Commitment to Development Index (CDI)

This is a joint post with Liza Reynolds. This blog post announces the launch of the Europe Beyond Aid initiative and presents a summary of the research and preliminary analysis in its first working paper. Europeans more than pull their weight in aid to developing countries. Last year ...

This is a joint post with Lawrence MacDonald. In a break with the post-World War II practice of international organizations being headquartered in either Europe or the US, South Korea beat five nations to become the host of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a new entity that may become a key pla...

This post is coauthored with Julia Clark. You can listen to the pre-release podcast with David Roodman and Owen Barder. We're proud to announce the release of the tenth edition of the Commitment to Development Index. Each year since 2003, the CDI has ranked wealthy nations on how much their gover...