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Dec 8, 2009

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CGD Development Update | December 8, 2009

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It's One Climate Policy World Out There—Almost

With the Copenhagen climate talks finally underway, a CGD survey of 500 development and climate aficionados in 88 countries finds unexpected agreement about what should be done—and important differences between respondents from developed and developing countries about how an agreement should be financed and managed. Jan von der Goltz and CGD president Nancy Birdsall examine the survey results to shed light on some of the ingredients of a successful climate agreement. Von der Goltz discusses the findings in the latest Global Prosperity Wonkcast.

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Philippines' Aggressive Rice Purchases Could Spark Another Crisis

Signs are emerging that another rice price crisis may be underway, with the Philippines engaging in aggressive buying practices. Once again, it's the world's poor who would suffer. Last year, CGD non-resident fellow Peter Timmer and rice-market expert Tom Slayton helped to burst a speculative bubble that had driven prices to record highs. Now they warn that another crisis is in the making unless Asian countries act to avert it.

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What Will Happen to British Development Policy If the Tories Win Next Year?

In the UK, the Conservative Party appears likely to win elections next spring. What would a Tory victory mean for UK development policy and the Department for International Development (DfID), widely seen as the world's top bilateral aid agency? Andrew Mitchell, shadow secretary of state for international development, offered some surprising answers in a speech at CGD last week. CGD senior fellow Todd Moss explains.

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Peter Timmer

Non-Resident Fellow

Peter Timmer is a leading authority on agriculture and rural development. He has served as a professor at Stanford and Cornell, on three faculties at Harvard, and at the University of California-San Diego, where he was also the dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. A core advisor on the World Bank's World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development, Timmer is working with several Asian governments on domestic policy responses to the crisis in the global rice market. He is also an advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on agricultural development issues.