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Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+
September 24, 2025
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WORKING PAPER
September 25, 2025
This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0–3 in Rio de Janeiro, where a lottery for limited slots at the end of 2007 increased time in daycare and yielded higher household incomes in the early years, sustained gains in child nutrition, and shorter-term gains in c...
TESTIMONY
September 24, 2025
Mikaela Gavas, Co-Director of Development Cooperation in Europe and Senior Policy Fellow was invited to share her expertise with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on Development (DEVE) of the European Parliament on the European Fund for Sustainable Development, EFSD and EFSD+.
CGD NOTE
September 17, 2025
PEPFAR is still emerging from aid cuts, with major implications for lifesaving HIV services. About 65 percent of USAID’s PEPFAR awards have been reported terminated, accounting for 24 percent of planned funding. Terminated USAID awards were responsible for supporting an estimated 2.3 million people ...
WORKING PAPER
September 15, 2025
Noncommunicable diseases—driven by tobacco use, harmful alcohol consumption, and high-sugar diets—account for over 70 percent of global deaths and impose annual economic losses exceeding US $514 billion. Excise taxes on these health-harming products offer a dual benefit of reducing consumption and r...
WORKING PAPER
September 10, 2025
The absence of a coordinated global financing mechanism during COVID-19 deepened inequities and economic losses. A pre-approved “Day Zero Financing” liquidity line backed by multilateral banks and donors could provide a cost-effective mechanism to ensure faster, fairer access to vaccines, tests, and...
WORKING PAPER
August 26, 2025
Kuznets’s prediction that inequality would fall after structural transformation faces major obstacles in today’s globalized economy, including tax evasion by elites, restrictions on labor migration, and climate damage. While some countries show signs of transformation through growth and urbanization...
