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December 13, 2011
In this Wonkcast, originally posted on September 7, 2011, Michael Clemens explains why one of the biggest growth opportunities in the world economy lies not in the mobility of goods or capital, but in the mobility of labor. His message remains relevant as International Migrants Day approaches o...
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December 02, 2011
In this four-minute clip from 2010, CGD senior fellow William Savedoff and former vice president Ruth Levine tell the story of how CGD’s Closing the Evaluation Gap initiative led to the creation of the International Institute for Impact Evaluation (3ie), a new institute for impact evaluation....
Blog Post
November 16, 2011
This is a joint post with Amar Bhattacharya of the G-24
It is more obvious every day that Europe cannot save itself. A meltdown in Europe would not only hurt Europe and the United States. It would also deal a blow to people’s livelihoods everywhere, with high costs especially to people livi...
Blog Post
November 11, 2011
This post originally appeared on the blog of the Peterson Institute for International Economics
A letter to Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Dear Madame Lagarde,
Europe is in deep trouble, possibly on the verge of catastrophe, and as a conse...
BRIEFS
October 14, 2011
The United States should take modest steps to create a legal channel for limited numbers of people fleeing natural disasters overseas to enter the United States. This would address two related problems: the lack of any systematic U.S. policy to help the growing numbers of people displaced across bor...