NextBillion - A WDI Publication

By Mark Suzman

It’s been two years since my last letter, and the world has changed dramatically since then.

Faced with compounding crises and competing priorities, leaders everywhere are making hard decisions about how to do more with less. Wealthy countries have withdrawn tens of billions of dollars in health and development funding. Meanwhile, low-income countries face increasingly severe debt burdens, leaving them with far fewer resources to invest in their people.

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