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CGD in the News
March 16, 2015
In a new podcast with Mark Leon Goldberg at UN Dispatch, Todd Moss talks about, "how fiction can be a useful tool for examining real-world truths about how US foreign policy is made," and also discusses his "unique path from studying stock markets in West Africa to becoming a novelist...
CGD in the News
August 04, 2014
For many Americans, Africa is a continent far away, full of images like these: poverty, hunger, political refugees - and a need for foreign aid.
But former U.S. diplomat to Africa, Todd Moss, warns those are the pictures of the past.
"US now has greater national security interest in Africa th...
CGD in the News
July 31, 2014
President Barack Obama will host the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 4 to 6. The event will showcase Africa’s impressive economic rise and the Obama administration’s policy initiatives as the U.S. plays catch-up with Europe, China and other parts of t...
CGD in the News
July 31, 2014
Africa is no longer the backwater of U.S. foreign policy. President Obama will host the first-ever African heads of state summit with 47 leaders in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 4-6. The top agenda items are security and private investment, areas where both Americans and Africans have growing shared inte...
CGD in the News
July 29, 2014
“We build airplanes and the Chinese do road construction,” said Todd Moss, a former State Department official who is a senior fellow specializing in U.S.-Africa relations at the Center for Global Development in Washington. “It’s not like we’re regularly going head-to-he...
CGD in the News
July 10, 2014
Todd Moss, chief operating officer of the Center for Global Development in Washington, said he thinks the [Africa Summit] is a good idea that could improve key bilateral relationships across the continent even if the event could have had a broader focus to appeal to African leaders.
"If the...
New from CGD
December 10, 2010
The International Development Association (IDA) is the World Bank’s arm that provides highly concessional loans and grants to the world’s poorest countries. IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for these countries – of which, half are located in Sub-Saharan Africa. And, it is the single...
January 14, 2010
On April 21 Nigeria took final steps to pay off about $30 billion in accumulated debt for about $12 billion-an overall discount of about 60 percent-using foreign reserves from soaring oil prices. Nigeria had racked up arrears during decades of military rule and the debt was seen as a major barrier t...