The First Trump Administration and Development

CGD experts closely monitored what the change in leadership in the United States meant for US development policy. This series contains detailed analysis of the first Trump administration’s actions.

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Three Choices for Jobs Few Americans Want: Keep Foreign Labor, Continue Importing, or Use Robots

February 09, 2017
 Americans have three choices regarding the low-paying, often hazardous jobs most don’t want: keep foreign labor here, continue to import the needed products, or use robots. To pretend otherwise is doing everyone a disservice.
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The Evidence on Immigrants – Podcast with Cindy Huang and Gaurav Khanna

February 09, 2017
The Trump administration's signature policy proposal to control immigration more tightly has been the most contentious issue of the early days of this presidency. In this podcast we seek to add some facts to the debate.
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Tougher Visa Policies Could Carry Heavy US Economic Cost

February 08, 2017
The Trump administration has imposed a number of entry restrictions through executive order, justifying them on national security grounds. But one additional set of concerns regards the economic costs of tightening visa restrictions, which can be considerable even when looking solely at tempora...