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WORKING PAPER
May 22, 2025
In many parts of the world, women’s land rights remain informal, leaving widows—especially those without a male heir—at high risk of losing access to their land and homes when their husbands die. We study whether large-scale land formalization programs can improve widows’ tenure security, using data...
WORKING PAPER
May 21, 2025
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat that demands coordinated, cross-sectoral action rooted in rigorous evidence and inclusive governance. In response to calls for an independent panel on evidence for action on AMR, this policy paper presents insights from a global consultation ...
POLICY PAPER
May 12, 2025
Policy for urban refugees in Kenya and Uganda is rarely at the forefront of national discussions, leaving important gaps that could potentially be addressed with engagement from civil society. Based on a series of key informant interviews, this policy paper provides a stocktake of recent shifts in p...
POLICY PAPER
April 29, 2025
With increasing pressure on European development budgets, optimizing the efficiency and impact of the European Union’s concessional finance is critical. This paper examines how the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) guarantee instrument can be strengthened to better support susta...
CGD NOTE
April 24, 2025
In 2024, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina urged shareholders to support a highly ambitious target of $25 billion for ADF 17, up from $9 billion for ADF 16 (which included $429 million for a new climate action window). Now, even meeting ADF 16 targets would represent a major victory because the ADF’s ...
POLICY PAPER
April 16, 2025
Health taxes are a well-known fiscal measure for discouraging consumption of unhealthy products like tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages. Less well known are opportunities to eliminate government subsidies. This paper is an inquiry into subsidies for tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages, produc...
POLICY PAPER
April 10, 2025
Global underinvestment in climate adaptation increases the importance of ensuring that such finance is well targeted and well spent. Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are the largest public source of adaptation finance for developing countries, and the World Bank accounts for about half of the M...
