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POLICY PAPERS
December 13, 2013
In recent years there has been growing recognition of the harm done to development by illicit financial flows, and the role of rich countries in providing an environment which tolerates or discourages them. To investigate whether indicators of illicit finance should be included in the CDI, the Cente...
Blog Post
November 22, 2013
After some modest tweaks over the years, the trade component of the Commitment to Development Index got a makeover in 2013—not a new face, but a nip and tuck here and there. The latest CDI includes a more direct measure of tacit barriers to trade from the World Bank’s...
Blog Post
November 05, 2012
This is a joint post with Lawrence MacDonald.
In a break with the post-World War II practice of international organizations being headquartered in either Europe or the US, South Korea beat five nations to become the host of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a new entity that may become a key pla...
Blog Post
October 15, 2012
This post is coauthored with Julia Clark. You can listen to the pre-release podcast with David Roodman and Owen Barder.
We're proud to announce the release of the tenth edition of the Commitment to Development Index. Each year since 2003, the CDI has ranked wealthy nations on how much their gover...