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CGD in the News
August 06, 2014
“[Power Africa] was always designed as something that the administration could do without Congress,” said Todd Moss, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. It makes sense in the short term as a way to get it off the ground, Moss said.
“I think it was a long-term mista...
CGD in the News
April 03, 2014
“While they’re certainly not contributing on the scale of the large IDA donors, it’s nonetheless a large increase for them,” said Scott Morris, a former deputy assistant secretary for development finance and debt at the U.S. Treasury Department.
The commitments “demons...
Press Release
April 29, 2013
Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2013) - How much aid does China give Africa? Does it complement or undermine the aid from the United States and other Western donors? China releases little information and outside estimates vary widely. A novel approach to studying Chinese aid flows that relies on a...
New from CGD
June 21, 2010
Last week the Latin American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (CLAAF), chaired by CGD senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez, considered the impact of the European debt crisis on Latin America. The committee, which includes former top finance officials from the region, then released a statement con...
January 15, 2010
The attacks of 9/11 prompted a decisive shift in U.S. rhetoric towards fragile states. Previously neglected, weak and fragile states were seen as a core development issue and a looming threat to global security. Five years later, what is the U.S. doing to meet this challenge? CGD research fellow St...
January 14, 2010
The raging U.S. immigration debate has largely overlooked the question of how such migration affects developing countries. CGD research fellow Michael Clemens says that economists agree that the migration of unskilled workers is good for the sending countries. More surprisingly, he argues that new r...