Top 20 Posts on Views from the Center Blog in 2011

December 21, 2011

It seems like everyone is making lists this time of year, and we at CGD are no exception. Here’s a look at the 20 most popular posts to our Views from the Center blog in 2011.

Thank you for your continued readership and we look forward to bringing you even more information and expert analysis in 2012.

Haiti Earthquake Aid Facts, David Roodman

Kenyan Economist Offers First Independent Evaluation of Millennium Villages Project, Michael Clemens

Ten Zero-Cost Ideas for Development Progress in 2011, Nancy Birdsall

The Millennium Villages Evaluation Debate Heats Up, Boils Over, Michael Clemens

Development Policy of the Future… And Why We Aren’t Ready, Todd Moss

Held Hostage: Funding for a Proven Success in Global Development on Hold in Kenya, Justin Sandefur

Don’t Do Impact Evaluations Because…, William Savedoff

Zedillo Warns of a “Frightening Failure” of Global Institutions, Lawrence MacDonald

Nicholas Kristof and Aid, Arvind Subramanian

Here’s My Crazy Idea (and Video) for Fixing U.S. Development Policy, Todd Moss

What Happens When Donors Fail to Meet Their Commitments?, Owen Barder

Obama Set to Lob Canadian Carbon Bomb at India, Lawrence MacDonald

The World Bank as a Foundation? Why I’m Scratching My Head Over the World Bank’s New Vision, Todd Moss

What Can Development Agencies Learn from Venture Capital Firms?, William Savedoff

The New Education Strategy at the World Bank: Time for a Millennium Learning Goal?, Nancy Birdsall

Development’s Next Top “Model”: China? India? Rwanda? Ghana?, Nancy Birdsall

Youth in the Middle East: Nowhere to Go but the Street, Charles Kenny

Aid Alert: China Officially Joins the Donor Club, Nancy Birdsall

India’s Summer of Scams Reaches a Climax, Milan Vaishnav

Still Time to Prevent Another Food Price Crisis—and the One after That?, Kim Elliott

P.S. – Check out our other Top 20 Lists for CGD’s Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance blog, and the Global Health Policy blog.

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