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Press Release
January 16, 2015
In May 2010, the Indonesian government announced a moratorium prohibiting district governments from granting new palm oil, timber and logging concession licenses in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. In a new study, researchers revealed this climate policy has likely l...
CGD in the News
September 19, 2014
One reason mobile phones have a considerably greater impact in poor countries is because other information-based services are so weak. Only about one-quarter of people in sub-Saharan Africa have an account at a financial institution—let alone a Visa or American Express card. Mobile payments ha...
CGD in the News
July 07, 2014
Two years ago Aker et al added to [our knowledge of “what works” in adult education in low-income environments] with a study from Niger showing that a mobile phone-based component added to a standard adult literacy program improved math and literacy scores for participants, and those res...
Press Release
April 16, 2014
Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2014) – Frances Seymour, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, has been awarded the title of Officer by the French Republic’s Order of Agricultural Merit (Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole) for her work as Director General of the ...