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Check out CGD experts' research on pull financing, as referenced in the Federation of American Scientists. 

Check out a book review of The Rise and Fall of the Department for International Development authored by CGD experts, as reviewed by ODI. 

Check out CGD experts' research on foreign aid, as referenced in Planeta Futuro. 

Climate finance is a disaster. COP29 ended with a hotly-contested and almost universally-loathed agreement for rich countries to provide $300 billion each year to developing countries, to defray the costs of adapting to and mitigating the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Commentators from th...

I need to start with a bit of news, as promised last week. As some of you may have spotted online already, in the new year, I will be leaving CGD after four and half great years to become the Deputy Chief Economist (Development) at FCDO. It’s a great opportunity to do some good in the world, and if ...

Check out a CGD experts' co-authored blog on economic growth for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), as featured in Deal Town. 

Researchers take for granted that more evidence is better. By and large, they expect that their efforts to generate and communicate new ideas and test them empirically contribute directly or indirectly to a better world. In reality, for that impact to be realized, research needs to be noticed and ac...

Anneliese Dodds, the UK’s minister for international development, has repeatedly stressed that the UK’s “modern approach to international development” means taking economic growth in lower-income countries seriously. We outline four concrete steps the UK can take if it is really serious about helpin...

A bit of housekeeping as we get started: next week’s will be the last Economics and Marginalia of the year. It will also feature some news, so do keep your eyes peeled (and yes, this is a brazen attempt to keep readers interested right up to the last edition). Though the year is coming to a close, i...

Sorry if the links are a little late getting to you today: I’ve just been decorating the Christmas tree with the little one. The tree is massive: it did not look nearly so big when we selected it, surrounded by many other even bigger trees and what I can only assume were strategically-hired giants w...