Research

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) face significant policy, financial, and operational challenges in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS), with the World Bank playing a central role in financing these areas. MDBs have developed strategies to address FCS, but face difficulties in transla...

We study how marriage market considerations influence parental investments in daughters’ education in Pakistan. Using a hypothetical choice methodology, we estimate parents’ preferences and willingness-to-pay for marital customs and daughters’ marital and post-marital outcomes. Our findings highligh...

On December 5, 2024, CGD President Emeritus Masood Ahmed delivered a keynote address at the Australasian AID Conference at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 

Where do caregivers of school children stand on the perennial debate on cash versus in-kind transfers for social protection and human capital development? This paper explores the predictors of parental preferences for alternative modalities in the context of Ghana’s national school feeding programme...

This note assesses how large tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) companies navigated the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of sales and profits, in order to provide evidence for raising health taxes on these products.

Drawing on extensive research and consultations with adolescent girls, policy makers, and practitioners, this report reveals that investing in adolescent girls can yield a tenfold return in economic impact. It outlines six key areas for targeted action: building human capital, enhancing economic suc...

In recent decades, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have turned to health technology assessment (HTA) to prioritize health care interventions in pursuit of universal health coverage. HTA has demonstrated its value through significant cost savings, as demonstrated by Thailand and Brazil, whe...