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Blog Post
December 20, 2021
High-income countries play a key role in the global response to Omicron. Their decisions can help increase global vaccination coverage, curb the spread of current variants, and prevent the emergence of new ones. Here we outline three actions high-income countries should take to help end the pandemic...
Blog Post
December 20, 2021
CGD co-hosted an online event in November with the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre to discuss the progress and challenges in pursuit of a transparent and equitable roll out of COVID-19 vaccine. Following on earlier calls for transparency, this event built on new research from U4 and pointed ...
Blog Post
December 13, 2021
In the language of economists, opportunity cost refers to the return or other forms of benefit that we could have received, but gave up, to take another course of action. In mathematical terms, it is the difference between the utility of what we have chosen and that from the foregone choice. Or, in ...
Blog Post
December 10, 2021
In 2021, the ongoing grip of COVID-19 served as a stark reminder of the fragility of our progress in fighting poverty and COP26 highlighted the need for richer countries to provide substantial funding to meet global challenges. As the twin crises of a global pandemic and climate change threaten to l...
Blog Post
December 09, 2021
Antibiotic resistance (AMR) is not a new problem. However, the global community has been slow to implement recommended policy measures and achieve systemic change. CGD will launch a working group on antimicrobial resistance—seeking to improve antibiotic access and R&D in low- and middle-inc...
Op-Ed
December 08, 2021
Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the US and its allies have watched and waited to see how the group would govern before deciding whether to recognize their leadership and lift financial sanctions. But as critical programs run out of funding and the threat of mass starvation looms, this a...