Research

Financing needs in low- and middle-income countries are at all time high as a result of COVID-19 shocks, soaring debts and elevated interest rates. At the same time, there is increasing pressure on ODA budgets due to weak economic growth in Europe and conflicting priorities. The EU’s concessional fi...

The movement towards Open Access research is part of a broader vision for Open Science, championed by multilateral initiatives, notably UNESCO, and various G20 convenings. While this movement has achieved some progress by reducing paywalls, gains have been modest and slow and, more importantly, have...

A quest for economic security and strategic autonomy have come to define the EU’s politics. The need to compete globally for the finite resources required for the green and digital transitions, and rivalries between the US and China for global dominance, are all driving this agenda. We propose a res...

On March 19, 2024, the European Parliament's Committee on Development hosted a workshop titled “Confronting Debt, Climate Change, and Poverty: Global Financial Architecture Reform and the Fiscal Space of Developing Countries.” CGD experts contributed briefing on key elements of the discussion: the c...

The International Development Association (IDA)—the World Bank’s arm that works in low- and lower-middle-income countries—is one of the largest sources of development assistance for the world’s poorest countries. It is also a crucial tool for resource-constrained governments to borrow on affordable ...

Violence against children in and around schools is preventable and the education sector has the opportunity to play a critical role in driving the change through schools and school systems. This review provides an overview of the available data and prevalence of violence against children in and arou...

The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) ranks 40 of the world’s most powerful countries on policies that affect global development. In an increasingly interconnected world, decisions made by the richest countries have impacts far beyond their borders, and often disproportionately affect the world’...