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December 08, 2008
A group of influential Latin American economists is urging the IMF, World Bank, and other multilateral institutions to launch a new $250 billion fund to help the region cope with the global financial crisis in 2009. The Latin America Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee said that companies and gove...
CGD NOTES
December 08, 2008
Total U.S. development assistance has fallen 22 percent since 2005 from $27.9 billion to $21.8 billion in 2007. In real terms, this was the smallest amount since 2002, excluding assistance to Iraq, Afghanistan, and HIV/AIDS programs. Senior fellow Steve Radelet and his coauthors examine the decline...
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December 05, 2008
During the recent campaign, President-elect Barack Obama pledged to "double our annual investments in foreign assistance to $50 billion by 2012 and ensure that these new resources are invested wisely with strong accountability measures and directed towards strategic goals."
In his statement on th...
Press Release
December 04, 2008
WASHINGTON,D.C.(December 4,2008)- As President-elect Barack Obama seeks ways to restore the United States’ international reputation in the midst of a global financial crisis with roots in New York and Washington, an annual assessment of rich countries’ policies to build prosperity around the world f...
December 04, 2008
As President-elect Obama seeks ways to restore the United States’ international reputation in the midst of a global financial crisis, CGD’s newly released 2008 Commitment to Development Index finds lots of room for improvement: the United States ranks 17th out of 22 high-income countries, performing...