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More Money, More Problems for US Development in Pakistan – Milan Vaishnav and Danny Cutherell

7/31/12

Despite an unprecedented increase in US civilian assistance to Pakistan, more money has led to more problems in achieving long-term development goals in the fractious and fragile state.  My guests on this week’s Wonkcast are Milan Vaishnav and Danny Cutherell, co-authors of a recent report written jointly with CGD president Nancy Birdsall. The new report--More Money, More Problems: A 2012 Assessment of the US Approach to Development in Pakistan--assigns letter grades to US government efforts in ten areas and provides recommendations for more effectiveengagement in Pakistan.

CGD in Europe – Owen Barder

7/24/12

Most Wonkcasts focus on CGD’s research and policy work. This one is different. My guest is Owen Barder and our topic is CGD itself, specifically the effort that Owen is leading to greatly increase the Center’s engagement in Europe. Owen, a CGD senior fellow and director for Europe, previously worked for CGD on our Advance Market Commitment initiative, which led to a $1.5 billion pilot commitment to purchase and ensure delivery of new vaccines to prevent pneumococcal disease. He subsequently spent three years in Ethiopia and recently resumed working for CGD, based in London, to strengthen the Center’s ties with the European development research and policy community. [Note: Owen continues to maintain his own excellent blog, Owen Abroad and to host occasional podcasts, Development Drums; these are also now available on the CGD Website multimedia page.]

Liliana Rojas-Suarez on Canal N: Consequences for Latin America of an Intensification of the Financial Crisis in Europe

7/18/12

Liliana

In this interview with Canal N, the most prestigious Peruvian news channel, Liliana Rojas-Suarez, talks about the consequences for Latin America of an intensification of the financial crisis in Europe. In Liliana’s view, while increasing fragilities have started to show in some countries like Brazil, others like Chile and Peru remain quite strong and would remain highly resilient to a severe external shock.

International AIDS Conference and the AIDS Transition

7/16/12

Mead Over

Next week the International AIDS Conference will be held in the United States for the first time in 20 years.  CGD senior fellow Mead Over, one of the world’s leading experts on the economics of the epidemic, and policy outreach associate Jenny Ottenhoff join me this week to discuss the state of the epidemic, budget austerity, and the US role in the global response.

First I ask Jenny how it happens that the United States—the primary funder in the global fight against HIV/AIDS – has not hosted the conference for two decades.

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