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Message for New U.S. AfPak Envoy: Pakistan Development is Key
Nancy Birdsall and colleagues urge Marc Grossman, the new U.S. special rep for Afghanistan and Pakistan, to focus on development in the fragile state with 180 million people and nuclear weapons (hint: it’s not Afghanistan). Photo: USAID/cc

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Green Energy Answer May Not be Blowing in the Wind
How does solar power compare with other low-carbon energy options? In a new working paper, Kevin Ummel estimates the price and global potential of solar-power technologies, while identifying deployment patterns that minimize costs.

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A Tale of Two U.S. Global Development Budgets
Is development a part of national security? President Obama says yes. House Republicans say no and want to cut activities traditionally backed by both Dems and the GOP. Sarah Jane Staats unpacks the development bit of the U.S. budget imbroglio.

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Overcoming Patronage in New Democracies: Simeon Nichter

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Views From the Center David Wheeler Paper on Country Stakes in Climate Change Wins a Prize - Feb 22 Development Policy of the Future… And Why We Aren’t Ready - Feb 22 What’s the First Step for Consolidating U.S. Government Agencies? Understanding the Difference Between Export Promotion and International Development - Feb 18 Aid to Egypt: Should the United States Build 10 World-Class Science High Schools There? - Feb 16 More Posts		Global Health Policy Will the U.S. Lead on Global Health? Start with Vaccination. - Feb 17 The Ethics of Material Incentives for HIV Prevention - Feb 11 Food Prices, Health, and Nutrition: Focus on the Poor Now! - Feb 10 Haitian Death Toll Reveals Vulnerability of Poor Countries to Natural Disasters - Feb 4 More Posts
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance New U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Representative Is Head Firefighter AND Head Gardener - Feb 18 Reading the Congressional Record So You Don’t Have To…And Arriving at Surprising Conclusions - Feb 16 A Tale of Two U.S. Global Development Budgets - Feb 15 FY2012 Development Budget Snapshot - Feb 14 More Posts		Microfinance Open Book Dueling between Grameen and Norwegian TV Network - Feb 22 Morality Play in Nicaragua - Feb 21 Weekly Tweets for 2011-02-18 - Feb 18 Felix Salmon and Matthew Bishop Head-to-Head - Feb 17 More Posts

New Publications

West African Experience with the World Rice Crisis, 2007– 2008 - Working Paper 242

Jenny Aker, Steven Block, Vijaya Ramachandran, and Peter Timmer
Getting Real on Trade with Pakistan: Duty-Free Market Access as Development Policy - Working Paper 241

Kimberly Ann Elliott, assisted by Caroline Decker
Getting to a “Grand Bargain” for Aid Reform: The Basic Framework for U.S. Foreign Assistance

Jean Arkedis

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Simeon Nichter

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Simeon Nichter is a non-resident Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Global Development. He also serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. His research explores the political voice of poor and marginalized populations in emerging democracies, with central reference to Latin America.

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