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January 21, 2025
Official development assistance (ODA) is at a crossroads, and reform is needed to balance the original mission of poverty reduction with the growing demands of global challenges such as climate change. While there is broad agreement on the need to clarify ODA’s purpose, modernise its governance fram...
Blog Post
January 20, 2025
As President Trump takes office, we examine the US approach to international partnerships, look at the foundations of the so-called “special relationship” between the US and the UK, and undertake new analysis of US non-military financial assistance to the UK following the Second World War.
We fin...
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January 17, 2025
Join us for a timely discussion on the future of ODA ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, where we’ll explore critical questions shaping the next decade of development finance.
Blog Post
January 16, 2025
In October 2023, the Learning at Scale study officially came to a close. The study was designed to investigate factors contributing to successful improvements in foundational learning outcomes in effective, large-scale early grade literacy and numeracy programs. These programs are typically in short...
Blog Post
January 16, 2025
What will the incoming Trump administration mean for US funding to multilateral development initiatives? We drill down on US funding for a subset of the major multilateral development, health, and climate funds, to see how funding levels enacted by Congress compared to presidential budget requests a...
Blog Post
January 16, 2025
In many countries new asylum seekers are not allowed to work for a certain period of time after arriving. The UK has one of the longest such periods: 12 months. Many claim that letting asylum seekers work sooner would act as a “pull factor”, increasing the number of refugees arriving. But that is an...
CGD NOTES
January 15, 2025
Some miracles resist forgetting. They continue to hold out hope for believers. The East Asian Miracle that apparently blessed four economies with a growth bonanza in the last quarter of the twentieth century, endures because a legion of countries believe that supernatural events can be made to recur...
Blog Post
January 15, 2025
The US role in global health appears increasingly uncertain as President-elect Trump prepares to enter the White House. While his previous term provides clues about future directions, evolving dynamics with Capitol Hill and the overall budget picture will also shape the US approach. Still, if past i...