Who’s Blowing Smoke on Energy Poverty and the Global Disease Burden?
4/30/13
Me, perhaps. In my last post on why President Obama should make electricity his signature Africa policy initiative, I claimed:
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Global Health Policy
Aid Cuts to Middle-Income Countries Worsen Global Poverty and Ill Health
1/9/12
This is a joint post with Andy Sumner, and it originally appeared on The Guardian's Poverty Matters Blog.
What do the EU, the Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria, and the World Bank's International Development Association have in common? All of them want to save money during a fiscal crunch by cutting off aid to middle-income countries (MIC).
IFFIm's Borrowing Costs Lower than Most Donor Governments?
4/19/11
Weak States, Wealthier States, and Incentives for Polio Eradication
2/2/11
Bill Gates’ effort to close the $2.6 billion funding gap for polio eradication has been accompanied by high-profile coverage at Davos, in The New York Times and even The Daily Show.
U.S. Global Health Initiative: An Opportunity to Provide Short (and Useful) Comments on a Tall Order
2/3/10
Yesterday’s release from the White House of the FY2011 budget and a simultaneous release of a consultation draft of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) by the State Department signal a strong commitment and evolving action plan from the Obama administration for global health engagement in 2011 and beyond.
Zimbabweans Have Shortest Life Expectancy
4/17/06
As a part of their research initiative entitled Zimbabwe's Crisis and Future, CGD Fellows Todd Moss, Michael Clemens and Stewart Patrick have articulated and analyzed the many political, economic and social catastrophes that have characterized that country's decline since 2000. These calamities include: the severe contraction of the economy; a doubling of the percentage of the population living in poverty; organized violence perpetrated by the government; the breakdown of basic services; the erosion of the country's economic foundation and the massive emigration of professionals.