A U.S. News & World Report blog Washington Whispers quotes CGD president Nancy Birdsall on Michael Jackson's contribution to development.
From the article:
"" 'We Are the World' marked what at that time was a high point in rich-world concern about poor people in the developing world," adds Nancy Birdsall, president of the Washington-based Center for Global Development. "That sort of awareness helps to open the way not only for more effective foreign assistance but for other changes in policy, such as trade and migration, that can have a big impact on poor people's lives," she adds."
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