The current size of the income-secure middle class and its likely future growth, suggest that optimism is indeed warranted for many of today’s middle-income countries. But it is not warranted for all...
On 14 Dec 2015 A fair deal on climate change for developed and developing countries is identified by focusing not on equitable emissions quotas but on fair access to energy services.
On 07 Dec 2015 This report argues that what is urgently needed is a tested but far from fully exploited approach to funding forest conservation: pay-for-performance transfers, under which public (and private) funder...
On 03 Dec 2015 In a new CGD report, U.S. and Pakistani development experts urge a substantial revamp of the U.S. approach to Pakistan, saying that U.S. efforts to build prosperity in the nuclear-armed nation with a...
On 02 Jun 2011 In this paper, four categories of existing resource-mobilization options are examined, including
(1) transportation levies; (2) currency and financial transaction taxes; (3) capitalization of IMF
S...
On 21 Apr 2011 Five possible indicators are suggested that illustrate the type of
measurable targets that could help the United States and Pakistan meet shared goals for effective and
transparent development. [CGD...
On 17 Jan 2011 Foreign aid often works, but it is often criticized for being ineffective or even
for undermining progress in developing countries. This brief describes a new
approach, Cash on Delivery Aid, which...
On 13 Dec 2010 In 2010, many questions have come up regarding the actual practices of different donors—
those
over which they have
control and those that are likely to affect their long-run effectiveness
in term...
On 26 Nov 2010 This essay draws on the work of the Center for Global Development’s Study Group on
U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan and on the ideas in the group’s open letters to Ambassador
Richard Holbrooke...
On 05 Oct 2010 In this
paper an argument is made that the concept of inclusive growth should go beyond the traditional emphasis on the poor
(and the rest) and take into account changes in the size and economic c...
On 31 May 2010 In the light of this simple idea of the bank as a global credit club, what are
the issues that arise with respect to its current governance structure? How
might various proposals for reform strength...
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