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New from CGD
September 12, 2005
This week world leaders gather in New York to assess progress toward the Millennium Development Goals. New CGD materials offer a fresh perspective on the MDGs and the controversy that they have stirred among the richest countries. (Hint: The MDGs might be part of the problem). Learn more ...
BRIEFS
September 12, 2005
Many poor countries, especially in Africa, will miss the MDGs by a large margin. But neither African inaction nor a lack of aid will necessarily be the reason. Instead, responsibility for near-certain ‘failure’ lies with the overly-ambitious goals themselves and unrealistic expectations placed on ai...
New from CGD
September 06, 2005
Finance and Development, a quarterly magazine of the IMF, features two articles by CGD staff, Aid and Growth, by Steven Radelet, Michael Clemens, and Rikhil Bhavnani; and Aiding Development, chart-based analysis of which countries give the most and where the money goes, by Bilal Siddiqi.
WORKING PAPERS
September 06, 2005
The international goal for rich countries to devote 0.7% of their national income to development assistance has become a cause célèbre for aid activists and has been accepted in many official quarters as the legitimate target for aid budgets. The origins of the target, however, raise serious questio...