CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community. Dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality through policy-oriented research and active engagement on development issues with the policy community and the public, a principal focus of the Center’s work is the policies of the United States and other industrial countries that affect development prospects in poor countries.
The Center’s research assesses the impact on poor people of globalization and of the policies of industrialized countries, developing countries and multilateral institutions. The Center seeks to identify alternative policies that promote equitable growth and participatory development in low-income and transitional economies, and, in collaboration with civil society and private sector groups, seeks to translate policy ideas into policy reforms. The Center partners with other institutions in efforts to improve public understanding in industrial countries of the economic, political, and strategic benefits of promoting improved living standards and governance in developing countries.
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Author : Kemal Dervis, 2008/11/22Kemal Dervis was prescient on the point that oil prices that go up might well come down. Development aficionados are rightly concerned with the risks that climate change pose for the world’s poor, and with the effects on governance in Nigeria, Angola and other oil states. Getting the price of oil and gasoline in the rich world to reflect these real global costs ought to be a priority in the development community. Weak Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards are only one part of the ...
Author : ID4D (multi-author), 2008/11/18
Although the negative impacts of the financial crisis are taking a toll on the real economies of many developing countries, the crisis has also offered emerging markets an unprecedented opportunity to influence the global financial system. Interdependence and the need for collective action to solve common problems have led to the meeting between the members of the G20 instead of the G7– a list of countries including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and South Africa as well as other large emer ...
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