10/8/2026
Across the conversations the Funders’ Roundtable held during UNGA week, one message resonated above all: Global South leadership is taking center stage.
10/8/2026
Our Initiative Atlas offers a curated view of 128 initiatives shaping the future of international development. Aligned with the Roundtable’s Four Shifts, it helps funders identify emerging trends, discover potential partners, and navigate a rapidly evolving development ecosystem.
9/8/2026
This edition features a guest piece from the Segal Family Foundation. Reflecting on their recent annual convening in Nairobi, they break down what it practically takes to put Africa at the center of global development.
9/3/2026
This July, Nairobi was the site of a unique gathering: over 700 individuals with diverse roles on the African continent, all brought together by Segal Family Foundation to make sense of the state of the world and design what happens next with Africa at the center.
8/5/2026
Over the past few months, we have been mapping the evolving landscape of initiatives exploring the future of development. Our live inventory now tracks more than 100 initiatives spanning the four shifts framing adopted by Roundtable members.
8/4/2026
This issue introduces Funder Intelligence, a new feature that draws on our mapping of “future of development” initiatives. Alternating with our Deep Dives—guest reflections from leaders shaping the future of development—this series aims to help funders navigate a rapidly changing landscape and inform strategy, partnerships, and action.
7/13/2026
In addition to our roundup of news, research and events, we are excited to launch a new section, Deep Dive, where we invite readers to think more critically about what it means to reimagine development. This inaugural piece is written by Anthony Bebbington, International Program Director for Natural Resources and Climate Justice at the Ford Foundation.
7/6/2026
Development will have many futures. Some of those futures will rattle the cages of philanthropy and challenge our default positions. While much philanthropy tends towards calls for the local, participatory, and democratic, a great deal of what passes as development is mega, vertical, exclusionary and autocratic.
7/7/2026
This past month continued the wave of “future of development” conversations taking place across philanthropy, civil society, multilateral institutions, and academia.
6/23/2026
We are excited to welcome Soheila Comninos as secretariat lead - some of you got to meet her in the sessions in Oxford.
6/23/2026
From shifts in developmentfinance to locally led approaches, philanthropic collaboration, and emerging trends, this newsletter is designed to help make sense of a rapidly changing landscape and surface what matters most for funders today.
6/23/2026
There is no shortage of research, opinion, and funding developments to share this month, from the latest data on funding to multilateral agencies to the rise of African pension assets to the future of Latin American giving.
4/2/2026
For much more news, analysis, and crystal ball gazing on the future of development, read on!
3/17/2026
We hope our monthly newsletters have helped you stay abreast of the many urgent and challenging discussions and shifts underway.
4/2/2026
Welcome to the second edition of our Monthly Newsletter, our digest of signals and conversations shaping the future of international development.
3/17/2026
Welcome to the first issue of the Future of Development Monthly Newsletter!
3/24/2026
2025 was a tumultuous year for the entire development community. Aid cuts, more blatant transactionalism, and geopolitical pressures all contributed to severe disruptions with all too real human consequences.