CGD in the News
Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty? (New York Times)
President Nancy Birsdall, Senior Fellow Lant Pritchett, and Visiting Fellow Scott Morris are quoted in a New York Times piece on the feasibility of eradicating poverty.
Why Ending Extreme Poverty Isn't Good Enough (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on why the global community should fight poverty until all people live on a decent income, not until extreme poverty has been eradicated.
Give Sam Walton the Nobel Prize (Foreign Policy)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes an op-ed on how Walmart may have done more for poor consumers around the world than any other business in American history.
Immigrants Pay Lower Fees to Send Money Home, Helping to Ease Poverty (New York Times)
President Nancy Birdsall is quoted in The New York Times on how reducing the cost of sending remittances can help the world's poor.
Could a Program Tracking Identities of 1.3 Billion Indians Be the Secret to Ending Poverty? (Washington Post)
Following the Center for Global Development's Eighth Annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture: Technology to Leapfrog Development: The Aadhaar Experience, Senior Fellow Alan Gelb, Policy Analyst Julia Clark, and speaker Nandan Nilekani are featured in a Washington Post piece on Biometric IDs.
Electronic And Biometric ID (Kojo Nnamdi Show – WAMU)
Senior Fellow Alan Gelb was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show discussing biometric identification programs surrounding the Center for Global Development's Eighth Annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture: Technology to Leapfrog Development: The Aadhaar Experience.
In Search of the Bottom Billion (Yahoo News)
Research by Ben Leo, Todd Moss, and Andy Sumner was mentioned in a bottom billion article featured on
Yahoo News
Nobel-Winner Yunus Ousted, Documentary Premiers in English (Mother Jones)
David Roodman was quoted in a Mother Jones article on Muhammed Yunus
Conflict over Bangladeshi Micro-lender is 'Political', Some Say (PBS Newshour)
David Roodman was interviewed by PBS Newshour on Yunus
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Identification, Please (Foreign Policy)
Alan Gelb was mentioned in a Foreign Policy article on biometrics