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CGD Policy Blogs

Views from the Center Posts by CGD experts about pressing development policy issues and practical new ideas for reducing global poverty and inequality. The Generation Chasm: Do Young Populations Have Elderly Leaders? - Feb 3 Punishing Pakistan is Not the Way to Go - Feb 3 The Epistle of Gates and the Gospel of Agricultural Innovation - Feb 3 Apple in China: CSR as a Marketing Tool? - Feb 1 More Posts		Global Prosperity Wonkcast Lawrence MacDonald, CGD vice president for communications and policy outreach, interviews a CGD expert in this weekly Podcast. The blog offers a short text summary. What’s Driving Deforestation? Surprise Findings—David Wheeler - Jan 30 Global Health and the New Bottom Billion – Amanda Glassman - Jan 23 What the U.S. Can Do in Pakistan Now – Milan Vaishnav and Danny Cutherell - Jan 18 Busan’s Lasting Legacy – Owen Barder - Jan 10 More Posts
Global Health Policy CGD experts discuss such issues as health financing, drug resistance, clinical trials, vaccine development, HIV/AIDS, and health-related foreign assistance. Why a Banker Is Good for the Global Fund - Jan 30 Sound Bites from PopPov - Jan 27 Love Thy Neighbor(s): The Need for Herd Immunity - Jan 26 Why Are People Hesitating to Get Vaccinated? Distinguishing Context vs. Individuals - Jan 26 More Posts		Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance The Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog complements CGD's Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance initiative. Both are for professionals interested in tracking the U.S. Foreign Assistance and its impact on developing countries. Where Oh Where Has the GHI Gone? The Whole of Government Approach Hangs in the Balance - Jan 31 How Obama’s Consolidation Can Still Promote Development (Hint: Don’t Smother OPIC) - Jan 25 Expectations for the State of the Union - Jan 24 S/O/N May Be DONE but We Need More Reform - Jan 20 More Posts
David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog Draft chapters, burning questions, useful sources. Debate Recording Up - Feb 3 Amount × Collection Practices = Debt Burden - Feb 3 Weekly Tweets for 2012-02-03 - Feb 3 “Think Again” Piece in Foreign Policy - Feb 1 More Posts