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Tracking the U.S. Millennium Challenge Account

12/2/11

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In this two-minute clip from 2006, Steve Radelet, former CGD senior fellow, explains how CGD has contributed to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)—a U.S. aid program focusing on effectiveness, economic growth, and poverty alleviation. Ken Hackett, a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board member explains how CGD has been involved with the account since its creation in 2002. CGD continues to have an impact through its MCA Monitor initiative which provides rigorous policy analysis and research on the operations and effectiveness of the MCC. You can learn more about CGD’s MCA monitor initiative here.

CGD Special Discussion with David Gergen on Obama's Global Development Policy (Event Video)

1/17/09

Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report, and a senior political analyst for CNN, David Gergen joined CGD president Nancy Birdsall, and CGD senior fellows who authored essays in our recent book, The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President, for a lively discussion of the prospects for improved U.S. development policy under President Barack Obama.

Liberia on the Move (Interview)

9/24/08

Senior fellow Steve Radelet introduces CGD's event on Friday April 11, 2008: "Liberia on the Move: Economic Growth, Debt Relief, and Poverty Reduction."

The Future of Foreign Aid (Event)

9/24/08

At a recent luncheon hosted by InterAction, The Future of Foreign Aid, Center for Global Development senior fellow Steve Radelet discusses ways the next administration can improve U.S. foreign aid.

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