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CGD in the News
January 21, 2010
CGD researchers quickly responded to the earthquake in Haiti by offering their expertise on past, present, and future plans for humanitarian relief and development in Haiti. The media picked-up many ideas put forth by CGD researchers. Media outlets covering CGD experts include: The New York Times, U...
January 15, 2010
In a new Q&A, David Roodman explains why he has decided to write his new book on microfinance in public—via a blog where he posts chapters, poses questions and shares what he has learned—and describes how this innovative process is helping to shape his manuscript. Spoiler alert: in a recent CGD work...
January 15, 2010
Last week Bangladesh's Grameen Bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for waging a war against poverty with a revolutionary micro-lending system. CGD research fellow David Roodman has just released a working paper, Microfinance as a Business. After the Nobel Peace Prize...