On Journalism and Global Development--Nicholas Kristof
5/14/13
My guest on the Wonkcast this week is New York Times columnist and two-t
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Schooling Is Not Education: Using Assessment to Change the Politics of Non-Learning (Event Video)
5/14/13
The last decade has seen considerable progress enrolling children in schools worldwide: today most people live in countries on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal of 100% primary completi
The recent collapse of 
China's Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection (Event Video)
5/1/13
How big is China’s aid to Africa? Does it complement or undermine the efforts of traditional donors?
Last week, a bipartisan g
Interview with WTO Candidate Amina Mohamed
4/11/13
My guest on this Wonkcast is Amina Mohamed, Assistant Secretary-General of the Unite
World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings – Nancy Birdsall and Todd Moss
4/9/13
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are the twin giants in global development
Bank Restructuring in Cyprus: A Step in the Right Direction but Too Late to Avoid Prolonged Recession
3/29/13
In this CNN interview, Senior Fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez argues that the recently announced measures in Cyprus that imposes losses on non-insured depositors as part of a full-fledged bank restruct
The 2013 Distinguished Service Award Ceremony and Lecture: The Battle for 2015 (Event Video)
3/26/13
CGD was pleased to welcome the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies for an event honoring Lant Pritchett, recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Service Award.
Emerging Markets in a Changing World (Event Video)
3/26/13
Despite the growing strength of emerging economies, they remain vulnerable to global crises such as the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and prolonged fiscal uncertainty in the US.
Greenprint: A New Approach to Cooperation on Climate Change (Event Video)
3/26/13
The threat of climate change can only be averted with genuine cooperation between traditional and emerging powers.
Interview with WTO Candidate Roberto Azevedo
3/26/13
My guest on this week’s Wonkcast is Roberto Azevedo, the permanent representative of Brazil at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and one of nine candidates to be the next Director General (DG) of the WTO. Mr. Azevedo has spent more than 15 years involved with the WTO and tells me his deep experience qualifies him to lead it into the future.
Innovation for Food Security and Smallholder Livelihoods: The AgResults Initiative (Event Video)
3/25/13
The world faces a huge challenge in providing food security for all in the face of growing populations, increasing demand for resource-intensive foods, and climate change. Leaders from G8 and G20 governments are pursuing a range of policy responses and it is crucial that they recognize the key role of technological innovation to ensure crop yields keep up with demand and available food meets nutritional requirements. But new inventions will do no one any good if they simply sit on the shelf.
Protecting Forests with Global Forest Watch 2.0 -- David Wheeler and Nigel Sizer
3/18/13
My guests on this week’s Wonkcast are David Wheeler, senior fellow emeritus at CGD, and Nigel Sizer, director of the Global Forest Project at the World Resources Institute (WRI). They joined me after a presentation for CGD staff of Global Forest Watch 2.0, a real-time forest monitoring system that draws from David’s work on the Forest Monitoring for Action initiative (FORMA) here at CGD.
The ability to monitor the status of tropical forests worldwide could be a game-changer in efforts to slow and eventually halt forest clearing. Among the many benefits would be a reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change.
Forget Waiting: Three Foreign Aid Tasks for Three Months
3/14/13
President Barack Obama's re-election gives him four more years to carry out his US global development vision. Rethink director Sarah Jane Staats shares a few ideas that could help the administration get a running start on their second term.