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September 17, 2012
Integration of the global economy has outpaced the ability of international institutions to address key market failures—inequality, volatility, and inadequate provision of global public goods—undermining the prospects for inclusive and sustainable growth, CGD president Nancy Birdsall sai...
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December 10, 2010
The International Development Association (IDA) is the World Bank’s arm that provides highly concessional loans and grants to the world’s poorest countries. IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for these countries – of which, half are located in Sub-Saharan Africa. And, it is the single...
New from CGD Press Release
November 15, 2010
WASHINGTON,D.C.(November 15, 2010)--Publish What You Pay, a global civil society coalition dedicated to promoting revenue transparency in the oil, gas, and mining industries, is the 2010 winner of the Commitment to Development “Ideas to Action” Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Devel...
New from CGD
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
June 10, 2008
Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA), Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) spoke at the launch Tuesday on Capitol Hill of a new proposal calling for what amounts to a complete makeover of U.S. foreign assistance. New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century...
New from CGD
May 21, 2007
The Center for Global Development is excited to announce the six Scott Family Liberia Fellows for 2007-2008. The six fellows were selected from 230 applicants and will serve as special assistants to senior Liberian government officials. CGD senior fellow Steve Radelet, who leads the Center’s work in...
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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...
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June 26, 2006
Unchecked growth in spending on domestic entitlement programs risks squeezing out foreign aid, according to Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Kolbe, winner of the 2006 Commitment to Development Award, urged supporters of global developmen...