Ideas to action: independent research for global prosperity
Search
Filters:
Experts
Facet Toggle
Topics
Facet Toggle
Content Type
Facet Toggle
Publication Type
Facet Toggle
Article Type
Facet Toggle
Time Frame
Facet Toggle
Sep
14
2006
2:00—4:00 PM
September 09, 2006
A year ago Donald Kaberuka became the president of the African Development Bank, the sixth-largest source of aid to the continent and the only major African-owned donor. The AfDB, which very nearly collapsed in the mid 1990s, has bounced back in recent years but has still yet to establish itself as...
REPORTS
September 07, 2006
Donald Kaberuka, the new president of the African Development Bank, leads an institution whose financial standing has been restored from the near collapse of 1995, but whose operational credibility remains a work-in-progress. This CGD working group report offers external, independent advice to Kabe...
REPORTS
September 07, 2006
In response to a request from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, CGD convened the Global Health Indicators Working Group to examine potential measures of a government's commitment to health. The group's report recommends eight indicators for consideration by the MCC and other donors as they asses...
WORKING PAPERS
August 31, 2006
Donors are considering committing in advance to purchase vaccines against diseases concentrated in low-income countries to spur research and development on vaccines for neglected diseases. How much money is needed? The authors of this paper find that a commitment comparable in size to the average sa...
Sep
6
2006
2:00—4:00 PM
August 21, 2006
Starting in the 1950s, Norman Borlaug led an international effort to develop short, fertilizer-responsive grain varieties that became the basis of the Green Revolution, more than doubling harvests and helping to avert famines in much of the developing world, especially Asia. Borlaug has also been a ...
CGD NOTES
August 21, 2006
The Investment Climate Facility (ICF) for Africa was launched in June to help Africa tackle problems that hinder domestic and foreign investment. It aims to raise $550 million for promotion of property rights and financial markets, anti-corruption efforts, and reform of regulations, taxation, and cu...
Sep
21
2005
4:30—6:00 PM
August 14, 2006
The Council on Foreign Relations, The Africa Society, and Center for Global Development hosted a conversation with H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda. Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Steven Radelet,...