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BRIEFS
December 22, 2008
This CGD brief summarizes the results of the 2008 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which ranks 22 of the world's richest countries on their dedication to policies that benefit the five billion people living in poorer nations. The Netherlands comes in first on the 2008 CDI on the strength of am...
WORKING PAPERS
December 12, 2008
Post-doctoral fellow Jenny Aker assesses the impact of weather shocks on grain markets in Niger. Droughts and crop failures occurred in Niger in both 2000 and 2004, but only the 2004 drought resulted in a severe food crisis. Many were quick to cite market failure and hoarding as causes of the cri...
WORKING PAPERS
December 12, 2008
Senior fellow David Wheeler and Kevin Ummel argue for rapid, very large-scale deployment of existing solar thermal technology. Using maps of solar radiation and project finance calculations, they show that with modest subsidies solar power generated in North Africa and the Middle East could meet th...
BRIEFS
November 17, 2008
The global financial crisis and economic slowdown are subjecting poor countries to increased financial, price, and output volatility. How can the multilateral development banks help? A new CGD brief by visiting fellow Nancy Lee, non-resident fellow Guillermo Perry, and CGD president Nancy Birdsall ...
BRIEFS
November 04, 2008
The United States can play an important role in
promoting global development while simultaneously advancing
American interests and prosperity. Intellectual property (IP) rights, such as patents and
copyrights, provide protection against unauthorized copying and
are therefore fundamental to creat...
BRIEFS
November 04, 2008
Many Americans see trade openness as a threat. Yet access to rich-country markets is crucial for poor people in developing countries to improve their lives. In a new CGD brief based on her essay in The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President, senior fellow ...
BRIEFS
November 04, 2008
The next U.S. president has a great opportunity to lead regional
economic integration in the Americas, to the benefit of both the
United States and Latin America. For the Americas, the high hopes of a decade ago for a
hemispheric trade agreement have faded, along with confidence
in the region’s ...
BRIEFS
November 04, 2008
Improving education should
be a part of the global development agenda of the next U.S.
president. While aid for primary education has always
appealed to U.S. policymakers and the public and is consistent
with American values of expanding opportunity for all, U.S. aid
for education has languishe...
BRIEFS
November 04, 2008
The need for a fresh American approach to development has never been more urgent. The economic crisis at home, the threat of failed states and hostile countries acquiring nuclear weapons, our inability to solve critical global problems like climate change alone—all these mean that America need...
WORKING PAPERS
November 04, 2008
World food prices risen over the past five years at an alarming pace after decreasing for three consecutive decades. CGD visiting fellow Nora Lustig argues that despite some relief since July 2008, the price hikes significantly set back poverty reduction, upset social stability, promote inflation, c...