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REPORT
November 13, 2024
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...
CGD NOTE
November 12, 2024
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...
BRIEF
November 07, 2024
How committed is each country to tackling climate change at home and to helping developing countries? We consider nine key indicators on the world’s major economies spanning their climate contributions in three areas: international finance, policy, and emissions. Indicators are calculated to be comp...
SPEECH
November 01, 2024
There is a strong case for investing in education. It is a key driver of economic growth and fosters productivity gains, as seen by recent experiences in several Asian countries. While the benefits of education are well recognized, realizing these outcomes depends on the availability of fiscal space...
CGD NOTE
October 28, 2024
A major shortcoming of the $100 billion climate finance goal agreed in 2009 was the absence of a clear baseline. With draft negotiating text for a new climate finance goal now available, we set out some relevant starting measures and amounts to inform the negotiations going into COP29 and make recom...
POLICY PAPER
October 28, 2024
The movement for localization in foreign aid presents philosophical and practical challenges for providers of foreign aid. In the past, some level of localization (to at least state actors) of both decision-making and spending could be achieved through general and sector budget support, a logistical...
WORKING PAPER
October 24, 2024
Having its public debt written off as part of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative in 2005, Zambia welcomed significant investment in the late 2000s, particularly from Chinese state-owned banks, to propel economic development and diversify its economy beyond natural resources. While these ...
