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Some might say the Center for Global Development's mission to reduce poverty and inequality across the globe is already too broad. But we do have to periodically take a break, stop, and ask the question: who is being left out of the development agenda? The answer to that question leads us to wonder if we should change what CGD stands for.
In recent years, Tanzania has discovered natural gas reserves off its southern coast worth roughly 15 times its annual GDP, at least before the recent oil-price slump. How can Tanzania use that money, if and when it arrives, and avoid the notorious resource curse?
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What would you do if you suddenly came into a lot of money? That’s what several African governments are thinking about right now – after the discovery of huge natural gas deposits. Tanzania’s reserves could yield the kind of revenues that might alter the course of the country’s development. At that level, the decisions become harder and more crucial. In this CGD podcast, research fellow Justin Sandefur describes a unique project underway right now that asks thousands of ordinary Tanzanians how they think potential resource revenues should be used.
“Latin America is no exception regarding the adverse changes in emerging market conditions that have occurred since the US Fed began reducing Quantitative Easing (QE) in May 2013.” That’s the assessment of the Latin American Shadow Regulatory Committee (or CLAAF) in its latest statement.
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on tweaks to the SDG targets
The Open Working Group’s Goal Five (achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) is a notable departure from the first four goals.
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on tweaks to the SDG targets.
At their best, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are the Rawlsian equivalent of a moonshot.
Education Links is a periodic summary of what we’re reading from RISE (Research on Improving Systems of Education), CGD’s initiative on education reform in the developing world.
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on improvements to the SDG targets.
Global health plays a less prominent role in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) than it did in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
This is the latest in a series of CGD blogs suggesting improvements to the SDG targets.
The first target of the first goal of the Sustainable Development Goals is to “eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere” by 2030. The second target is to “reduce at least by half the proportion of…. [people] living in poverty…..according to national definitions.”
“Is learning the only result worth financing in education?” That was the question posed to me at a recent World Bank debate about results-based financing in education. The question is germane because the World Bank has a large program of results-based financing in health and a new modality of Program for Results lending operations, and it is negotiating a new trust fund for performance programs in education.
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