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New from CGD
January 19, 2009
Braving freezing temperatures and gusty winds, hundreds of development experts and members of the policy community packed a Washington hotel ballroom for a discussion with David Gergen on the outlook for global development policy under new U.S. president Barack Obama. Gergen, an advisor to four pres...
July 09, 2007
CGD senior fellow Steve Radelet has called for deep structural reform of U.S. foreign aid programs in testimony before the Senate and House subcommittees. Radelet, who served as a senior Treasury official under both Democratic and Republican administrations, said that reforms could include drafting ...
June 18, 2007
CGD is seeking a host organization for a new international entity to promote independent impact evaluations of development programs. Provisionally called the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE or "triple I E"), the new entity will work to increase knowledge about what works in socia...
New from CGD
May 29, 2007
Rich countries and private philanthropies spend billions of dollars every year to buy medicines for poor people in developing countries but the lack of reliable demand forecasts creates shortages and raises prices. CGD is proposing a practical new solution: a neutral third party--neither buyer nor s...
New from CGD
July 10, 2006
As leaders from the world's most powerful nations prepare to gather in St. Petersburg, Russia, this weekend, observers with even a modicum of memory could be forgiven for wondering whether the leaders suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder. After all, it was only one year ago that G-8 leaders met in...
CGD in the News
June 12, 2006
CGD President Nancy Birdsall is quoted in this article by Reuters. The article followed a press phone call in which members of the CGD Evaluation Gap working group spoke to reporters from around the globe about the creation and importance of an independent evaluation organization.
June 05, 2006
Each year billions of dollars are spent on thousands of programs to improve health and education in the developing world but very few programs are rigorously evaluated to learn if they make a difference. A CGD proposal to fix this longstanding problem is gaining momentum.The final report of the CGD ...