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March 31, 2020
As governments across the globe begin to use direct transfers to get money to citizens unable to work, a new report from the Center for Global Development finds that just 56% of citizens across 99 developing countries have access to a phone, a bank account, and an ID. Those three things, the re...
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January 03, 2012
Washington, D.C. (January 3, 2012)—A new book from the Center for Global Development (CGD) cuts through the hype and backlash surrounding microfinance and concludes that while tiny loans do not end poverty, the microfinance movement has scored respectable successes in building dynamic instituti...
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November 08, 2010
WASHINGTON,D.C.(November 4, 2010)–The world’s richest countries have made modest progress in improving policies that support development but still have a long way to go, according to a Center for Global Development analysis released just days before Group of 20 leaders are expected to adopt a develo...
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October 20, 2009
WASHINGTON,D.C.(October 22, 2009)-The Group of Seven major industrialized nations fared poorly in the latest assessment of wealthy countries’ policies related to building prosperity in the developing world, with none finishing in the top 10 of the 22 countries ranked, the Center for Global Developme...
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March 23, 2009
WASHINGTON,D.C.(March 23, 2009)-More than half of African businesses lack access to reliable electricity but with vastly greater solar potential than Western Europe, Africa could become the Saudi Arabia of solar energy, meeting not only the needs of its businesses and households but also exporting e...
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December 04, 2008
WASHINGTON,D.C.(December 4,2008)- As President-elect Barack Obama seeks ways to restore the United States’ international reputation in the midst of a global financial crisis with roots in New York and Washington, an annual assessment of rich countries’ policies to build prosperity around the world f...