OPIC

This is a joint post with Ben Leo, former CGD research fellow and now Policy Director at ONE. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is the best US development agency you’ve probably never heard of. Known as OPIC, it’s often mistakenly confused with the oil cartel. But if you care about...

This post originally appeared on Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs' Policy Innovations blog. Imagine the United States sending low-calorie food aid to Ethiopia in response to the global obesity epidemic. Absurd, right? Even if global waistline trends are worrisome, Ethiopians ...