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Nov
9
2016
4:00—5:45 PM
November 01, 2016
In September 2015, world leaders agreed on a new development agenda, Agenda 2030, that would leave no one behind and that would eliminate extreme poverty and hunger. What are the most effective ways of reach those objectives? Is agriculture still the most effective way to reduce poverty, in a rapidl...
CGD in the News
July 27, 2016
This week Theresa May took her first foreign trip as Britain’s new prime minister, to reassure the continentals that they weren’t being cut off. The size of the task involved in reshaping British trade relations after exiting Europe became clearer. A major takeover showed either that Bri...
Mar
24
2016
12:30—2:00 PM
March 21, 2016
Stitches to Riches is motivated by South Asia’s urgent need to create more and better jobs for a growing population. This book investigates the region’s potential for expanding and improving jobs in the labor-intensive apparel sector. It estimates the effects of rising wages in Chin...
Nov
17
2015
4:00—5:30 PM
November 11, 2015
“Sustainability” is not just an environmental concept. It also applies to market outcomes. No society has figured out how to allocate scarce economic resources efficiently on behalf of society’s needs without using market processes. But markets sometimes fail in this process, espec...