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Cash on Delivery: A New Approach to Foreign Aid

Mar 16, 2010

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Cash on Delivery: A New Approach to Foreign Aid

Cash on Delivery (COD) Aid links outside assistance to verified results, aligns the objectives of funders and recipients, and invites public scrutiny of expenditures and outcomes. A new CGD book by Nancy Birdsall and co-authors explains how.

Reversing the Cycle: Peacekeeping and Grounds for Growth

Peacekeeping missions should aim to catalyze virtuous cycles of prosperity and peace. In a new working paper, CGD visiting fellow Satish Chand offers a theoretical framework that explains the potential for external interventions to shift government behavior.

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Nick Kristof Announces Contest Winner and Visits CGD

CGD recently assisted New York Times columnist Nick Kristof by vetting applications for his yearly Win-a-Trip contest. Ben Edwards, Sandy Stonesifer, and Katherine Douglas reflect on sorting through hundreds of applications and on Kristof’s remarks at the Center last week.

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CGD is an independent think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community.

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The CGD Development Update is a weekly e-letter that provides information about rich country development policies, CGD events, initiatives, publications, and media citations

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Nancy Birdsall

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An internationally recognized expert on the impact of rich-country policies on poor people in developing countries, Nancy Birdsall is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books and over 100 articles in scholarly journals and monographs, published in English and Spanish. Her most recent book is Cash on Delivery: A New Approach to Foreign Aid.