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Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development

Orazio Attanasio et al.

September 25, 2025

The Hemicycle of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+

Mikaela Gavas

September 24, 2025

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Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries

Ramona Godbole

September 17, 2025

Financing of Healthcare Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Pete Baker et al.

September 30, 2025

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POLICY PAPER

Is My Fair Trade Coffee Really Fair? Trends and Challenges in Fair Trade Certification

Kimberly Ann Elliott

December 19, 2012

This paper is an introduction to fair-trade markets, trends, and challenges, and the issues brought on by attempts to get products to the mainstream.

MCC MONITOR ANALYSIS

Which Countries Will the MCC Board Likely Select as Eligible in FY2013?

Sarah Jane Staats

December 17, 2012

This MCA Monitor predicts which countries the MCC board of directors will decide which of these countries will be eligible for assistance when they meet on December 19, 2012.

WORKING PAPER

Europe Beyond Aid: Assessing Europe’s Commitment to Development - Working Paper 313

Owen Barder et al.

December 04, 2012

This paper provides the background to a series of more detailed studies of the policies of European countries as they relate to CGD's Commitment to Development Index.

REPORT

Which Countries Pass the FY2013 Selection Hard Hurdles? A Preview of Round 10 of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Country Selection

Casey Dunning

December 04, 2012

This paper previews which countries the Millennium Challenge Corporation will select as eligible for FY2013 compact and threshold funding.

WORKING PAPER

Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Microenterprise Development - Working Paper 312

Dean Karlan et al.

November 29, 2012

How do entrepreneurs learn whether they have what it takes to manage larger businesses? It's likely through experimentation. In this paper, Dean Karlan, Ryan Knight, and Christopher Udry develop a model to help understand the impediments to experimentation and the benefits to giving it a try.

WORKING PAPER

The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru: A Synthesis of Results - Working Paper 311

Nora Lustig

November 21, 2012

Latin America is known for high levels of inequality, which governments can lessen somewhat through smart policy. In this paper, Nora Lustig and others analyze how and whether taxes, subsidies, and social spending reduce inequality across countries in the region and identify which policies are most...

WORKING PAPER

Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints - Working Paper 310

Dean Karlan et al.

November 16, 2012

This paper details that results of an experiment in northern Ghana in which small-scale farmers were randomly given different kinds of potentially risk-reducing assistance.

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WORKING PAPER

Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development

TESTIMONY

Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+

CGD NOTE

Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries

POLICY PAPER

Financing of Healthcare Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Economic Impacts of AMR

WORKING PAPER

Modelling the Global Economic Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans

WORKING PAPER

The Global Direct Inpatient Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance

WORKING PAPER

Costing Antimicrobial Resistance Interventions

REPORT

Forecasting the Fallout from AMR

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Is My Fair Trade Coffee Really Fair? Trends and Challenges in Fair Trade Certification

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Which Countries Will the MCC Board Likely Select as Eligible in FY2013?

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Europe Beyond Aid: Assessing Europe’s Commitment to Development - Working Paper 313

REPORT

Which Countries Pass the FY2013 Selection Hard Hurdles? A Preview of Round 10 of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Country Selection

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Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Microenterprise Development - Working Paper 312

WORKING PAPER

The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru: A Synthesis of Results - Working Paper 311

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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints - Working Paper 310

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Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development

TESTIMONY

Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+

CGD NOTE

Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries

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Financing of Healthcare Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

WORKING PAPER

Modelling the Global Economic Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans

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The Global Direct Inpatient Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance

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Costing Antimicrobial Resistance Interventions

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Which Countries Will the MCC Board Likely Select as Eligible in FY2013?

WORKING PAPER

Europe Beyond Aid: Assessing Europe’s Commitment to Development - Working Paper 313

REPORT

Which Countries Pass the FY2013 Selection Hard Hurdles? A Preview of Round 10 of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Country Selection

WORKING PAPER

Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Microenterprise Development - Working Paper 312

WORKING PAPER

The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru: A Synthesis of Results - Working Paper 311

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