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Diego Hidalgo Wins 2009 Commitment to Development Award

Diego Hidalgo Schnur, a Spanish philanthropist, academic, and entrepreneur, is the winner of the 2009 Commitment to Development Award. Hidalgo’s career reflects his resolute dedication to helping the world’s poorest people; he is the founder or key sponsor of numerous organizations committed to promoting development and democracy across the globe. The award is sponsored annually by CGD and Foreign Policy magazine.

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What's Hot and What’s Not in Global Development for 2010

Farewell 2009! Welcome 2010! Knowing that CGD's fabulous readers will want to be au courant before venturing out to their year-end holiday parties, Sarah Jane Staats, CGD's director of policy outreach, offers this handy crib sheet, a must-have for in-the-know developmentistas eager to avoid the humiliating faux pas of using last year’s buzz words. Don't leave home without it!

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Girls Count, So Why Don’t We Count Girls?

"Basic information is missing about girls' health conditions, use of health and other social services, risks at home, school, and elsewhere," writes CGD vice president Ruth Levine, the co-author of two influential reports on adolescent girls. "At nearly every public forum on adolescent girls, someone stands up and says that they are trying to do more—but there just isn't enough data," she adds. The new Coalition for Adolescent Girls is campaigning to fix this problem.

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Diego Hidalgo Wins 2009 Commitment to Development Award

What's Hot and What’s Not in Global Development for 2010

Girls Count, So Why Don’t We Count Girls?

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