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Jun 1, 2009


	CGD Development Update \| June 2, 2009

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Rice Price Formation in the Short Run and the Long Run

Billions of people depend on rice to survive. During the 2007-08 rice price crisis, the international community increased funding for food aid and governments tried to stabilize their domestic prices--only to further destabilize the world market. In the newest of three CGD working papers on the crisis, non-resident fellow Peter Timmer untangles the factors affecting world grain prices, from simple supply and demand to hoarding, the availability of storage, and the influence of speculation.

HIV/AIDS Monitor Flash Tool

CGD's HIV/AIDS Monitor team has released a new Web tool for tracking the impact of the Monitor's evidence-based recommendations for the three big donor programs: the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund, and the World Bank. The tool provides an easy way to see whether and how these organizations have improved the design, delivery, and management of aid for HIV/AIDS.

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The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration

CGD visiting fellow John Gibson and David McKenzie investigate the economic determinants behind decisions to migrate and decisions to return home. Using Pacific island countries as case studies, they find that expected gains in income may not be as influential as other expectations and preferences.

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NEW FROM CGD

The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration - Working Paper 173 05/28/2009
Blue-Ribbon Panel Urges Five Steps to Better Migration Data -- Starting with Census (Press Release) 05/25/2009
Migrants Count: Five Steps Toward Better Migration Data 05/25/2009
Job Opportunity: Assistant to the President 05/22/2009
Rice Price Formation in the Short Run and the Long Run 05/21/2009

Recent blog posts

Recent Global Health Policy Blog Posts

Recent Views from the Center Blog Posts

Cross-post: First Randomized Trial of Microcredit 05/29/2009
Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade: The Trouble with Offsets 05/28/2009
Nuhu Ribadu, Nigerian Corruption Fighter, in the House 05/26/2009

Recent MCA Monitor Blog Posts

Obama Signals Support for MCC in FY10 Budget 05/11/2009
MCC Compact Implementation in Madagascar Put on Hold 03/23/2009
First Meeting of the New MCC Board: More Orientation than Decision-Making 03/20/2009

David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog

First Randomized Trial of Microcredit 05/29/2009
Debt = Rope 05/26/2009
Cross-post Review/Jyothi Makes the Economist 05/23/2009

Bretton Woods Non-Commission

The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling G.M. (New York Times) 05/31/2009
Migration Statistics: Our Biggest Weak Spot (Reuters) 05/27/2009
What Can Be Done to Make Aid More Effective? (Financial Times Arena blog) 05/26/2009
Canada Beats U.S. in Knowledge of Newcomers (Toronto Star) 05/26/2009
World Bank Health Projects Get Mixed Review (Lancet) 05/23/2009

MEET CGD EXPERT

Nandini Oomman

Director, HIV/AIDS Monitor, and Senior Program Associate

Nandini Oomman joined CGD in March 2006 as the director of the HIV/AIDS Monitor, which tracks the effectiveness of the three main aid responses to the epidemic: the Global Fund, the HIV/AIDS programs of the World Bank, and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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