Economic Growth

Momentum seems to be building on Capitol Hill for some kind of West African travel ban as an anti-Ebola measure. It sounds like a simple solution. But here’s why a travel ban is pointless—or could even make us less safe. 

This morning (Thursday) came the news that Arvind Subramanian, a joint fellow at CGD and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is being appointed Chief Economic Advisor to the government of India. This appointment (for our American readers), is more or less equivalent to being the h...

Update: This blog was updated on 10/16/2014 from the original version.  What is the best way to promote access to reliable and affordable electricity for the estimated 600 million Africans that currently live without it?