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BRIEFS
August 19, 2016
Many developing countries have made progress in political openness and economic management but still struggle to attract private sector investments. Potential investors to these countries have many concerns that can broadly be classified into high costs and high actual or perceived risks. Drawing on...
Blog Post
November 25, 2014
Countries have traditionally invested their sovereign wealth in securities of major markets able to provide dependable returns and macroeconomic stability, but some are now investing more sovereign wealth domestically because of diminished returns in major markets and new investment opportunities at...
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June 20, 2013
More than 1 billion people still live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.25 per day. To eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, there is a pressing need to rethink development cooperation. The Dutch government is implementing a new approach that combines aid, trade and investment as catalysts ...
WORKING PAPERS
March 14, 2012
The authors find that the value of discovered reserves is high relative to the costs of exploration and that many countries can continue to generate resource rents far longer than indicated by current reserve estimates. In some cases, public measures to encourage private exploration may be justified...
BRIEFS
November 03, 2010
The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) ranks 22 of the world’s richest countries on their dedication to policies that benefit the five billion people living in poorer nations. Moving beyond standard comparisons of foreign aid volumes, the CDI quantifies a range of rich country policies that affec...
January 15, 2010
Last week Bangladesh's Grameen Bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for waging a war against poverty with a revolutionary micro-lending system. CGD research fellow David Roodman has just released a working paper, Microfinance as a Business. After the Nobel Peace Prize...