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TESTIMONY
December 13, 2022
On December 13th 2022, CGD Senior Fellow Prashant Yadav appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact at a hearing titled “Modernizing International Development Assistance: Opportunities and Challe...
Blog Post
December 12, 2022
Debt and climate change are defining challenges for many countries in Africa. Governments across the continent are seeing their debt burdens mount—some to unsustainable levels—as they race to mobilize resources to adapt and respond to the increasingly severe climate crisis.
Blog Post
December 12, 2022
In the past two decades, health has been the darling of the relationship between the United States and Africa. But there’s a risk now that impact is mistaken for success, with other priorities competing for resources and attention in US-Africa policy. The US-Africa Leaders Summit provides an excelle...
Blog Post
December 06, 2022
If the Biden administration wants to forge stronger bonds with African governments in the lead up to mid-December’s US-Africa Leaders Summit, it will have to focus on meeting the needs of those governments during a particularly difficult economic period. One useful but greatly underutilized instrum...
Blog Post
November 30, 2022
SDRs are only part of the answer to Africa's economic and financial challenges. But they can be mobilized quickly and responsively to meet acute needs on the continent. The cost to the United States is essentially zero. The potential benefits to African countries and US credibility are immense.