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New from CGD
December 05, 2005
The G7 Finance Ministers announced plans this weekend to work with others on a pilot Advance Market Commitment for a vaccine in 2006. Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti recommended an approach based on a CGD working group report released in April. CGD President Nancy Birdsall welcomed the anno...
CGD in the News
November 28, 2005
Harvard Professor Michael Kremer, a non-resident fellow at CGD, makes the case for an advance market commitment for vaccines for developing countries in an interview in the current issue of Newsweek. Kremer is a co-author of the CGD report Making Markets for Vaccines: Ideas to Action.
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REPORTS
July 19, 2005
Making Markets for Vaccines: Ideas to Action presents the proposal from theory to practice, by showing how a commitment can be consistent with ordinary legal and budgetary principles. A draft contract term sheet is included, highlighting the key elements of a credible guarantee.
REPORTS
July 19, 2005
This report was prepared by a Working Group convened by the Center for Global Development to identify key priorities the Paul Wolfowitz at the start of his tenure at the World Bank on June 1, 2005. It argues that Wolfowitz's biggest challenge will not be managing the Bank, with its 10,000 staff, but...
WORKING PAPERS
July 13, 2005
The history of foreign development assistance is one of movement away from addressing immediate needs to a focus on the underlying causes of poverty. A recent manifestation is the move towards "sustainability," which stresses community mobilization, education, and cost-recovery. This stands in contr...