In a gesture both symbolic and strategic, the General Assembly declared July 6 as World Rural Development Day, reaffirming its unwavering commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Development needs to be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. The IMF helps countries around the world achieve the SDGs by working with them to develop the foundation for strong, ...

A research team has made a breakthrough in epigenetic drug discovery. The researchers have successfully developed a first-in-class chemical inhibitor that precisely and selectively targets the ATAC ...

Plant development is the process by which structures originate and mature as a plant grows. Plants produce new tissues and structures throughout their life from clusters of undifferentiated cells ...

Neuronal development is the biological process by which neurons are produced during development. The processes that contribute to neuronal development include proliferation, differentiation, migration ...

Every five years, the IMF undertakes a comprehensive review of its capacity development (CD) strategy. As a core function of the Fund, CD accounts for around one-third of our direct work with member ...

Standards make everyday life run smoothly. You rarely notice them: the credit card that works in any corner of the world, the Wi-Fi signal that connects a remote village to the cloud, or the vaccine ...

Kiara Taylor has worked as a financial analyst for more than a decade. Her career has involved a number of financial firms, including Fifth Third Bank, JPMorgan, and Citibank. She has filled a number ...

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the ...