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Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development

Orazio Attanasio et al.

September 25, 2025

The Hemicycle of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+

Mikaela Gavas

September 24, 2025

A USAID official oversees emergency supplies being loaded at the tarmac

Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries

Ramona Godbole

September 17, 2025

Financing of Healthcare Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Pete Baker et al.

September 30, 2025

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POLICY PAPER

Should Countries Be More Like Shopping Malls? A Proposal for Service Performance Guarantees for Africa

Alan Gelb et al.

September 17, 2014

Many developing countries have made progress in political openness and economic management but lag in terms of attracting private sector investments, at least outside of narrow resource-based enclaves.These countries may have recognized potential but have not yet established the reputation needed to...

POLICY PAPER

Birth Registration, Legal Identity, and the Post-2015 Agenda

Casey Dunning et al.

September 09, 2014

Universal legal identity through birth registration has consistently remained as a potential target for the post-2015 agenda through several rounds of negotiation. However, as it has been put forth, it conflates legal identity and birth registration. This policy note clarifies the differences betwee...

WORKING PAPER

The Anatomy of Program-for-Results: An Approach to Results-Based Aid - Working Paper 374

Alan Gelb

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Nabil Hashmi

July 15, 2014

The World Bank’s new Program for Results (PforR) instrument is only the third instrument approved by its Board and the first to directly link disbursements to results.

WORKING PAPER

How Should Donors Respond to Resource Windfalls in Poor Countries? From Aid to Insurance - Working Paper 372

Anton Dobronogov et al.

July 08, 2014

Natural resources are being discovered in more countries, both rich and poor. Many of the new and aspiring resource exporters are low-income countries that are still receiving substantial levels of foreign aid.

POLICY PAPER

Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Development Finance: Risks and Opportunities

Alan Gelb et al.

May 07, 2014

Sovereign wealth funds have traditionally invested in external securities but are increasingly being tapped to provide financing for domestic investments, including to help close infrastructure gaps.

WORKING PAPER

Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Sub-Saharan Africa’s Missing Middle - Working Paper 357

Alan Gelb et al.

February 25, 2014

We consider economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and across firms within sectors.

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Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development

TESTIMONY

Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+

CGD NOTE

Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries

POLICY PAPER

Financing of Healthcare Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Economic Impacts of AMR

WORKING PAPER

Modelling the Global Economic Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans

WORKING PAPER

The Global Direct Inpatient Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance

WORKING PAPER

Costing Antimicrobial Resistance Interventions

REPORT

Forecasting the Fallout from AMR

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Should Countries Be More Like Shopping Malls? A Proposal for Service Performance Guarantees for Africa

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Birth Registration, Legal Identity, and the Post-2015 Agenda

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The Anatomy of Program-for-Results: An Approach to Results-Based Aid - Working Paper 374

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How Should Donors Respond to Resource Windfalls in Poor Countries? From Aid to Insurance - Working Paper 372

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Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Development Finance: Risks and Opportunities

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Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Sub-Saharan Africa’s Missing Middle - Working Paper 357

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Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development

TESTIMONY

Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+

CGD NOTE

Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries

POLICY PAPER

Financing of Healthcare Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

WORKING PAPER

Modelling the Global Economic Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans

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The Global Direct Inpatient Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance

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Costing Antimicrobial Resistance Interventions

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Birth Registration, Legal Identity, and the Post-2015 Agenda

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The Anatomy of Program-for-Results: An Approach to Results-Based Aid - Working Paper 374

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How Should Donors Respond to Resource Windfalls in Poor Countries? From Aid to Insurance - Working Paper 372

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Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Development Finance: Risks and Opportunities

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