Governance

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TESTIMONY

Well-Targeted Sanctions Remain a Useful US Policy Tool: The Case of Zimbabwe

June 08, 2016
Testimony on US Sanctions Policy in sub-Saharan Africa. CGD chief operating officer and senior fellow Todd Moss testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health at a hearing examining the utility of sanctions as an instrument for achieving US poli...
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Welcome, President Joyce Banda!

June 07, 2016
Last week CGD hosted an event on advancing women’s political leadership, featuring Malawi’s first female president and Africa’s second, President Joyce Banda. President Banda discussed her own experiences as a woman in African politics and her current work to encourage other w...
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The Good Lobbyist: "Choosing the Hero" Shows Us How Washington Can Work

May 31, 2016
Lobbyists. They’re everything that’s wrong about Washington DC. If that’s your perspective, then veteran lobbyist K. Riva Levinson’s new book will rock your world.
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Huge Progress on Open Contracting in London

May 13, 2016
Owen and I had six wishes for the recent UK government anti-corruption conference in London. We didn’t get everything we wanted, but there are two things we’re happy about.