It’s Time for Global Sports Bodies to Live Up to Their Rhetoric on Gender
It’s Time for Global Sports Bodies to Live Up to Their Rhetoric on GenderBlog Post3/7/17For all the protestations about equality, there’s evidence to suggest both the International Olympic Committee...
View ArticleReally, Global Poverty *Is* Falling. Honest.
Really, Global Poverty *Is* Falling. Honest.Blog Post3/23/17Martin Kirk and Jason Hickel published a piece earlier this week on the annual Gates Letter. The core critique is that the letter is too...
View ArticleCan Governments Purchase Their Way to Greater Gender Equality?
Can Governments Purchase Their Way to Greater Gender Equality?Blog Post4/5/17The world of business is still extremely gender-unequal. Across the countries in the World Bank’s enterprise surveys, less...
View ArticleA No More Tiers Formula to Clean Up Corruption
A No More Tiers Formula to Clean Up CorruptionBlog Post4/18/17A bipartisan group of eight Senators led by Senate Foreign Relations Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-MD) has just reintroduced a new version...
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Gender Laws, Values, and Outcomes: Evidence from the World Values Survey -...
Gender Laws, Values, and Outcomes: Evidence from the World Values Survey - Working Paper 452Publications4/19/17This paper analyzes six waves of responses from the World Values Survey to understand the...
View ArticleSlow Progress on Global Norms around Gender
Slow Progress on Global Norms around GenderBlog Post4/20/17There is still a considerable global agenda to improve three interlinked components of achieving gender equality—attitudes, laws, and...
View ArticleIt's Not Perfect, but the U.N. Is a Good Deal for 'Merica (OZY)
It's Not Perfect, but the U.N. Is a Good Deal for 'Merica (OZY)CGD in the NewsThe Trump administration is reportedly seeking to slash contributions to the United Nations by hundreds of millions of...
View ArticlePlease, Can You Help Me Understand IDA's New Private Sector Window?
Please, Can You Help Me Understand IDA's New Private Sector Window?Blog Post5/11/17The World Bank’s soft lending arm for poorer countries, IDA, is busy rolling out a new $2.5 billion Private Sector...
View ArticleShould America Keep Giving Billions Of Dollars To Countries In Need? (NPR...
Should America Keep Giving Billions Of Dollars To Countries In Need? (NPR Goats and Soda)CGD in the NewsFrom the article:The first challenge is to defining "development." In a broad sense, it means...
View ArticleWe Can Honour the Sacrifice of Our Troops by Deploying More Women Peacekeepers
We Can Honour the Sacrifice of Our Troops by Deploying More Women PeacekeepersBlog Post5/30/17It would take the UN 337 years to reach gender parity in peacekeeping operations. We have an idea about how...
View ArticleCorruption and Development: Counting Results not Receipts
Corruption and Development: Counting Results not ReceiptsVideo Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 5:29pmJoin us to celebrate the launch of Charles Kenny's latest book, Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right...
View ArticleTrump's Flawed Global Vision (US News & World Report)
Trump's Flawed Global Vision (US News & World Report)CGD in the NewsFrom the article:
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Safer Women, Safer World
Safer Women, Safer WorldPublications6/14/17 Having more women peacekeepers is linked with large reductions insexual misconduct by peacekeepers and more sustainable peace. The UN could potentially raise...
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Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and Corruption
Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and CorruptionPublications6/19/17Results Not Receipts explores how an important and justified focus on corruption is damaging the potential for...
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Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and Corruption (Brief)
Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and Corruption (Brief)Publications6/19/17Results Not Receipts explores how an important and justified focus on corruption is damaging the...
View ArticleDo Weak Governments Doom Developing Countries to Poverty?
Do Weak Governments Doom Developing Countries to Poverty?Blog Post6/19/17When you read what economists have to say about development, it is easy to be disheartened about the prospects for poor...
View ArticleResults, Not Receipts: Tackling Corruption in Development – Podcast with...
Results, Not Receipts: Tackling Corruption in Development – Podcast with Charles KennyBlog Post6/21/17 What impact does corruption have on development, and what’s the best way to stamp it out? In a new...
View ArticleResults, Not Receipts: Tackling Corruption in Development – Charles Kenny
Results, Not Receipts: Tackling Corruption in Development...Podcasts Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - 4:01pmWhat impact does corruption have on development, and what’s the best way to stamp it out? In a new...
View Article(More) Comments, Please on My New Book on Aid, Donors, and Corruption
(More) Comments, Please on My New Book on Aid, Donors, and CorruptionBlog Post6/26/17A year ago, I requested comments on a draft manuscript about corruption. Last week, we launched the resulting book:...
View ArticleOnwards and Upwards: Strengthening Global Cooperation to Address...
Onwards and Upwards: Strengthening Global Cooperation to Address Antimicrobial ResistanceBlog Post6/26/17Without global action, by 2050 there could be as many as 10 million antimicrobial...
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