BRIEF

2005 Commitment to Development Index

August 29, 2005

The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) of the Center for Global Development ranks 21 of the world’s richest countries by evaluating their stance on seven domains of government policy to determine how those policies affect developing countries. This brief summarizes the components and results of the 2005 edition of the CDI.

CITATION

Roodman, David. 2005. 2005 Commitment to Development Index. Center for Global Development.

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