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Blog Post
Africa’s Unsung “Industrial Revolution”
Bright Simons
March 21, 2019
There is an industrial revolution underway in sub-Saharan Africa’s most entrepreneurial economies.
WORKING PAPERS
The Limits (And Human Costs) of Population Policy: Fertility Decline and Sex Selection in China under Mao - Working Paper 505
Kimberly Singer Babiarz et al.
March 21, 2019
Most of China’s fertility decline predates the famous One Child Policy—and instead occurred under its predecessor, the Later, Longer, Fewer (LLF) policy. Studying LLF’s contribution to fertility and sex selection behavior, we find that it i) reduced China’s total fertility ra...
Blog Post
Common Values, Common Rules: How Should DAC Countries Engage with China in International Development?
Stephan Kyburz
and
Yunnan Chen
February 12, 2019
A truly global international development regime should be based on shared values and common rules, while also respecting the wants and rights of recipient countries and societies. If the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the “traditional donors”—find common gro...
Blog Post
The Politics of Big Data with Yuen Yuen Ang – CGD Podcast
Holly Shulman
February 07, 2019
Associate Professor of Political Science Yuen Yuen Ang on how to make your data more meaningful, the dangers of big data in cases of oppression, and whether political freedom is really a requirement for technological development.
Blog Post
Yuen Yuen Ang on Sounds Robotic: A CGD Podcast
Charles Kenny
February 07, 2019
 In this episode of Sounds Robotic, we discuss how you can make your data more meaningful, the dangers of big data in cases of oppression, and whether political freedom is really a requirement for technological development.
Blog Post
Developing Countries Seek Greater Control as Tech Giants Woo the “Next Billion Users”
Michael Pisa
February 05, 2019
Developing countries are seeking more control over their citizens’ data—leading them to policies that put the open nature of the Internet at risk, says a new CGD paper.
POLICY PAPERS
Governing Big Tech’s Pursuit of the “Next Billion Users”
Michael Pisa
and
John Polcari
February 05, 2019
The rapid expansion of internet access across the globe is a welcome development, but it raises new policy challenges. And while there is broad agreement in the development community on the importance of getting digital policy “right,” too little attention has been paid to how policymake...