Press Releases
FRIDE Founder Diego Hidalgo Wins the 2009 Commitment to Development Award for Promoting Development Programs Worldwide
WASHINGTON, D.C.(December 22, 2009)-Diego Hidalgo Schnur, a Spanish philanthropist, academic and businessman, is the 2009 winner of the Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action” Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy magazine.
New Internet Tool Uses Satellite Data to Monitor Tropical Forests, Slow Global Warming
WASHINGTON,D.C.(November 11, 2009) -An online tool to monitor tropical rainforests, released today by the Center for Global Development (CGD), detects forest loss in areas as small as a square kilometer (about a third of a square mile), making it easy to know when and where forest destruction is occurring—and thus potentially intervene to stop its spread.
G7 Nations Fare Poorly in Ranking of Wealthy Countries' Policies Benefiting Developing World
WASHINGTON,D.C.(October 22, 2009)-The Group of Seven major industrialized nations fared poorly in the latest assessment of wealthy countries’ policies related to building prosperity in the developing world, with none finishing in the top 10 of the 22 countries ranked, the Center for Global Development announced on Thursday.
Development Experts Urge G-20 to Address Poor-Country Needs
PITTSBURGH,PA(November 23, 2009)-A panel of policymakers and global development experts speaking on the eve of the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit expressed deep concern that despite the rhetoric of the previous two G-20 summits, the needs of poor countries left out of the club are getting short shrift.
Blue-Ribbon Panel Urges Five Steps to Better Migration Data -- Starting with Census (Press Release)
WASHINGTON,D.C.(May 25, 2009)- Inadequate statistics on global migration are a serious obstacle to crafting policies that benefit migrants, the countries they leave and those they move to. Yet better data could be gathered easily and at low cost with a few clear steps, such as by adding a few questions to each national census, according to a new report by a blue-ribbon commission convened by the Center for Global Development (CGD).
UNAIDS Faces Major Challenges in Fight against AIDS in Poor Countries as Economic Crisis Grows
WASHINGTON,D.C.(March 26,2009)-The global economic crisis has heightened the challenges for UNAIDS in ensuring that UN agencies adequately support governments of countries severely affected by HIV, and in holding rich countries to their financial commitments for the effort, according to a co-author of a new report on the agency.
Book Launch: Lacking Electricity, Africa Can Leapfrog to Solar and Other Renewables to Meet the Demands of Its Business Sector
WASHINGTON,D.C.(March 23, 2009)-More than half of African businesses lack access to reliable electricity but with vastly greater solar potential than Western Europe, Africa could become the Saudi Arabia of solar energy, meeting not only the needs of its businesses and households but also exporting electricity to Europe.
Tom Daschle and Cindy McCain Join ONE in Accepting the 2008 Commitment to Development Award
WASHINGTON, D.C.(March 17, 2009)— The Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy magazine will present the 2008 Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action” Award to ONE, an advocacy organization that raised awareness of global poverty during the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, at an event at the National Press Club on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at 4 p.m, on the 13th floor. Cindy McCain and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will be on hand to accept the award, along with three ONE volunteers from Florida, New Hampshire, and Colorado.
Todd Stern and Tony Blair Among Political and Business Leaders to Address the Capitol
WASHINGTON,D.C.(February 25, 2009)–Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will be among the high-level participants meeting with U.S. legislators and business leaders in the Capitol building on March 3 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for U.S. leadership on climate change, it was announced today. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s climate envoy, Todd Stern, will address an afternoon gathering of the event.
Top Policy-Makers and Economists to Hold Symposium about U.S. Action on Climate Change
WASHINGTON,D.C.(February 17, 2009) - U.S. legislators and business leaders will meet with experts on climate change economics and policy at the Senate Hart building in March to discuss the challenges and opportunities for U.S. leadership on climate change, it was announced today. U.S. and international policymakers will join climate experts for the one day bipartisan and bicameral event. The cosponsoring Senators to date are Senators Bingaman (D-NM), McCain (R-AZ), Snowe (R-ME) and Stabenow (D-MI).