World population growth will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, according to the twenty-fourth round of official United Nations population estimates and projections released on July 29.

Oxfam International’s Executive Director Winnie Byanyima makes the case for overhauling tax systems and “fighting for tax justice” as part of Fin4Dev process in a Huffington Post blog.

Wharton B-School and the Zicklin Center for Business Research ran an Ideas for Action Competition recently in collaboration with the World Bank. The winning proposals are detailed here. A post by Martin Sterlicchi and Demet Cabbar on “How to finance development: Six ideas from young leaders” highlights how dynamic young people can invigorate the fin4dev process.

In an Inside Philanthropy piece on business accelerators, Sue Lynn-Moses explains how these initiatives to provide ‘kickstart’ support to businesses in the developing world are urgently seeking more data so they can gauge whether their funding is actually making a difference.

In ‘Unleashing the Power of Women Entrepreneurs Around the World: The Smartest Investment to Unlock Global Growth,’ IFC Executive Vice President Jin Yong Cai, OPIC head Elizabeth Littlefield and Goldman Sachs Foundation President Dina Habib Powell discuss the launch of the first ever global financing facility dedicated to women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises.