Press Releases
New CGD Book Looks Beyond Microfinance Hype and Backlash, Recommends Improvements
Washington, D.C. (January 3, 2012)—A new book from the Center for Global Development (CGD) cuts through the hype and backlash surrounding microfinance and concludes that while tiny loans do not end poverty, the microfinance movement has scored respectable successes in building dynamic institutions that deliver useful services to millions. Poor people, after all, need loans, savings accounts, and insurance no less than the rich.
Geeta Rao Gupta Wins 2011 Commitment to Development Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 28, 2011) --- Geeta Rao Gupta, former president of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), is the 2011 winner of the Commitment to Development "Ideas in Action" Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy magazine.
The award, bestowed annually since 2003, honors an individual or organization for making a significant contribution to changing attitudes and policies of the rich and powerful toward the developing world.
“Geeta’s leadership at ICRW ensured a constant flow of research evidence about how to translate advocacy for women in the developing world into policy priorities and practical programs. Her own work on the link between women’s status and the AIDS pandemic is one example; her plenary address at the 2000 International AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa, put gender at the heart of the global fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic,” said CGD president Nancy Birdsall, co-chair of the selection committee.
Expert Proposes "AIDS Transition" as Hopeful New Goal for Global Response to Epidemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 16, 2011) — Ending the AIDS pandemic requires a new international goal—an AIDS transition—that focuses on reducing the number of new infections below the number of AIDS deaths so that the total number of people with HIV/AIDS declines, according to a new book by one of the world’s leading experts on the epidemic.
Medicines for Neglected Diseases Caught in Regulatory Labyrinth
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 31, 2011) — Scores of new medicines and other medical products to treat deadly diseases in poor countries are caught in a regulatory labyrinth that slows approvals, raises costs and sometimes puts patients at risk, according to a new report from the Center for Global Development.
Flujos de Capital de Corto Plazo estan alimentando la formacion de Burbujas Crediticias en America Latina (Spanish Release)
WASHINGTON, D.C.(June 7, 2011)—Las economías de América Latina enfrentan riesgos substanciales de burbujas de crédito y en el precio de los activos debido a una gran entrada de capitales que huyen de las incertidumbres económicas y financieras de los Estados Unidos y Europa y deben tomar medidas para desacelerar el crecimiento del crédito, concluyeron un grupo de sobresalientes economistas y expertos financieros de la región.
Latin America Risks Credit Bubble from U.S., European Hot Money (English Release)
WASHINGTON, D.C.(June 7, 2011)—Latin American economies face substantial risks of credit and asset bubbles due to a flood of capital fleeing economic and financial uncertainties in the United States and Europe and should take steps to slow the growth of credit, a group of the region’s top economists and financial experts said in a report released today.
Center for Global Development Marks 10th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, D.C.(June 7, 2011)—The Center for Global Development (CGD) will mark its 10th Anniversary on June 8 with an unusual event that will feature three venues on or near Washington’s famed “Embassy Row”: cocktails at the Residence of the British Ambassador, dinner at the Embassy of Finland, and desserts at the Residence of the Norwegian Ambassador.
Espanol Conferencia Telefonica: "Se encuentran generando los Problemas en el Norte una Nueva Crisis en el Sur? Alternativas para America Latina"
WASHINGTON D.C.(2 de Junio del 2011)- El Comité Latinoamericano de Asuntos Financieros (CLAAF), un grupo de prestigiosos economistas latinoamericanos, presentarán brevemente una declaración donde discutirá la magnitud de los daños potenciales para el crecimiento y la estabilidad en las economías emergentes, especialmente en América Latina, derivadas de los graves problemas que enfrentan los países desarrollados.
Press Event Invite: Are Uncertainties in the Developed World Seeding a New Crisis in Latin America?
WASHINGTON, D.C.(June 2, 2011)—Please join us for the bi-annual meeting of The Latin-American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (CLAAF) led by committee president and CGD senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez. At the event, CLAAF will participate in a panel discussion on the extent of the potential damage to growth and stability in emerging market economies, especially Latin America, arising from the severe problems facing developed countries.
Experts Urge Revamp of U.S. Approach to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, D.C.(June 1, 2011)-U.S. and Pakistani development experts are urging a substantial revamp of the U.S. approach to Pakistan, saying that U.S. efforts to build prosperity in the nuclear-armed nation with a fledgling democratic government, burgeoning youth population, and shadowy intelligence services are not yet on course.