This is the third article in the four-part Beyond aid: new directions in development finance series on the key debates at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), which was held in Seville, Spain in June 2025. FfD4 offered many reminders of how far the global development finance architecture has shifted in the ... Read moreDisclosure This series is based on research funded by the Asia Foundation. The views expressed are those of the authors only. About the auth...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Private sector sports performance isn’t glamorous — it’s a grind. Expect long hours, inconsistent pay, parent politics, and fierce competition. If you stay, it demands adaptability, strong branding, diversified income, and a mission bigger than the spotlight. The post 15 Hard Truths About Private Sector Sports Performance appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
Reflections on research by the Digital, Data and Technology team in May 2025 with 15 organisations. This is the first in a series of blog posts on the topic.| Digital trade
HACKERS HAVE COMPROMISED A website used by the United States Intelligence Community (IC) to solicit sensitive contracts from the private sector, according to a new report. The target of the attack, and the methods used, appear to point with a high degree of certainty to a state actor.| intelNews.org
US funded foreign assistance as we knew it on January 19th is gone. That is now the “before times” in international development. Today, USAID is defunded and the State Department is struggling to step in. About 85% of US government funding is gone and over 20,000 jobs in the USA are lost. Or as several... The post How Foreign Assistance Can Survive (and Thrive!) in 2025 appeared first on Technology Salon.| Technology Salon
Indonesians fighting against exploitation of their land for palm oil must confront both powerful corporate interests and an extraordinary level of state control over land that can be traced back to the colonial era. Here, we share observations from those who took part in a recent panel discussion about palm oil and land rights*, inspired by a hard-hitting new documentary, Colonial Debris. The post You can’t talk about palm oil with...| Views & Voices
The global seafood industry is one of the riskiest when it comes to human rights. That’s why it so welcome that a few firms are leading the way in being much more transparent about who caught the fish they sell, says Ashley Aarons. The post Know your boat: why and how some businesses are publishing which fishing vessels they buy from appeared first on Views & Voices.| Views & Voices
Vanguard Group, Inc., the US asset management giant, has decided to shutter its remaining business in China after a retreat two years ago, according to people| BlackOps Partners
