A new meta-analysis by Michael Kremer and co-authors suggests water treatment could reduce child mortality by about 30% in low- and middle-income countries, making it a highly cost-effective treatment for saving lives.
Closing schools poses risks for children everywhere, from sexual violence to lack of mid-day meals, but the impact may be bigger in Africa, said Lee Crawfurd, a senior research associate at the Center for Global Development think tank.
Director of Rethinking US Foreign Assistance Program Sarah Jane Staats is quoted in a piece from Devex Newswire on the impact of the US sequestration on development aid.
Sarah Jane Staats, CGD's director of the Rethinking US Foreign Assistance Program, writes an op-ed on giving the development agencies more attention this holiday season.