021 During their first in-person summit, leaders from the four Quad countries—Australia, Japan, India, and the United States—announced a new infrastructure coordination group that will resonate in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

Commentary
Mission Creep at the Development Finance Corporation
September 20, 2021 | Conor M. Savoy The DFC has a narrow and important mandate that can support U.S. strategic objectives abroad and create private sector-led development impact. Here is how the United States should fashion a strategy that draws on the organization’s strengths to deliver on this mandate.

Critical Questions
Foreign Purchases of U.S. Agricultural Land: Facts, Figures, and an Assessment of Real Threats
September 8, 2021 | Jamie Lutz, Caitlin Welsh Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land has doubled over the past decade, and many policymakers are concerned. Even so, who controls the future of U.S. farmland is a larger issue that cannot be addressed through narrow policy solutions.

Commentary
United States Can Help Advance Financial Inclusion for Women
August 25, 2021 | Romina Bandura Women’s economic empowerment & financial inclusion is critical in a post-pandemic economy, and governments can ensure economic resilience through gender inclusion. In a new Commentary, CSIS analyzes how development actors can enhance financial inclusion for women globally.

Critical Questions
The G7’s New Global Infrastructure Initiative
June 15, 2021 | Matthew P. Goodman G7 leaders unveiled an initiative to support global infrastructure, launched as China’s Belt and Road Initiative pulls back. To succeed, the United States and its partners must design incentives that mobilize private capital and appeal to leaders in the developing world.

Commentary
Afghanistan: Continued Assistance Flows Are Vital as U.S. Troops Leave
May 25, 2021 | Earl Anthony Wayne Following the Biden administration’s decision to permanently withdraw all troops from Afghanistan, the United States will need to rapidly address the future of its financial flows to the country as it seeks to bolster the Kabul government and protect human rights.

Commentary
More Representatives, More Diversity
April 20, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Kristen Cordell Recent and impressive efforts by the Biden-Harris administration to improve diversity and representation within the U.S. government should also be applied to wider challenge of improving U.S. representation in key multilateral organizations.

Commentary
Climate Leadership Should Include Foreign Assistance
April 19, 2021 | Erol Yayboke The inaugural Leaders Climate Summit will be held on Earth Day 2021 and marks a major opportunity for the Biden-Harris administration to integrate a climate lens across the U.S. foreign assistance apparatus. CSIS’s Erol Yayboke and Christine Li present four ways for it to do...

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