CGD in the News

Past Failures Cloud Efforts to Aid Africa

July 28, 2005
Research fellow Todd Moss was interviewed for this LA Times piece about the G-8 aid proposals. "The record of lots of aid leading to economic growth and transformation is an old idea from the '50s that's never been shown to work," Moss said. "I am very skeptical it will lead to sustainedeconomic growth in Africa, absent of major changes inside some of these countries."