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CGD in the News
November 18, 2014
It’s not just individual projects that fall into the gap between inputs and results. Lant Pritchett’s The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain't Learning documents how the international push for improved school attendance—as opposed to improved literacy, professional skills, and...
CGD in the News
October 20, 2014
It isn’t easy to end child labor in poor countries. In fact, passing laws banning anyone under 14 or 16 from working can actually make the problem worse. If we are going to sustainably reduce the level of child labor worldwide, we need to provide parents the resources so they can make the choi...
CGD in the News
August 12, 2014
Guess what? Just giving cash to poor people has all kinds of positive benefits—such as them buying food!” says Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Center for Global Development who has studied the impact of anti-poverty programs. “The rewards are a good idea. The...
CGD in the News
April 07, 2014
It is college acceptance season, and letters with financial aid offers attached are dropping on doormats nationwide. Many students and an even greater number of parents are facing the sticker shock associated with tertiary education. As college prices rise—the average annual cost hit $18,497 i...
CGD in the News
March 18, 2014
As Washington wonders how to encourage democratic reform in North Korea, Burma, and Iran and how to shore up new democracies in the Middle East and Africa, it seems clear what not to do: invasion. On measures of civil and political rights, countries we have invaded (Afghanistan, Iraq) are ...
CGD in the News
March 13, 2014
When Americans think about private education, what likely comes to mind are posh-sounding names like Milton or Collegiate, where the elites of Boston and Manhattan -- for the low, low price of $40,000 a year -- send their offspring to give them a small leg up in the race to Harvard or...