Brazil’s rare earths put the country at the center of…

5 key reasons to read this article: Brazil holds 23% of the world’s rare earth reserves, but its extraction and processing industry is embryonic. China…

HIV/AIDS statistics in sub-Saharan Africa amid foreign aid cuts DevelopmentAid

Over the last decade, humanity witnessed a massive decline in HIV infections, with 1.3 million or 40% fewer people acquiring HIV in 2024 than in…

Why Big Donors Can’t Deliver Without NGOs: A Dialogue With…

In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues—marking International NGO Day at the end of February—podcast host Hisham Allam interviewed Dara Johnston, Chief of Water, Sanitation and…

Africa sees water security turning into a geopolitical flashpoint DevelopmentAid

5 key reasons to read the article Africa’s water battles could spark international conflict over rivers that have shaped civilizations for centuries. Scarce water resources…

The ESG Blueprint: Navigating the New Gold Standard of Global…

In 2026, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer a corporate social responsibility (CSR) footnote—it is the central nervous system of modern capital markets. With global…

can carbon capture save us, or is it fossil fuels’…

5 key reasons to read the article The world appears to be betting its climate future on a technology that captures less than 0.2% of…

What to expect from the job market in 2026

Everyone who was looking for a job in the aid sector in 2025 or is currently in the process of securing one knows just how…

Top 20 countries by the number of data centers in…

The text you’re reading right now on your screen, in a split second, has already traveled thousands of kilometers via optical fiber networks and underwater…

Why connectivity alone is not enough DevelopmentAid

The digital divide has become one of the defining development challenges of the 21st century. A few years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) entered this equation…

exclusive insights from December DevelopmentAid

In December 2025, the DevelopmentAid database contained more than 1,600 open tenders for individual consultants working in the development sector. While Environment remains the sector…