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Creating an Analytical Framework for Prosper Africa
September 10, 2019
Africa’s huge market potential—the new Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) makes it the world’s largest free trade area—and the strategic dynamics created by China’s deepening presence on the continent are drawing growing attention, along with big...
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Trump’s Looming Aid Cuts Are Unwise—Are They Also Unconstitutional?
August 19, 2019
After seeing Congress repeatedly reject its proposals for drastic foreign aid cuts, the White House is once again making a late-breaking attempt to subvert Congressional budget intent. These measures are designed to look like good-faith steps to take stock of federal spending before the end of the f...
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Leveraging American Enterprise to Deliver Women’s Global Development and Prosperity
February 07, 2019
Today, the Trump administration rolled out the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP). Pillars one and two seem to suggest a rebranding of existing funding for women’s economic empowerment efforts in USAID and a repackaging of previously announced initiatives at the...
CGD NOTES
Joint Humanitarian Operations: How to Bring US Humanitarian Assistance into the 21st Century
December 12, 2018
The US has long sought enhanced coherence, quality, and efficiency from its UN and NGO partners; it is time that the US government place these same demands upon itself. As the US Government grapples with how best to reconfigure its humanitarian engagement, it should adopt a Goldwater-Nicho...
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USAID’s Country Roadmaps are a Small, Early Step on the Journey to Self-Reliance
October 12, 2018
Last week, the agency came out with its first major, visible Journey to Self-Reliance product—a series of country “roadmaps” that use 17 indicators to plot low- and middle-income countries’ “commitment” to and “capacity” for self-reliance.
Blog Post
More Results for the Money: Cash Benchmarking at USAID
September 13, 2018
Today, USAID took a big step forward on a new effort that could make a real difference to the agency’s impact and cost-effectiveness.
CGD NOTES
Committing to Cost-Effectiveness: USAID's New Effort to Benchmark for Greater Impact
September 13, 2018
Are USAID programs high impact and good value for money? Do they work? Do they generate more results for less cost than if the agency just gave poor people cash? We don’t always know the answers to those questions, but USAID is trying to find out.