August 22, 2008
For the next U.S. president, effective development policy is not only the right thing to do, it is crucial to the future well-being of the American people. A new CGD volume, The White House and the World, offers practical suggestions. CGD president Nancy Birdsall, who edited the volume and wrote the lead essay, “Why Development Matters for the American people and what the Next President Should Do about It,” discusses the book’s themes on the eve of the Democratic and Republican conventions.