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Mar
19
2013
10:00—11:30 AM
March 08, 2013
Emerging Markets in a Changing World
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Featuring
Kaushik Basu
Senior Vice President for Development Economics and Chief Economist
World Bank
Hosted by
Nancy Birdsall
President
Center for Global Development
Despite the growing strength o...
Blog Post
February 12, 2013
Many obstacles to development transcend national borders and therefore cannot be adequately addressed within a single country. These include issues such as drug resistance and other cross-border health risks, financial crises contagion, money laundering, water scarcity, fisheries collapse and, of co...
Blog Post
February 07, 2013
As mentioned in our last post, aid agencies are experimenting with programs that incorporate the main features of COD Aid: paying for outputs and outcomes, giving the recipient greater discretion to spend as they see fit, independent verification, and transparency. Once these results-based programs ...
Blog Post
February 04, 2013
An increasing number of aid agencies are experimenting with programs that incorporate the main features of COD Aid: paying for outputs, giving the recipient greater discretion to spend as they see fit, independent verification, and transparency. (See our brief and book for more details). We’ve argue...
Blog Post
February 01, 2013
“No superpower that claims to possess the moral high ground can afford to relinquish its leadership in addressing global disease, hunger, and ignorance,” said former US senator Richard Lugar. “Our moral identity is an essential source of national power… We diminish ourselves and our national reputat...
Multimedia
February 01, 2013
CGD and Foreign Policy Magazine honored Senator Richard Lugar, winner of the 2012 Commitment to Development Award. The award is bestowed annually since 2003, and honors an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to changing attitudes and policies towards the developi...
Blog Post
January 29, 2013
The stalemate in the latest round of climate negotiations, held in Doha, Qatar, last month, makes it clear that a fresh approach is needed if the world is to avert climate catastrophe. One part of the solution should be a new global climate agency, founded, financed and led by a coalition of the big...