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Dec 15, 2009

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PEPFAR Prevention Push?

The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is at a crossroads. The $6 billion-a-year program treats 2.4 million people with HIV in poor countries but still can't keep pace with new cases. A new PEPFAR strategy aims to shift from the emergency response that dominated the program's first five years toward a more sustainable long-term approach. Nandini Oomman, director of CGD's HIV/AIDS Monitor, takes stock of PEPFAR's new strategy in a blog post and the latest CGD podcast.

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A New Year for U.S. Foreign Assistance?

Thirty thousand Americans (and counting!) have written to the White House this week asking for one thing: a global development strategy. Sarah Jane Staats, CGD's director of policy outreach, reports on the latest push, while Sheila Herrling, director of the Center's Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program, offers fresh updates on the confirmation hearings for USAID administrator nominee Raj Shah and the first Millennium Challenge Corp. board meeting under the new CEO, Daniel Yohannes.

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Too Early to Lower the Guard: Latin America and the Global Financial Crisis

Latin America's response to the global financial crisis has been remarkably strong. But rising fiscal deficits and sovereign debt in the United States and parts of Europe could pose fresh challenges. The Latin America Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, a group of former senior Latin American policymakers chaired by CGD senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez, recently took stock of these risks and offered practical advice for the region's governments: be cautious and maintain strong external liquidity positions.

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NEW FROM CGD

Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change: Principles for Innovation and Access to Low-Carbon Technology 12/11/2009
It's One Climate Policy World Out There--Almost - Working Paper 195 12/07/2009
Introduction to Microfinance for Development (Syllabus) 12/07/2009
Partnerships with the Private Sector in Health 12/04/2009
Arson Alert: Philippines is Playing with Fire! Again! 12/01/2009

Recent blog posts

Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog

Global Health Policy Blog

Views from the Center Blog

Beyond Copenhagen: Making Forest Conservation Credible 12/15/2009
Postcard from Copenhagen 2: Wait, There Are Negotiations Too? 12/15/2009
CGD Screening Applications for Nick Kristof's "Win a Trip" Contest 12/14/2009

David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog

Beth Rhyne on Microfinance Success as Building Institutions 12/15/2009
Pearl's Wisdom on Causality 12/14/2009
Weekly Tweets for 2009-12-11 12/11/2009

Coverage of CGD's Contribution to Nick Kristof's "Win a Trip" Contest (New York Times & On the Ground Blog) 12/13/2009
Will Rice Market Go Up in Flames Again? (The Philippine Star) 12/10/2009
Dispute over Pneumococcal Vaccine Initiative (Lancet) 12/05/2009
Perhaps Microfinance Isn't Such a Big Deal after All (Financial Times) 12/05/2009
Will Rice Market Go Up in Flames Again? (The Philippine Star) 12/04/2009

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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).