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CGD in the News
December 19, 2014
Senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez discusses reasons for the Fed’s announcement about the timing of increases in interest rates. She also explains how the significant increase in private sector debt issued by a number of emerging markets in the last year is a concern in the face of the expecte...
Dec
17
2014
4:30—6:00 PM
December 04, 2014
Global health is inextricably linked to the health of the marketplace that delivers lifesaving products to low-income populations. A well-functioning health care market requires manufacturers to produce high-quality products, distributors to deliver the necessary quantities, providers to administer ...
Dec
18
2014
12:30—2:00 PM
December 04, 2014
Please join us for a brown-bag lunch event featuring Jan von der Goltz’s presentation of his recent paper with Prabhat Barnwal assessing the health and wealth effects of mines on nearby communities. Their paper is the first extensive analysis to use microdata from communities near about 800 mi...
Blog Post
November 25, 2014
In his early days as India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi has shown remarkable leadership in all sectors, including health, for which he’s articulated his vision to create a Swasth Bharat, a Healthy India. Combined with two major policy windows—the proposed restructuring of th...
Blog Post
November 19, 2014
The Obama Administration has requested $6.18 billion in emergency funding to fight and contain Ebola. The ask is now in the hands of Congress, but given that Ebola incidence seems to be on the decline in many (not all) districts in West Africa, some leaders are losing steam on the response...
CGD in the News
November 19, 2014
Amanda Glassman, director of Global Health Policy at the Center for Global Development, was not ready to blame the two Washington-based institutions.
"The external world thinks that IMF and World Bank have much more influence that they actually do," she said.
According to Glassman, conf...
CGD in the News
November 18, 2014
It’s not just individual projects that fall into the gap between inputs and results. Lant Pritchett’s The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain't Learning documents how the international push for improved school attendance—as opposed to improved literacy, professional skills, and...
Nov
25
2014
12:00—1:30 PM
November 13, 2014
Human capital and its relation to poverty are central areas of study in development economics. The Mexican conditional cash transfer (CCT) program Progresa/Oportunidades is a particularly innovative human capital development program that was rigorously evaluated using a randomized design. In a time ...