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View ArticleThe Impact of the Tax System and Social Expenditure on the Distribution of...
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View ArticleKeynote Speech at the Liberia Development Conference
Keynote Speech at the Liberia Development ConferencePublications3/29/17On February 1, 2017, CGD Visiting Fellow Antoinette Sayeh returned home to serve as keynote speaker for the Liberian Development...
View ArticleImmigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the...
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View ArticleLatin America´s Policy Options for Times of Protectionism
Latin America´s Policy Options for Times of ProtectionismPublications4/6/17A rise in protectionism and increased external uncertainty may compound already existing domestic weaknesses. Latin America...
View ArticleForeign Assistance Agency Brief: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Foreign Assistance Agency Brief: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)Publications4/11/17Since 1971, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has served as the US government’s...
View ArticleForeign Assistance Agency Brief: Millennium Challenge Corporation
Foreign Assistance Agency Brief: Millennium Challenge CorporationPublications4/11/17Established in 2004, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) was designed with a singular mission: to reduce...
View ArticleThe Foreign Assistance Briefing Book: Introduction
The Foreign Assistance Briefing Book: IntroductionPublications4/12/17The US Development Policy Initiative at the Center for Global Development launched the Foreign Assistance Briefing Book for a simple...
View ArticleRefugee Compacts: Addressing the Crisis of Protracted Displacement (Brief)
Refugee Compacts: Addressing the Crisis of Protracted Displacement (Brief)Publications4/8/17Today’s refugee crisis poses serious challenges to the international order. Conflict and crisis have pushed...
View ArticleRefugee Compacts: Addressing the Crisis of Protracted Displacement
Refugee Compacts: Addressing the Crisis of Protracted DisplacementPublications4/18/17 Today, an unprecedented 65 million people—including 21 million refugees—are displaced from their homes. Still, as...
View ArticlePayouts for Perils: How Insurance Can Radically Improve Emergency Aid
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View ArticlePayouts for Perils: How Insurance Can Radically Improve Emergency Aid (Brief)
Payouts for Perils: How Insurance Can Radically Improve Emergency Aid (Brief)Publications4/13/17 Unpredictable funding undermines effective response to natural disasters. Two key innovations pre-agree...
View ArticleGender Laws, Values, and Outcomes: Evidence from the World Values Survey -...
Gender Laws, Values, and Outcomes: Evidence from the World Values Survey - Working Paper 452Publications4/19/17This paper analyzes six waves of responses from the World Values Survey to understand the...
View ArticleAnnual Report 2016
Annual Report 2016Publications4/24/17This annual report marks two milestones in 2016: CGD’s 15th anniversary and, at the end of the year, its first leadership transition, with founding president Nancy...
View ArticleSome Answers to the Perpetual Question: Does US Foreign Aid Work—and How...
Some Answers to the Perpetual Question: Does US Foreign Aid Work—and How Should the US Government Move Forward with What We Know?Publications4/24/17Happily, in the last 25 years, the proportion of...
View ArticleA Note on the Informal Sector
A Note on the Informal SectorPublications4/25/17This work analyzes fresh data made available by updated, more comprehensive Enterprise Surveys of formal firms of various sizes and, importantly, of...
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