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Blog Post
December 04, 2019
The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Board of Directors will meet on December 9 to determine which countries will be eligible for the agency’s FY2020 funds. Every year CGD’s US Development Policy team explores the central issues surrounding MCC&rsqu...
Blog Post
November 20, 2019
With the 2019 Nobel prize for economics going to Western economists combating poverty in LMICs through RCT-generated evidence, the time is ripe for the global community and national leaders to invest in a similar and yet different type of capacity: local pragmatic research infrastructure for learnin...
Blog Post
September 10, 2019
Africa’s huge market potential—the new Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) makes it the world’s largest free trade area—and the strategic dynamics created by China’s deepening presence on the continent are drawing growing attention, along with big...