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What’s Hot and Not for 2015

December 22, 2014

With the New Year fast approaching, it’s time for our predictions of the hottest trends in global development for 2015. In true CGD fashion, compiling the list was a team effort. Below are our best guesses. Have others? Share them in the comments section.

Unsexy development

Kinky development

Free(d) poverty data

Free U2 album

Beyond the Fence

White House fence jumpers

Judd Ryker

Jack Ryan

Beyond aid

Band Aid

REDD+

Redskins

Data Revolution

Dance Revolution

Preemptive Contract Sanctions

Cuba sanctions

Health programs that work

Health programs as cover

OPIC

OPEC

100 Women Leaders in Global Health

All-male panels

Cargo pants

Cargo preference

Arvind as India’s CEA

Arvind leaving CGD

DDD

BBB

Cash on Delivery

Text by delivery

Active outreach

PDF graveyards

Summers

Winter

A better AGOA

Letting authorizations expire

Hating on hard hurdles                 

Loving fuzzy indicators

GIF

GIFs

Publish What You Buy

Pay more than it’s worth

Aadhaar

Pre-screen clock out

Front-line health workers

Panic-based policy                     

A thoughtful, achievable, curated list of post-2015 goals and targets

An 18-page list of 17 goals and 212 post-2015 targets

 

Disclaimer

CGD blog posts reflect the views of the authors, drawing on prior research and experience in their areas of expertise. CGD is a nonpartisan, independent organization and does not take institutional positions.

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