Lauren Post
Former Program Associate
Bio
Lauren Post provided strategic communications and policy outreach support for the Center for Global Development's global health policy team. She was previously CGD's media relations coordinator. Prior to joining CGD, she implemented health communications and issues management for a Fortune 500 company at Allidura Consumer, and worked on corporate responsibility projects at A Very Good Company. Post holds an MSc in Media, Communication and Development from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from Bucknell University.
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March 22, 2016
Blog Post
Over the past decade we’ve seen major progress in fighting some of the world’s worst health scourges: AID
January 5, 2016
Blog Post
One of the biggest years for global development has come to a close, but it left us with plenty to look forward to in 2016 and beyond. Keeping with CGD’s annual tradition, we polled our colleagues to come up with predictions of what’s going to be hot and not in development (and otherwise) this year based on trends we saw in 2015.
October 20, 2015
Blog Post
While the House version of the legislation echoes much of what comprises the Senate bill, there are two differences worth noting.
October 6, 2015
Blog Post
The recent SDG summit and the UN General Assembly celebrated the global halving of childhood deaths from over 12 million in 1990 to around 6 million per year in 2015, a major accomplishment. However, much work remains. The proportion of mothers who don’t survive childbirth is 14 times higher in developing regions than in developed ones.
September 1, 2015
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No one said creating development impact bonds (DIB) was going to be easy, but that hasn’t stopped the development community from trying to get them off the ground. The Fred Hollows Foundation, based in Australia, has been hard at work on a DIB to address cataract blindness in Africa. As the Foundation attracts partners to help fund and implement a pilot of the cataract bond, Dr. Lachlan McDonald, the Foundation’s senior health economist, and Alex Rankin, their Global Lead for Policy, Advocacy & Research, shared some lessons learned so far. With Lachlan and Alex’s permission, we’re turning some of those lessons over to you – we hope they’re useful to others seeking to move ahead with their own DIB.
June 23, 2015
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Do more, use rigorous methods, and clearly acknowledge limits — these were the main messages of our recent forum on measuring and evaluating women’s economic empowerment.
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August 8, 2016
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The next US president will face ongoing and emerging global health crises. The next administration must work to transform the US approach to global health and global health security to protect the health of Americans here at home and ensure the long-term sustainability of US-supported health gains abroad. So, what changes should the next US president and administration implement? Here are our six concrete recommendations.
September 1, 2015
Blog Post
No one said creating development impact bonds (DIB) was going to be easy, but that hasn’t stopped the development community from trying to get them off the ground. The Fred Hollows Foundation, based in Australia, has been hard at work on a DIB to address cataract blindness in Africa. As the Foundation attracts partners to help fund and implement a pilot of the cataract bond, Dr. Lachlan McDonald, the Foundation’s senior health economist, and Alex Rankin, their Global Lead for Policy, Advocacy & Research, shared some lessons learned so far. With Lachlan and Alex’s permission, we’re turning some of those lessons over to you – we hope they’re useful to others seeking to move ahead with their own DIB.
December 8, 2014
Blog Post
You can probably recall the moment when you caught the ‘global development bug.’ CGD president Nancy Birdsall has talked about an eighth grade report on Africa, and Todd Moss has said it was when he studied in Zimbabwe.
April 1, 2015
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What areas in Africa have the most critical lack of data and what needs to be done about it?
March 22, 2016
Blog Post
Over the past decade we’ve seen major progress in fighting some of the world’s worst health scourges: AID
July 29, 2014
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January 5, 2016
Blog Post
One of the biggest years for global development has come to a close, but it left us with plenty to look forward to in 2016 and beyond. Keeping with CGD’s annual tradition, we polled our colleagues to come up with predictions of what’s going to be hot and not in development (and otherwise) this year based on trends we saw in 2015.
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