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CGD in the News
November 18, 2014
Sluggish economic growth is only one of many problems that plague post-communist societies. In 1988, the top fifth of Russia’s population controlled 34 percent of the country’s income. The most recent number is a 47 percent share. The country’s life expectancy has only recently rec...
CGD in the News
July 25, 2014
While Canada and the U.S. account for about one-fifth of votes at the 188-member institution, their opposition would be enough to delay loans, said Scott Morris, a former deputy assistant secretary for development finance and debt at the Treasury in Washington. If European Union countries follow the...
CGD in the News
March 03, 2014
The struggle over the future of Ukraine continues. Even as ousted President Viktor Yanukovych looks to Russia for assistance, interim President Olexander Turchynov pushes the other way—calling for closer ties with the European Union. The battle is over a lot more than economic issues, of cours...