CGD in the News
Low-Wage Workers Will Benefit from Immigration Reform Too (The New Republic)
Senior Fellow Michael Clemens co-authors an op-ed on immigration reform in The New Republic.
Fast, Cheap, Dead: Shopping and the Bangladesh Factory Collapse (Time)
Senior Fellow Kimberley Ann Elliott's interview for the Washington Post is referenced in a Time piece on labor standards following the recent collapse of a factory in Bangladesh.
Revealed: $75 Billion in Previously Secret Chinese Aid to Africa (Quartz)
A CGD working paper and recent event on Chinese development aid to Africa is covered in Quartz.
China Commits Billions in Aid to Africa as Part of Charm Offensive (Guradian)
Senior Fellow Vijaya Ramachandran and a recent CGD working paper is quoted in The Guardian on Chinese development aid to Africa.
China Nears US in Money to Africa (AFP)
AFP covers a recent CGD working paper, database, and event on Chinese development aid to Africa.
Poor Countries Can Keep Workers Safe and Still Escape Poverty (Washington Post)
Senior Fellow Kimberly Ann Elliott is featured in Washington Post Wonkblog interview on how companies in the developing world can inexpensively improve work conditions.
If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty Be Eliminated? (The Atlantic)
Senior Fellows Michael Clemens and Lant Pritchett are quoted in The Atlantic on the economic benefits of open borders.
New WTO head set to hail from global south (The Guardian)
Senior Fellow Kimberley Ann Elliott is quoted in The Guardian on the future head of the World Trade Organization.
The Courts Can Cut Off Assad’s Supply Line (Financial Times)
Senior Fellow and Director for Europe Owen Barder writes an op-ed for The Financial Times on how sanctions against Syria would make it difficult for President Assad to continue his rule of the country.
India’s Biometric IDs Put Its Poorest on the Map (Bloomberg)
Senior Fellow Alan Gelb and Policy Analyst Julia Clark are mentioned in a Bloomberg piece on their large volume of work surrounding Biometric IDs following the Center for Global Development's Eighth Annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture: Technology to Leapfrog Development: The Aadhaar Experience, featuring Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys Ltd. (INFY) and one of the world’s most successful information-technology entrepreneurs.