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BOOKS
September 12, 2006
This controversial book argues that irresistible demographic forces for greater international labor mobility are being checked by immovable anti-immigration ideas of rich-country citizens. Pritchett proposes breaking the gridlock through policies that support development while also being political...
WORKING PAPERS
July 11, 2006
It is sometimes claimed that big surges in aid might cause Dutch Disease--an appreciation of the real exchange rate which can slow the growth of a country's exports--and that aid increases might thereby harm a country's long-term growth prospects. In this new working paper CGD senior program associ...
Apr
21
2006
12:15—2:00 PM
April 21, 2006
CGD and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace co-hosted a luncheon symposium for Ngaire Woods, University College, Oxford University. Other speakers included Dennis de Tray, Vice President, Center for Global Development, Sebastian Mallaby, Columnist, The Washington Post, and Jessica Mathews...
Nov
3
2005
12:00—1:30 PM
October 24, 2005
Peter Heller, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund, will present his paper, "Pity the Finance Minister": Issues in Managing a Substantial Scaling Up of Aid Flows, at this CGD seminar. CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet will serve as discussant.
BRIEFS
October 13, 2005
Human capital flows from poor countries to rich countries are large and growing. A leading cause is the increasing skill-focus of immigration policy in a number of leading industrialized countries—a trend that is likely to intensify as rich countries age and competitive pressures build in knowledge-...