Payouts for Perils: Using Insurance to Radically Improve Emergency Aid
Payouts for Perils: Using Insurance to Radically Improve Emergency AidEvent4/20/17Emergencies cause poverty, drive displacement, and exacerbate insecurity. Aid to tackle natural disasters is generous,...
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Addressing the Global Refugee Crisis: How We Can Bridge the Gap Between Humanitarian Response and Development AssistanceEvent4/19/17The Center for Global Development and the International Rescue...
View ArticleInfrastructure and the Growth of Cities in Africa: Evidence from the Past...
Infrastructure and the Growth of Cities in Africa: Evidence from the Past Half-CenturyEvent4/6/17Using new data on roads and cities spanning over 50 years in 39 African countries, Remi Jedwab and...
View ArticleThe Challenge and Logic of Greater Financing for Africa
The Challenge and Logic of Greater Financing for AfricaEvent4/19/17Following more than a decade of healthy growth based on good economic policy and improved governance, African economies are now...
View ArticleFinancing for Learning: Making Global Education a Reality
Financing for Learning: Making Global Education a RealityEvent4/20/17With current investment trends, by 2030, more than half the world’s children will not achieve a quality education. So, this year,...
View ArticleDemonetization, Digital Identity and Universal Basic Income – How Big Ideas...
Demonetization, Digital Identity and Universal Basic Income – How Big Ideas Are Changing India and What it Means for the WorldEvent4/18/17According to The Economist, India's proposal to give every...
View ArticleYoung Professionals and the Future of Global Development
Young Professionals and the Future of Global DevelopmentEvent4/27/17Today’s newest recruits will determine tomorrow’s development agenda—and in this highly interactive, first-of-its-kind event, CGD...
View ArticleThe Conservative Case for OPIC: Harnessing the Private Sector for Development
The Conservative Case for OPIC: Harnessing the Private Sector for DevelopmentEvent5/16/17With cuts to foreign aid on the horizon, the United States, now more than ever, needs to sharpen its tools to...
View ArticleVoices of Experience: A Conversation with Former Treasury Under Secretaries...
Voices of Experience: A Conversation with Former Treasury Under Secretaries for International Affairs Event5/25/17 There is no more valuable time than now, in the early days of the new...
View ArticleExperimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive...
Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Different Levels of Skills Event6/8/17A central issue in designing performance...
View ArticleRISE Conference 2017
RISE Conference 2017Event6/15/17 to 6/16/17RISE is a large scale, multi-country research programme developed to answer the question: “How can education systems be reformed to deliver better learning...
View ArticleCorruption and Development: Counting Results not Receipts
Corruption and Development: Counting Results not Receipts Event6/20/17Please join us to celebrate the launch of Charles Kenny's latest book, Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and...
View ArticlePublic-Private Partnerships for Education in the Developing World: Learning...
Public-Private Partnerships for Education in the Developing World: Learning Gains, Regulatory Failures, and Other Lessons from Policy ExperimentsEvent6/14/17Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in...
View ArticleUnderstanding Digital Governance in Developing Countries: Lessons from the field
Understanding Digital Governance in Developing Countries: Lessons from the fieldEvent6/13/17 Many developing countries are using digital technology to reform public service delivery. The convergence of...
View ArticleTransforming Society through Digital Identification: A Comprehensive Review...
Transforming Society through Digital Identification: A Comprehensive Review of India’s ID SystemEvent8/8/17More than a billion Indian residents now have a biometric digital identity: Aadhaar. Its use...
View ArticleImplementing Clinical Trials during Epidemics: The Ebola Experience
Implementing Clinical Trials during Epidemics: The Ebola ExperienceEvent8/10/17The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic broke out and affected thousands of people at a time when there were no medicines approved to...
View ArticleAdapting Fiscal Reforms to the Needs of Fragile States
Adapting Fiscal Reforms to the Needs of Fragile StatesEvent9/12/17Strengthening institutions is a foremost priority in fragile states and building fiscal capacity is especially important in the effort...
View ArticleThe Shadow List
The Shadow List Event9/7/17In The Shadow List, State Department crisis expert Judd Ryker is chasing an American banker who’s disappeared after falling for a Nigerian scam. Meanwhile, his CIA wife...
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs: What Really Helps Them Start and Grow Businesses?
Women Entrepreneurs: What Really Helps Them Start and Grow Businesses? Event9/7/17Policymakers in rich and poor countries interested in boosting growth increasingly view women entrepreneurs as an...
View ArticleOpportunity for Reform: Four Proposals for Redesigning US Foreign Assistance
Opportunity for Reform: Four Proposals for Redesigning US Foreign AssistanceEvent9/13/17With plans for a redesign of the State Department and United States Agency for International Development well...
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