In timely and incisive analysis, our experts parse the latest development issues and events, providing practical solutions to new and emerging challenges.
These episodes are meant to capture the role of luck and privilege in my life, as an American during America’s near-hegemon years, and as a woman in a period of growing opportunities for women.
Domestic violence — overwhelmingly against women — is by far the most common form of violence in the world. About 350 million women across the planet have suffered severe physical violence from their intimate partner.
Back in the 1960s and 70s, the standard model of how to make poor countries rich was to insert capital, whether for investments in infrastructure or for human capital investments like education and health.
It’s no surprise that rich countries outperform poor countries on standardized tests. But if you compare kids with similar household wealth across countries, that gap disappears.
The Good Country Index (GCI), aiming “to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity,” has just been launched by Simon Anholt at TEDsalon in Berlin.
Our new report written with the Ecologic Institute explains that although Europe has made significant progress toward protecting the global environment, further efforts are required.
The spread of knowledge and ideas should help close the gap between rich countries and poor. That’s why technology transfer is one of the seven components of CGD’s Commitment to Development Index (CDI).