What is the Sovereign Debt Challenge All About?

Betty N. Wainaina

Remind Me Again Why We Put Together a Neighborhood Party? Recommitting to the Objectives of Special Drawing Rights Issuance

Explainer on what Special Drawing Rights are, and how their full potential can be unlocked in the current Global Financial Architecture landscape in light of the upcoming 4th Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4).

Leaders Launch Global Alliance Against Inequality at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference

Ushering in a New Era of Digital Governance: Next Steps for the GDC

The adoption of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) in September 2024 marked an overdue—but important—turning point. For the first time, all 193 United Nations (UN) member states agreed on a shared global vision for governing the new challenges in today’s digital age. However, the Compact is only the beginning.

It Is Time for Delegations to Unite on Tackling Inequality: Addressing Structural Challenges in Financing for Development Negotiations

Who’s Telling the Story on Inequality?

Raquel Jesse

Annual Report 2024

As we reflect on 2024, it is clear that the challenges facing our world demand bold, collaborative, and forward-thinking solutions. At NYU’s Center on International Cooperation, we have remained steadfast in our commitment to advancing effective multilateral action to prevent crises and foster peace, justice, and inclusion. This annual report highlights our efforts, achievements, and vision as we work to address the compounding crises shaping our global landscape.

Unusual Suspects: Overlooked Avenues for the Prevention of Recruitment Into Non-State Armed Groups

This policy brief examines why people join non-state armed groups, focusing on three overlooked factors: situational avoidance, defection from non-state armed groups, and sensation seeking. These factors open up creative avenues for the prevention of voluntary and/or forced recruitment, including opportunities for situational prevention, links to the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV), and programs for non-violent sensation seeking.

Urbanization for the Few: Soaring Housing Inequality in Kinshasa

Providing adequate housing—whether in Kinshasa, Jakarta, or São Paulo—will be increasingly difficult unless the entrenched power dynamics that determine who matters, who belongs, and whose interests are served, is addressed. This paper contends that the future of urbanization and housing lies in understanding housing as a governance and justice issue, using Kinshasa as a case study.