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Esther Duflo on Policies and Politics
In CGD’s Sixth Annual Sabot Lecture, Esther Duflo challenged the notion that good policies require sound institutions. Crummy institutions, she argues, can be improved by good policies, creating a virtuous circle.

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Mobile Money Using Zap
In a randomized controlled trial, mobile phone cash transfers cut costs and produced unexpected benefits, according to new research led by CGD expert Jenny Aker. One surprise: bigger harvests.

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Global Fund Growing Up – Or Selling Out?
CGD senior fellow Bill Savedoff slams a high-level report on fiduciary controls at the Global Fund, arguing that it pushes the trail-blazing health organization to be like other aid agencies and count pennies instead of outcomes.

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Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance: Arvind Subramanian

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Views From the Center Visualizing Better Development (and/or Development Better) - Sep 26 Do the Gains from International Migration “Go to the Immigrants”? - Sep 23 This Week at UNGA: The Good and the Bad News on MDG Progress - Sep 23 CGD Non-Resident Fellow Peter Timmer Wins the 2012 Leontief Award - Sep 21 More Posts		Global Health Policy Outing Global Development “Committers”: The Case of the UN Global Strategy on Women’s & Children’s Health - Sep 26 How Would You Spend an Additional $10 Billion on AIDS in Africa Over the Next Five Years? - Sep 23 Is the Global Fund Growing Up or Selling Out? - Sep 22 Not Too Late to Ride the Hype: USAID and NCDs - Sep 22 More Posts
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Your Weekend Reading: New Report on Aid Reform in the FY2012 Budget - Sep 23 MCC Draft Begins: Who are the FY2012 Potential Picks? - Sep 22 Aid Reform, Budget Austerity, and Super Committees…Oh My - Sep 19 Two Small Signs of Progress in Pakistan - Sep 15 More Posts		Microfinance Open Book Weekly Tweets for 2011-09-23 - Sep 23 The Microcredit Women Are Smiling Again - Sep 23 The Smartest RCT Critic - Sep 21 Weekly Tweets for 2011-09-16 - Sep 16 More Posts

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Arvind Subramanian

Senior Fellow

Arvind Subramanian’s current work focuses on the economics of climate change and the ascendancy of China. His latest book is Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China's Economic Dominance. He is a joint senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

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