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The Emerging Global Debt Crisis and the Role of International Aid

The world’s poorest countries are facing a growing debt crisis. The response from the U.S. government should be to develop strategies to provide immediate relief and engage in long-term efforts to address systemic debt vulnerabilities and debt workouts.

Commentary by Rafael Romeu — April 18, 2024

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Daniel F. Runde

Daniel F. Runde

Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin Welsh

Director, Global Food and Water Security Program
Romina Bandura

Romina Bandura

Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development
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David Michel

Senior Fellow, Global Food and Water Security Program

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2024 Global Development Forum

CSIS is hosting the eighth annual Global Development Forum to discuss some of the most pressing issues in international development today.

Event — April 18, 2024

Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Climate-Related Migration and Adaptation Funding with Sarah Bermeo and Kerilyn Schewel

In this episode of Building the Future, guest host Noam Unger is joined by Sarah Bermeo and Kerilyn Schewel, co-directors of the Duke Program on Climate-Related Migration, as they draw on their research in Central America and Ethiopia to discuss the effect of climate on migration, forecast models, adaptation funding, and aid allocation.
 

 

Podcast Episode by Noam Unger — April 3, 2024

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Strategic Japan 2024: Japan and the Global South

Strategic Japan is a CSIS Japan Chair initiative to introduce research from Japanese scholars on regional and global challenges and the implications for the U.S.-Japan alliance. This year explores Japan's engagement with the Global South. 

Event — March 13, 2024

The Truth of the Matter

Russia’s Food War

For the past two years, CSIS’ Global Food and Water Security Program directed by Caitlin Welsh has analyzed the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine on global food security and on Ukraine’s agriculture sector and has shed light onto the ways that agriculture and food are central to Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine and its political strategy for expanding influence around the world. Caitilin joins the podcast to discuss these issues.

 

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Caitlin Welsh — March 7, 2024

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2024 Global Forecast: Vying for Influence in the Global South

In the fourth and final installment of the 2024 Global Forecast, CSIS experts analyze the key challenges that will define the battle for influence in the Global South, which will determine geopolitical power and shape the future of the global order.

Digital Report by Michelle Strucke, J. Stephen Morrison, Noam Unger, Caitlin Welsh, Richard M. Rossow, Gregory B. Poling, Ryan C. Berg, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Craig Cohen, and Alex Kisling — February 7, 2024