Independent research & practical ideas for global prosperity
About Us
|
On the Hill
|
Press Center
|
Subscribe
|
Invest
Home
Topics
Aid Effectiveness
Capital Flows/Financial Crises
Climate Change
Debt Relief
Economic Growth
Education
Finance
Food and Agriculture
Fragile States
Global Health Policy
Globalization
Governance/Democracy
Inequality
International Financial Institutions
Migration and Development
Population and Development
Poverty
Private Investment
Regions
Trade
Initiatives
2010 Commitment to Development Index
Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA)
Cash on Delivery (COD) Aid
Closing the Evaluation Gap
Combating Drug Resistance
Commitment to Development Award
Demographics and Development in the 21st Century
Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers
Forest Monitoring for Action (FORMA)
Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda
Global Health Policy Research Network
Globalization and Inequality
HIV/AIDS Monitor
Improving Migration Data
MCA Monitor
Millions Saved
Pakistan: U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan
Preventing Odious Obligations
Reforming Trade Preferences
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance
Scott Family Liberia Fellows
The Future of the World Bank
Publications
Blogs
Experts
Events
For Educators
Impact
Youth in the Middle East: Nowhere to Go but the Street
Cronyism and the resulting lack of jobs for a burgeoning youth population help explain the extraordinary events unfolding in Tunisia, Egypt, and beyond, writes Charles Kenny.
Photo: Flickr user Nasser Nouri / cc
more >
Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change
In a pathbreaking working paper, David Wheeler calculates the vulnerability of 233 countries to three major effects of climate change: weather disasters, sea-level rise, and reduced agricultural productivity.
Photo: Flickr user WSDOT / cc
more >
Washington and the Global Tobacco Epidemic
Ten years after President Clinton’s initiative to avert a global epidemic of tobacco-related disease, smoking is down in the United States but rising fast in poor countries, where Washington turns a blind eye to aggressive cigarette marketing banned at home.
Photo: Flickr user dannyman / cc
more >
Backward
|
Forward
Past Headlines
USAID Modernization Efforts Amid Budget Cut Fever: Connie Veillette
Recent Research
Briefs
|
Working Papers
|
Reports
|
Books
|
Essays
|
All Publications
Overcoming Stagnation in Aid-Dependent Countries
Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the...
More than Money: Impact Investing for Development
Cash on Delivery: A New Approach to Foreign Aid
CGD's Policy Blogs
Views From the Center
The Millennium Villages Project Continues to Systematically Overstate Its Impacts
- Feb 4
Egypt and U.S. Development Aid: Is there a Lesson?
- Feb 3
COD Aid Called Radical and Refreshing
- Feb 3
Using QuODA for Australia’s Aid Review
- Feb 3
More Posts
Global Health Policy
Haitian Death Toll Reveals Vulnerability of Poor Countries to Natural Disasters
- Feb 4
What is a Scientific Advisory Board and Why Does PEPFAR Now Have One?
- Feb 4
AIDS “Truths” Can Also Wear Off
- Feb 2
Weak States, Wealthier States and Incentives for Polio Eradication
- Feb 2
More Posts
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance
USAID Is Reforming Its Procurement Policies without Visible Input from Its Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
- Feb 3
U.S. Aid Agencies—Then and Now
- Jan 28
SOTU: Why Do Salmon Swim Upstream? To Get Away from Whole-of-Government Advocates
- Jan 26
Proposed Budget Cuts Confuse Aid with AID
- Jan 24
More Posts
Microfinance Open Book
Weekly Tweets for 2011-02-04
- Feb 4
Being Crossfire
- Feb 3
What Keeps Microfinance Insiders Awake at Night
- Feb 2
This Just In
- Feb 2
More Posts
Meet an Expert
Nicolas van de Walle
Non-Resident Fellow
Nicolas van de Walle is a Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell and a nonresident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. He is the author of
Overcoming Stagnation in Aid-Dependent Countries.
More Experts
In the News
Youth in the Middle East: Nowhere to Go But The Street (The Guardian)
- Feb 3
IMF Loans Encourage Poor Countries to Raise Their Health Spending, Not Cut It (The Guardian)
- Feb 1
Fiber Cons (Foreign Policy)
- Jan 31
More in the News
Multimedia
USAID Modernization Efforts Amid Budget Cut Fever: Connie Veillette
Liliana Rojas-Suarez on the European Crisis (CNN en Espanol)
Rajiv Shah: The Modern Development Enterprise (Event Video)
More Multimedia
Research Topics
Aid Effectiveness
Capital Flows/Financial Crises
Climate Change
Debt Relief
Economic Growth
Education
All Topics
Attend an Event
Feb 11 -
Kwacha Gonna Do? Examining labor supply decisions in Malawi
More Events
Get Updates
Working Groups
UN Population Policy Working Group
Clinical Trials and Regulatory Pathways for Neglected Diseases Working Group
Preventing Odious Debt Working Group
More Working Groups