Publications

President Bush wants to make the United States relevant again in Latin America. This week, he hosted a White House conference on 'Advancing Social Justice in the Americas' to highlight a shift in U.S....chevron_right

This essay discusses Chinese aid policy and its possible implications. It examines the extent of the aid, its growth and how decisions are made on how much aid is provided and which countries receive ...chevron_right

This report offers recommendations to guide deputies of the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's soft-loan facility, during their discussions. The report is based on the delib...chevron_right

This brief lays out that fragile states represent a major development challenge for the global aid community and a significant threat to global security. The authors offer policy recommendations for d...chevron_right

This publication presents the results of an online survey conducted in May 2007 on three issues: the selection process for the next World Bank president; criteria for rating the candidates; and actual...chevron_right

This paper presents four categories of obstacles to a greater depth of and access to financial services provided by banks throughout Latin America. The first category groups socio-economic obstacles t...chevron_right

Access to medicines is an issue of life or death for millions of people in poor countries. Yet the global supply chain does not work well. A key problem is poor forecasting of effective demand for pr...chevron_right

This essay describes the World Bank as a global club with a structure close to that of a credit union in which the members are nations. The author discusses the development of the World Bank Group tow...chevron_right

This brief discusses nine factors that influenced the degree to which national leaders in five countries made maternal mortality a political priority. The author offers recommendations for public heal...chevron_right

This brief reviews the findings of CGD’s Global Health Forecasting Working Group, which studies the challenges surrounding demand forecasting for health products. The group concludes that better forec...chevron_right

This paper describes Liberia's debt situation and the key issues in moving forward on debt relief with the IMF, World Bank, African Development Bank and bilateral creditors. The author explains why it...chevron_right

Esta investigación examina el programa de Transferencias Condicionales en Efectivo (CCT). A través de dicho programa, los autores buscan reducer la pobreza y aumentar el consumo de alimentos, asistenc...chevron_right

This brief provides an overview on the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which is charged with estimating the impact of global warming on specific regions of the world. The author ...chevron_right

This brief explains that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a revised initiative in US development assistance and tries to improve the effectiveness of aid in a small set of poor but well-g...chevron_right

This paper assesses conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs implemented in Nicaragua, a low-income country. The authors argue that a well-targeted strategy of supply-side, performance-based incentive...chevron_right