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May 15, 2006
David Roodman's argument that the "the EU carbon market is a pioneering model for what the whole world must do to combat climate change" attracted a series of comments, one of which led Roodman to undertake a provocative back-of-the-envelope calculation about how much rich countries might pay develo...
March 27, 2006
U.S. development assistance hit a record high of $27.5 billion in 2005, from $19.7 billion the year before and $11.4 billion in 2001, according to U.S. figures released Monday. CGD research fellow David Roodman, lead architect of the Commitment to Development Index, looked at the numbers and found t...
New from CGD
February 27, 2006
David Roodman, architect of CGD's Commitment to Development Index (CDI), and Scott Standley estimate in a new working paper that rich country tax incentives for private overseas charity nearly double private giving from rich countries to poorer ones, to about $15.5 billion. If these policies were a ...
New from CGD
February 06, 2006
Two new working papers examine problems with aid delivery. In An Aid-Institutions Paradox, Todd Moss, Gunilla Pettersson, and Nicolas van de Walle show how aid can undermine institutional development, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aid Project Proliferation and Absorptive Capacity, by David Ro...
CGD in the News
January 27, 2006
This article about the nomination of Randall Tobias as the new USAID administrator highlights the recent debate over the restructuring of and the "politicization" of US foreign aid. The article notes CGD research presented in the working paper: The Global War on Terror and U.S. Development Assistanc...
New from CGD
December 12, 2005
Stakes are high as the world’s trade negotiators gather in Hong Kong this week. With the risk of a failed Doha Round of talks hanging over their heads, rich country representatives are seeking an agreement to open markets. Four new CGD publications help make sense of it all.
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New from CGD
September 06, 2005
Our Commitment to Development Index now features animated maps that show the strengths and weaknesses of the world's richest countries in seven areas of development policy. Join us for a Sept. 13 public discussion with index architect David Roodman and critiques from rich and developing...