The authors assess the role of the multilateral development system and the reforms needed to support the new global agenda. There is an urgency to the reforms. The coming decades will see the largest urban expansion in history. More infrastructure needs to be built in the next 15 years than the...

The Imperative of Development highlights the research and policy analysis produced by the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings. The Center, which operated from 2006 to 2011, was the first home at Brookings for research on international development. It sought to help identify effective...

"This volume is a continuing contribution to address the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The SDGs are interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.""