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May
9
2005
IN PERSON
Washington, DC
9:00—5:00 PM
December 02, 2005
CGD co-sponsored a Policy Roundtable on Economic Development and Population Dynamics. The roundtable brought together leading policymakers from around the world, including many from Sub-Saharan Africa, to provide consultation on the draft Working Group report and discuss future research and policy d...
New from CGD
November 28, 2005
In November's LatinFinance CGD Senior Fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez suggests modifying Latin American financial regulations to reduce the negative impact of volatile capital flows. She argues that regulators should shift their attention from aggregate measures, such as the growth of bank loans, to an ...
BOOKS
October 17, 2005
Most studies of privatization look at what happens to companies. Reality Check, a new volume of case studies from Latin America, Asia, and the former Soviet Union, examines the impact on people. Surprise: privatization has often been a reasonably good thing, even for the poor.
Dec
20
2005
1:00—2:30 PM
October 14, 2005
Jere R. Behrman, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, will present his paper entitled "What Determines Adult Cognitive Skills? Impacts of Pre-School, School-Years and Post-School Experiences in Guatemala" at this CGD seminar.
WORKING PAPERS
August 10, 2005
In this posthumously published working paper, Dick Sabot argues that the U.S. external deficit is putting at risk the welfare of poor people in developing countries. This accessible paper draws on a forthcoming book, The U.S. as a Debtor Nation, by William Cline, and has been updated to include Clin...