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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. Not with a Bang but a Whimper - Jul 23 Is ODA DOA? - Jul 19 What Is the Counterfactual for COD Aid? - Jul 15 PBS Documentary Raises Tough Questions about Top-Down Development - Jul 12 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. Turning the Tide Through Better Prevention: Mead Over on the AIDS Transition - Jul 27 How to Help the World’s Least Developed Countries: UNCTAD’s Deb Bhattacharya - Jul 20 Bringing Needed Medicines to Market: Tom Bollyky on Clinical Trials for Neglected Diseases - Jul 13 Satish Chand on the Challenges of Small Island States - Jul 6 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. Microbicide Study: Important for Science and Global Development Partnerships (Postcard from Vienna) - Jul 26 Does the Global Fund Reach the Most Marginalized and At-Risk Populations? (Postcard from Vienna) - Jul 22 Incentives Offer New Hope for Preventing HIV Infections (Postcard from Vienna) - Jul 21 AIDS Conference Opening Is Uninspiring (Postcard from Vienna) - Jul 19 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. Mangoes vs. Peanuts and More: What We Saw and Didn’t See in Hillary Clinton’s Trip to Pakistan - Jul 22 Building, Not Buying Trust in Pakistan - Jul 19 Beyond Gestures: A Trade Bill That Will Make a Real Difference in Pakistan - Jul 16 U.S. Financial Reform Act Requires Disclosure of Resource Payments in Developing Countries - Jul 15 More Posts
David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog Draft chapters, burning questions, useful sources. Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-23 - Jul 23 Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-16 - Jul 16 Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-09 - Jul 9 Microfinancial Reporting Standards: Monitor the Trees, Yes, but Don’t Miss the Forest - Jul 7 More Posts