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Views from the Center Posts by CGD experts about pressing development policy issues and practical new ideas for reducing global poverty and inequality. 2012 SOTU: Bingo Win, Development Defeat - Jan 26 Bergsten Steps Down from Peterson: On the Bergsten Legacy at CGD - Jan 26 P4R: Looking to the Pilot Phase - Jan 24 CGD Movie Event Jan. 23: Hope for Bipartisan Steps toward Sensible Regulation of Migration? - Jan 20 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. 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 David Roodman – Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance - Jan 4 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. 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 Nice Job on Polio, but Don’t Forget the Other Diseases - Jan 14 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. 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 A New USAID Strategy: Climate Change and Development - Jan 12 More Posts
David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog Draft chapters, burning questions, useful sources. Weekly Tweets for 2012-01-27 - Jan 27 Weekly Tweets for 2012-01-20 - Jan 20 Due Diligence on Kindle and Google Books - Jan 18 Book Launch Video - Jan 17 More Posts