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Blog Post
March 08, 2016
A dozen years since it was set up with a remit to reduce global poverty through economic growth, the US government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation recently revealed a new Strategic Plan. Deputy CEO Nancy Lee joined me on the CGD Podcast to discuss how the new plan responds to a very differe...
Blog Post
February 16, 2016
It’s quite the buzz phrase: results-based development. But what is actually meant by "results"? Dr. Raj Shah, former Administrator of USAID under President Obama, and Michael Gerson, former presidential speechwriter and Assistant for Policy and Strategic Planning under George W....
Nov
9
2015
10:00—11:30 AM
October 27, 2015
What is the best way to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable?
The current humanitarian aid system - based around the delivery of physical supplies to those in need - is in dire need of change to reflect a simple reality: more people are in need and for longer. Evidence points to h...
Sep
15
2015
HYBRID
London, UK
2:00—3:30 PM
August 27, 2015
The humanitarian aid system is under severe strain. New approaches are needed to protect the lives and dignity of those affected and to ensure aid is spent as effectively as possible.
Evidence shows that unconditional cash transfers can be more efficient, more transparent, more accountable and ...