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Blog Post
February 13, 2012
This is a joint post with Ross Thuotte.
Last week, lawmakers in Somaliland (Somalia's northern, semi-autonomous region) reportedly established Somaliland’s first central bank. The measure will pave the way for foreign commercial banks to start operating in Somaliland by 2013, providing much-n...
Blog Post
February 10, 2012
This is a joint post with Julie Walz.
The aid community is well-accustomed to pushing for transparency in foreign aid transactions. But are we missing another key flow of money?
A recent article by Geoffrey York, African bureau chief for the Globe and Mail, described a contract signed a fe...
New from CGD
February 07, 2012
At the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake in January 2012, slow reconstruction and recovery efforts sparked soul-searching and debate in the development community. Why aren’t recovery efforts moving faster? Are international donors and NGOs helping or hurting recovery? Can traditional aid...
Blog Post
February 01, 2012
This is a joint post with Julie Walz.
In a recent blog post, we discussed the phenomenon of Haiti as a “Republic of NGOs” where the government and the private sector were crowded out by large international organizations that provided most services. Just as international donors have sidestepp...
Feb
6
2012
12:00—1:00 PM
January 26, 2012
Do Aid or Oil Revenue Windfalls Really Undermine Accountability? An Experiment in Indonesia
A Center for Global Development brownbag seminar
Monday, February 6, 2012
12:00pm–1:00pm
**Please bring your lunch--beverages provided**
Featuring
Laura Paler
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Politi...
Blog Post
January 09, 2012
This is a joint post with Julie Walz.
Two years ago, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, plunging an already poor and unstable country into complete and utter chaos. In the days and weeks that followed, international responses and donations were overwhelming. Yet almost all of the assista...
Blog Post
January 03, 2012
This is a joint post with Julie Walz.
It is no secret that Africa faces an infrastructure crisis. The low-income economies of the region have fewer miles of paved roads and fewer modern freight and passenger-transport systems than any other region in the world. Electricity is also highly unreli...