Publications

This report examines in what areas the HIV/AIDS donor programs interact with key operational parts of health systems. The authors compare the donors' interactions in three countries - Mozambique, Ugan...chevron_right

This essay discusses changes taking place in Guatemala and much of Latin America that are not easily captured in data. It also addresses the challenges to future development in the region and the impl...chevron_right

This paper outlines a climate policy for the next US administration. The author argues that the next US president can secure a place in history by mobilizing America to confront climate change, while ...chevron_right

This paper outlines policies on global health issues for the next US administration. The author argues that the next president must develop a coherent set of activities in support of global health goa...chevron_right

This paper outlines policies on immigration for the US administration starting in 2009. The author argues that international movements of people can spark and sustain the development process in poor c...chevron_right

This paper reviews US foreign aid policy and proposes necessary improvements. The authors conclude that modernizing foreign assistance into an effective instrument for a strong US global leadership wi...chevron_right

This paper informs policy makers on necessary development action in Africa. The author argues that Africa's private sector is burdened by the staggering costs of two key hurdles: the lack of power and...chevron_right

This essay addresses the upward trend in the price of oil and food. It argues that the recent acceleration in these prices is mostly a monetary phenomenon associated with the emergence and management ...chevron_right

This paper examines the status of El Salvador's Millennium Challenge Account program. The author aims to highlight the successes and challenges of a strengthened country-focused model of development ...chevron_right

This paper examines factors behind food price spikes by focusing on the role that biofuels, especially corn-based ethanol, and policies promoting them, might be playing. The paper concludes that the d...chevron_right

This paper discusses a development forum held in Accra, Ghana in September 2008. The authors offer six suggestions to improve the overall aid system and ways for the forum to reach its goals.chevron_right

This report provides a snapshot-in-time of El Salvador’s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program in the early phases of implementation. El Salvador is one of four lower-middle-income countries (LMI...chevron_right

In September 2008 official aid donors and recipients will meet in Accra, Ghana, to discuss how to make development assistance more effective. The High Level Forum follows up on the 2005 Paris Declarat...chevron_right

This paper presents the results of an empirical analysis of the structural transformation in developing countries. The author argues that making sure the poor are connected to both the structural tran...chevron_right

This paper discusses the failure of the US to introduce a cap-and-trade policy on carbon emissions. The author uses statistical methods to identify factors that prevented a positive vote on the legisl...chevron_right