July 30, 2020
Not DFC’s Best Kodak Moment: Five Questions About the Development Agency’s First Domestic Investment
DFC’s first domestic DPA loan is an opportunity to have a fresh look at the program and raise a new round of questions for the agency.
CGD Policy Blogs
July 30, 2020
Seeing the Wood for the Trees: What Does the “Science Say” on COVID-19?
As the world battles COVID-19, practical investments are urgently needed to ensure that decision-makers consult the best and most relevant evidence on COVID-19 before making a decision.
July 29, 2020
Aid Transparency During COVID-19: Henry Asor Nkang and Gary Forster on the CGD Podcast
Henry Asor Nkang from Nigeria's Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning and Publish What You Fund CEO Gary Forster join me on the podcast to discuss the current state of aid data transparency, the impacts of the pandemic, and how countries and donors can use data to improve development efforts.
July 29, 2020
COVID-19 Surfaces New Directions for Old Challenges: Three Lasting Ways to Improve Global Health Procurement
Effective and efficient procurement of health products—medicines, diagnostics, and devices—is a critical function of all strong health systems. The pandemic has exacerbated long-standing challenges—as highlighted by a recent CGD Working Group—in the purchasing of both COVID-related emergency supplies and other essential health products.
July 29, 2020
Stockpiling of Drugs: Should the World Care?
In a context where global cooperation is needed perhaps more than ever before, how concerned should we be by efforts to “stockpile” potential treatments, and how can we encourage further cooperation? We look at the case of dexamethasone and remdesivir.
July 28, 2020
Post-Brexit Resources for Global Britain
In new research released today, we show that the UK’s (non-aid) overseas spending via the EU—that helped support lower-income EU countries—is a substantial but often overlooked resource.
July 28, 2020
Regularizing Migrant Workers in Response to COVID-19
The positive impact undocumented migrants could have would be much larger if they had the legal right to work and live.
July 27, 2020
Addressing Private Sector Debt through Sustainable Bond Guarantees
The latest G20 finance ministers meeting concluded with no major progress on debt relief for the world’s poorest countries, and a few setbacks. To date, no country eligible for the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative has requested a moratorium on their private sector debt. We are at an impasse.
July 27, 2020
Colombia’s COVID-19 Response
Case numbers and deaths continue to rise in Colombia, and the challenges ahead are significant. In a recent note, we look behind these numbers to understand Colombia’s policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to date. We offer six recommendations for policymakers, aimed at supporting economic and health responses to the pandemic that work hand-in-hand moving forward.
July 27, 2020
The EU’s New Budget: Europe’s Recovery at The Expense of Its Long- Term Ambitions
After a four day marathon run of negotiations, the 27 Heads of State of the EU reached an agreement on both the Recovery Fund—a large fund to support the post-COVID recovery across the EU—and its new long-term budget and priorities, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027. While leaders across the EU are now hailing the deal as a “win” for their own voters and priorities, inevitably the negotiations were fundamentally driven by domestic interests and priorities, and predictably, international development has suffered as a result of the cuts.
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