In the shadow of a world still reeling from the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, escalating geopolitical conflicts, and the inexorable march of climate change, the Global South—encompassing over 150 nations from sub-Saharan Africa to Latin America and South Asia—confronts a confluence of crises that threaten to derail its developmental trajectory in 2025. Home to more than 6 billion people and representing 85% of the global population