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View ArticleTestimony on the US Response to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
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View ArticleMaking Room for Mental Health: Recommendations for Improving Mental Health...
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Can Access to Contraception Deliver for Women’s Economic Empowerment? What We Know – and What We Must LearnPublications5/11/16Theory and some empirical evidence suggest the two goals – reproductive...
View ArticleHow Does OPIC Balance Risks, Additionality, and Development? Proposals for...
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View ArticleHow Much and How Well: Revisiting the Aid Component of the Commitment to...
How Much and How Well: Revisiting the Aid Component of the Commitment to Development IndexPublications5/13/16CGD-Barder-Krylova-Talbot-CDI-Aid-Quant-Qual.pdf
View ArticleDonors Funding Technology: 10 Recommendations
Donors Funding Technology: 10 RecommendationsPublications6/7/16Funding the global public good of technology is a useful way for donors to leverage the impact of their aid. Different types of...
View ArticleTestimony on US Sanctions Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Testimony on US Sanctions Policy in Sub-Saharan AfricaPublications6/8/16Testimony on US Sanctions Policy in sub-Saharan AfricaMoss-Sanctions-testimony-June-8-2016.pdf
View ArticleGlobal Health, Aid and Corruption: Can We Escape the Scandal Cycle?
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