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CGD NOTES
May 08, 2006
CGD program director Ruth Levine argues that independent impact evaluation of anti-corruption programs will be crucial to the success of the new World Bank campaign against corruption. As corruption-fighting programs are put into place, she writes, donor and recipient countries should request and fu...
WORKING PAPERS
March 08, 2006
In this new working paper, CGD visiting fellow Ethan Kapstein and Nathan Converse analyze the economic performance of young democracies around the world and find that stagnating economic performance is a good indicator of imminent democratic reversal. The authors also find evidence suggesting that t...
BRIEFS
February 13, 2006
Ever since Adam Smith, economists have debated what conditions are required for nations to become wealthy. In a new CGD brief, senior fellow Peter Timmer argues that the "Smithian conditions" – low taxes, good government, and peace – are necessary but far from sufficient. He shows how investments ...
WORKING PAPERS
January 26, 2006
Maureen Lewis examines the relationship in poor countries between governance and health care woes such as absenteeism, corruption, informal payments, and mismanagement. She finds that returns to investments in health are low where governance is weak and suggests ways that donors could help.
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WORKING PAPERS
January 10, 2006
Does foreign aid help develop public institutions and state capacity in developing countries? In this Working Paper, the authors suggest that despite recent calls for increased aid to poor countries by the international community, there may be an "aid-institutions paradox." While donor intentions ma...