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Press Release
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...
CGD in the News
September 19, 2014
Alan Gelb, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and former director of development policy at the World Bank, says geotagging projects will not only help ensure greater global and local oversight of projects, but track whether World Bank cash is heading to problem areas.
New from CGD
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...