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Finding Money for Climate
Climate finance is seen as key to progress in the high-level climate talks getting under way in Cancun next week. With expectations low, officials at a recent CGD policy breakfast are hoping for incremental progress.

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QDDR Draft: What’s Your Take?
An unofficial draft of the State-USAID Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) was leaked in the Washington Post last week. Connie Veillette says the devil’s in the details. Tell us what you think!

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Whatever Happened to the Jubilee?
A recent CGD conference marked the 10th anniversary of the 2000 Jubilee debt relief movement, exploring achievements and what lies ahead. Our package includes an event summary, video clips, and lively essays by Ben Leo and David Roodman. Photo: flickr user Paul Miller / cc

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Good Aid? Bad Aid? QuODA Tracks How Donors Stack Up. Interview with Nancy Birdsall and Homi Kharas.

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Connie Veillette

Director of Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program

Connie Veillette is the director of the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program. Before coming to CGD, she served as a senior professional staff member for Senator Lugar (R-IN) on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee until August 2010. Her portfolio included oversight of foreign assistance and USAID and aid reform issues.

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