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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...
New from CGD
December 19, 2005
Zimbabwe is in a state of virtual economic collapse. It faces grave public health concerns and even basic services have stalled. This Working Paper by Todd Moss and Stewart Patrick urges the international community to begin planning now for the narrow window of opportunity a post-Mugabe transition w...
CGD in the News
August 08, 2005
Research Fellow Todd Moss was quoted in this New York Times artilce by Celia Dugger, noting that the Millennium Challenge Corporation is an experiment testing the idea that giving "grants to nations with relatively honest governments, low trade barriers and soundly managed economies will create econ...
CGD in the News
July 28, 2005
Research fellow Todd Moss was interviewed for this LA Times piece about the G-8 aid proposals. "The record of lots of aid leading to economic growth and transformation is an old idea from the '50s that's never been shown to work," Moss said. "I am very skeptical it will lead to sustained economic gr...
BRIEFS
July 20, 2005
Zimbabwe has experienced a precipitous collapse in its economy over the past five years. The government blames its economic problems on external forces and drought. We assess these claims, but find that the economic crisis has cost the government far more in key budget resources than has the donor p...