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Blog Post
May 23, 2024
In this blog we summarise our new analysis, in which we estimate with a high level of confidence that over $100bn of climate finance was indeed provided in 2022. In our central estimate, we project $106.8bn of climate finance was provided, meeting the goal in the OECD’s interpretation. We also consi...
Blog Post
May 16, 2024
Development agencies are spending unprecedented levels of development finance on climate-related objectives—but how much impact is that finance having? As negotiations towards a new climate finance target progress at the UN, we hope to add to the number of voices urging that the new goal encompasses...
Blog Post
May 08, 2024
Managing pandemics is not just about halting the spread of disease—it's about striking a careful balance between preserving public health and minimizing disruptions to daily life and well-being. Crafting effective policies in such situations requires a deep understanding of factors including how the...
Blog Post
April 10, 2024
The UK Government has committed to producing a strategy on how the UK will support local leadership on development, climate, nature and humanitarian action; and its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has endorsed a Donor Statement on Supporting Locally Led Development. Lisa Nandy, Labour’s...
Blog Post
April 09, 2024
It's spring in DC, which means it's time once again for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. Finance ministers, central bank governors, and other top officials from around the world gather to discuss the state of the world economy and the international financial architecture, and CGD's researchers ar...
Blog Post
March 20, 2024
In global development and global health circles, the euphemism “graduation” refers to the “transition” to “sustainability,” another euphemism for the reduction in, and ultimately ending of, support from a donor to a recipient country. But what happens to countries after they graduate? In this piece ...
Blog Post
March 12, 2024
There is no way that poverty can be fully tackled without policies designed to address the multiple disadvantages faced by people due to the combination of ascribed attributes including gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, migration status, and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). And...