Integrated approaches key to achieve development goals

By: Lindiwe Majele Sibanda and Claudia Sadoff

International institutions need to take a more integrated approach to solving the world’s problems – and need more funding – write Claudia Sadoff, executive managing director of CGIAR, and Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, chair of the group’s System Board.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent Summit for a New Global Financing Pact delivered a clear message: international institutions, from finance to research, are in urgent need of reform if they are to be fit-for-purpose in addressing the challenges the world faces today.