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CGD in the News
December 22, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic made technology essential for many people to work, communicate with friends and family, and access services related to their health, finances, education, and more. While this has driven interest in the potential of disruptive technologies in emerging markets, it has a...
Blog Post
December 09, 2021
Antibiotic resistance (AMR) is not a new problem. However, the global community has been slow to implement recommended policy measures and achieve systemic change. CGD will launch a working group on antimicrobial resistance—seeking to improve antibiotic access and R&D in low- and middle-inc...
Dec
15
2021
9:00—10:15 AM Eastern Time
December 06, 2021
There have been several explorations and a few impactful uses of Machine Learning (ML) and advanced analytics during the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of the discussion around the use of ML has centered around their use for case projections, accelerating the development of vaccines and treatments, and ne...
Blog Post
November 17, 2021
At the outset of the pandemic, CGD launched a website, g2p-network.org to facilitate a series of working groups exploring digital payments and COVID-19 and to highlight important findings in the vast and rapidly growing array of academic and policy work on G2P systems. Today, we’re launching a ...
Nov
30
2021
9:00—10:15 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
November 17, 2021
Ineffective and inefficient registration processes impede access to lifesaving, quality-assured essential medicines. As a result of inadequate legal provisions, limited capacity within National Regulatory Authorities, and long and unpredictable registration processes as well as low profit margins an...
CGD in the News
November 08, 2021
It was late 2020, and though Bamaze still didn’t know anyone sickened by Covid-19, the pandemic had disrupted his life all the same. The village in Togo where he lives with his wife and infant daughter relied on trade and travelers from nearby Benin. When the border closed after the first recorded i...
Blog Post
November 04, 2021
CGD's Anit Mukherjee and Ugo Gentilini of the World Bank join Gyude to discuss how governments reach people with social protection programs, how such programs have been used during the pandemic, and what governments should do now to prepare for the next‚ inevitable, pandemic.
Blog Post
October 21, 2021
Poor understanding about vaccine capacity was one of the reasons why the world did not have the infrastructure needed to manufacture sufficient doses. This blogs proposes three actions to start tracking manufacturing capacity better and create robust estimates for the world’s vac...