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CGD in the News
December 15, 2014
OECD economist Federico Cingano also argued that “[r]edistribution policies via taxes and transfers are a key tool to ensure the benefits of growth are more broadly distributed.” Despite such recommendations, survey data from around the world show people are suspicious of taxes as a tool...
CGD in the News
December 08, 2014
A World Bank review of extending universal health coverage in developing countries found that providing subsidized or free care did increase access to those services, especially by the poorest people. Such schemes also reduced recipients’ out-of-pocket expenses associated with health care. The...
CGD in the News
December 02, 2014
Governments routinely sign multibillion-dollar contracts for infrastructure and services alongside agreements over the use of public property such as oil or gas deposits. The Development Gateway Market, which registers a small proportion of global government tenders for goods and services, adds as m...
CGD in the News
December 01, 2014
When people in developing countries encounter a policeman, they’re less likely to be subject to formalities. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime tracks ‘formal contact’ with police –people cautioned, investigated or arrested. Countries poorer than Brazil see 704 form...
CGD in the News
November 28, 2014
Government procurement is a $9.5 trillion industry, and supplying goods and services to the government is a core business function for thousands of companies around the world. In the U.S., contracts signed by both parties are usually not published, and are only released if someone files what is know...
CGD in the News
November 24, 2014
Why should the rich get to take all that wealth with them when they move? Why should they be able to walk out of the country with resources that they have accumulated largely by dint of their history in the U.S.? We don’t let them walk out with a share of the mineral wealth of public lands or ...
CGD in the News
November 18, 2014
It’s not just individual projects that fall into the gap between inputs and results. Lant Pritchett’s The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain't Learning documents how the international push for improved school attendance—as opposed to improved literacy, professional skills, and...
CGD in the News
November 18, 2014
Last week the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, accounting for 40 percent of global emissions, signed an accord on improving their polluting ways. The U.S. said it would reduce emissions as much as 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, while China said its emissions would reach a ma...
CGD in the News
November 18, 2014
Sluggish economic growth is only one of many problems that plague post-communist societies. In 1988, the top fifth of Russia’s population controlled 34 percent of the country’s income. The most recent number is a 47 percent share. The country’s life expectancy has only recently rec...