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New from CGD
January 14, 2010
The earthquake in Haiti and the humanitarian relief response has drawn attention to one of the world's poorest countries located a mere 600 miles off the coast of the United States. Ruth Levine, CGD senior fellow and vice president for programs and operations, reflects on her experience working in H...
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January 12, 2010
"Resource tracking" is a hot new topic in global health circles. Far from being of interest only to accountants and statisticians, data on the flow of money – how much, from whom and for what – is the subject of intense debates within the donor community, the policy community in developing countries...
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January 19, 2009
Braving freezing temperatures and gusty winds, hundreds of development experts and members of the policy community packed a Washington hotel ballroom for a discussion with David Gergen on the outlook for global development policy under new U.S. president Barack Obama. Gergen, an advisor to four pres...
New from CGD
May 29, 2007
Rich countries and private philanthropies spend billions of dollars every year to buy medicines for poor people in developing countries but the lack of reliable demand forecasts creates shortages and raises prices. CGD is proposing a practical new solution: a neutral third party--neither buyer nor s...
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July 31, 2006
The head of the International Monetary Fund said he will propose giving developing countries a greater say in how the IMF is run. IMF managing director Rodrigo de Rato said that he would put forward the proposals to increase developing country representation on the Fund’s board ahead of the Annual M...
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July 10, 2006
As leaders from the world's most powerful nations prepare to gather in St. Petersburg, Russia, this weekend, observers with even a modicum of memory could be forgiven for wondering whether the leaders suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder. After all, it was only one year ago that G-8 leaders met in...
New from CGD
June 12, 2006
International leaders meeting in Bellagio Italy, last week committed their support for the creation of an independent entity to sponsor rigorous impact evaluations of social programs in developing countries. Meeting participants from developing countries, international organizations, bilateral donor...
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March 27, 2006
William Easterly, author of The White Man's Burden: Why The West's Efforts To Aid The Rest Have Done So Much Ill And So Little Good, has added his voice to the growing demand for independent evaluation of foreign aid. A professor at New York University and a CGD non-resident fellow, Easterly said in...
New from CGD
December 05, 2005
The G7 Finance Ministers announced plans this weekend to work with others on a pilot Advance Market Commitment for a vaccine in 2006. Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti recommended an approach based on a CGD working group report released in April. CGD President Nancy Birdsall welcomed the anno...
New from CGD
November 07, 2005
Despite billions of dollars spent on developing country health and education programs, little systematic evaluation has been done to discover what works and what doesn't. Are you a development professional who shares our concern about this lack of evaluation? You can help us figure out how to close ...