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We need to build livable communities to create a livable planet. For real and lasting change, we must do more to build the social sustainability that will enable citizens, refugees, and governments to work together to put financing and technical solutions to good and effective use.
Winston G. Favor is a graduate student in the International Security Program at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. During his graduate studies, Winston’s research has focused on China-African relations, the US Global Fragility Strategy in Coastal West Africa, and peacekeeping.
Winston G. Favor is a graduate student in the International Security Program at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. During his graduate studies, Winston’s research has focused on China-African relations, the US Global Fragility Strategy in Coastal West Africa, and peacekeeping.
The global economy is projected to rebound from the effects of COVID-19 in 2021, but the world’s most fragile states may not share in the upswing. Saddled with economic collapse and soaring debt, developing economies are likely to be left further behind after shrinking about 5 percent last year, according to World Bank estimates. As a result, over 55 million people could be plunged deeper into poverty, fueling social and political grievances and increasing the risks of instability. Pedestrians fill a busy street in Nairobi, Kenya. June 9, 2020. (Khadija Farah/The New York Times) The dangers...
January 26, 2021 Both advocates and practitioners of global development have called on the Biden-Harris administration to elevate development as an instrument of national security and an expression of U.S. national character. The nomination of former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), now with a seat on the National Security Council (NSC), is an important step in that direction. Additionally, a strategy for global development can strengthen and consolidate development objectives. Yet, some policymaker...