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European Election Results: A More Fragmented Europe but a Contained Populist Wave–for Now

May 29, 2019
Last weekend’s results are no reason to breathe easy for any one party or politician.
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Looking Beyond Aid with Ian Mitchell – CGD Podcast

May 02, 2019
CGD's Ian Mitchell on why looking beyond aid is important for development and how the CDI measures and weighs various development factors. 
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UK Aid Watchdog to CDC: Time to be More Accountable, More Transparent on Development Finance

March 28, 2019
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) issued a report this week on the performance of CDC–the UK’s development finance institution–in low-income and fragile states. ICAI gives CDC an Amber/Red rating on its performance, which means “unsatisfactory achieve...
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ODA for Research & Development: Too Much of a Good Thing?

March 11, 2019
If you line up all countries ranked by their ODA spending on research and development (R&D) in 2017, the UK has spent more than the next 15 combined. This has the potential to generate new technology and ideas that accelerate the increase in living standards we are witnessing across the globe. B...