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Recent CommentaryThe New Global Slave Trade [Foreign Affairs}11/16/2006 Ethan KapsteinThe New Global Slave Trade, Foreign Affairs, November/December 2006. This article is reprinted by permission of FOREIGN AFFAIRS (www.foreignaffairs.org), Copyright 2006 by the Council on Foreign Relations. What to Read: Inequality and Development in a Globalizing World (Syllabus)07/26/2006 Nancy BirdsallThis syllabus prepared by CGD President Nancy Birdsall for a course she taught in Bologna, Italy, for students of Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) brings together key readings on inequality and development in a globalizing world. The syllabus also provides links to websites that contain data on inequality and globalization and further readings on each topic. Following the Money in Global Health01/18/2006 Ruth LevineThis article originally appeared in Global HealthLink "Resource tracking" is a hot new topic in global health circles. Far from being of interest only to accountants and statisticians, data on the flow of money – how much, from whom and for what – is the subject of intense debates within the donor community, the policy community in developing countries and civil society "watchdog" groups. Controversy over World Bank trade & poverty estimates12/19/2005 William R. ClineThree years ago the World Bank said that freeing international trade of all barriers and subsidies would lift 320 million people above the $2 a day poverty line by 2015. But new World Bank projections emphasizing $1 a day poverty and based on new data and methods put the number at just 32 million people. CGD/IIE Senior Fellow William R. Cline, author of Trade Policy and Global Poverty, has been examining the Bank's new calculations and argues that the first estimate was closer to the truth. A Hong Kong Declaration12/19/2005 Kimberly Ann ElliottTrade ministers in Hong Kong just barely managed to meet the low expectations they set for themselves, according to Kimberly Elliott, a CGD/IIE joint fellow. "This means that the negotiations still have a chance to reach a meaningful agreement in 2006, but the pace and the willingness to make politically difficult concessions will have to increase substantially," she said. Beyond the Consensus of Washington: New Social Contract in Latin America12/02/2005 Nancy BirdsallThis commentary is a summary of a presentation by Nancy Birdsall delivered in Lima Peru on November 17, 2005 for the Group for the Analysis of Development France must see immigrants' future11/29/2005This op-ed by Audrey Singer and Gregory Michaelidis was Originally published November 20, 2005 in the Baltimore Sun. A Costly Cut11/21/2005 Stewart PatrickWASHINGTON—In its sudden and reckless zeal for budget-cutting, the Republican-controlled Congress is doing President Bush and the nation multiple disservices. Threatening to slash assistance to the most impoverished Americans and forcing Mr. Bush once again to break his public promises to deliver on his Millennium Challenge Account for developing countries are just the beginning. The Debt Relief Divide11/03/2005 Todd MossThis opinion piece by research fellow Todd Moss was published in iDM, a new magazine on development run by the British Parliament. The MCC Between a Rock and a Hard Place: More Countries, Less Money and the Transformational Challenge10/27/2005 Steve Radelet, Sheila Herrling Round Three of the MCA: Assessing the Prospects forFY 2006 Country Selection and Funding This is a companion note to "Round Three of the MCA: Which Countries are most likely to Qualify in FY 2006." It explores the challenge facing the MCC Board between more qualifying countries, the desire for larger compacts, and limited funding. For complete CGD analysis of the MCA, access the MCA Monitor website |
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SpeechesCorruption and Development: An Impolitic View12/08/2006 Dennis de TrayIn a Nov. 16, 2006 speech to the 1818 Society, the World Bank staff retirement association, CGD vice president Dennis de Tray offered an impolitic critique of the World Bank's strategy on corruption and eight principles that could serve as the basis of a new approach. Globalization and Development: New Challenges and New Opportunities06/20/2006 Nancy BirdsallThis speech was presented by Nancy Birdsall to Google, Inc. in California and highlights the following:
The Peacebuilding Commission and the Future of US-UN Relations06/09/2006 Stewart PatrickStewart Patrick presented these comments to the Annual Meeting of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA)on June 9, 2006. |