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CGD NOTES
December 06, 2006
Diamonds, long seen as symbols of love and prosperity, are now blamed for war and corruption in some of the poorest places on earth. But do all diamonds fuel conflict and strife? In this CGD Note program associate Kaysie Brown and senior fellow Todd Moss consider the strengths and limitations of i...
WORKING PAPERS
December 04, 2006
The aid business has long grappled with the trade-off between showing results and supporting a country's own institution-building. Donors want to be sure that their money makes a difference, and often quickly. But close monitoring raises costs and pushing for quick results leads to projects that byp...
Dec
7
2006
12:00—1:30 PM
November 29, 2006
Strengthening of the local state--the institutions of local governments--is emerging as one of the critical mechanisms of political and economic change in South Asia. It involves two important and inter-linked processes. First, the decentralization or transfer of certain state functions, finance, ...
Dec
1
2006
10:00—12:00 PM
November 20, 2006
Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay will present the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (produced by Kaufmann and Kraay, with Massimo Mastruzzi) covering over 200 countries for the past decade. Following the presentation, Steve Radelet will moderate a conversation with the panelists exp...
WORKING PAPERS
October 06, 2006
The colonial legacy of artificial borders is often seen as an important cause of problems for developing countries. In this paper CGD non-resident fellow William Easterly and his co-authors quantify this effect. They find that countries with straight borders that divide ethnic groups--lines on maps-...