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WORKING PAPERS
December 17, 2020
Cash transfers boost educational outcomes for poor children on average, but which aspects of educational performance are most responsive and which poor children benefit the most? This study examines the educational impacts of cash transfers, drawing on a randomized, community implemented conditional...
CGD NOTES
December 07, 2020
The SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented public health challenge, spurring a global race to develop and distribute viable vaccines. By mid-2021, there will likely be multiple licensed vaccines. Although there is an urgent need for these vaccines to be made available, several cri...
Blog Post
November 25, 2020
As COVID-19 vaccines begin to emerge, policymakers around the world are feeling buoyant. Although governments will be the initial recipients of vaccines, their decisions on how to distribute these among their populations will be fundamental for the ultimate recipients: individuals.
Blog Post
November 09, 2020
This morning, America (and much of the world) woke up to a snippet of terrific news: Pfizer and BioNTech announced their SARS-CoV2 vaccine candidate showed 90 percent efficacy. But for policymakers in low- and middle-income countries, today’s news offers limited cause for celebration—and the Pfizer/...
Blog Post
October 14, 2020
To maximise the impact of this badly needed investment to combat COVID and, most importantly, to avoid any perverse and potentially catastrophic implications of World Bank financing undermining current global efforts led by Gavi and CEPI, we propose that the World Bank commit to the four principles ...