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The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev🌍 Celebrating 20+ years of independent research & ideas for global prosperity. [email protected]

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · Nov 14

Hello from CGD’s official @bsky.app account! 👋

Follow us here for our latest work on reducing global poverty & improving lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy.🌍
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Center For Global Development

The Center for Global Development works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy & practice.

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 9h

Tomorrow! Alongside this year's #AnnualMeetings, join CGD for a high-level discussion with senior officials representing diverse IFI shareholding perspectives on the future of global finance in a post-ODA world.🌍

Register ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3VUu82f

Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 10h

Country platforms are gaining traction as vehicles to align national priorities, policy reforms, & more.🌍

Alexia Latortue & Jared Goodman draw on interviews to examine if platforms can deliver on their promise, highlighting 4 critical issues and providing recommendations:
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Platforms that Perform: Helping the Next Generation of Country Platforms Deliver

There is intense and renewed interest in the not-so-new concept of country platforms. Invoked in conversations from G20 to COP30, these government-led coordination mechanisms that align national prior...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 13h

📆TMRW! Join CGD & the University of Chicago to discuss lessons from research-policy collaborations that improved millions of lives.

W/ @rglenner.bsky.social, Michael Kremer, Muhamad Chatib Basri, Jose Carlos Chavez Cuentas, Rema Hanna, Sasha Gallant, & Amanda Glassman.

RSVP:
https://bit.ly/4gUdUzO

Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 15h

🔴LIVE: Experts are at CGD to unpack novel AI approaches and discuss why they matter for policymakers.

With: @hanshengchia.bsky.social, Rebecca Sharp, Temina Madon, Gabriel Demombynes, Mohammed Husain, & @markusgold.bsky.social.

Tune in:
https://bit.ly/42EF4VD

Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 1d

📆 Tomorrow! Experts are convening at CGD to unpack novel AI approaches and why they matter for policymakers.

With: @hanshengchia.bsky.social, Rebecca Sharp, Temina Madon, Gabriel Demombynes, Mohammed Husain, &
@markusgold.bsky.social.

Join us:
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 1d

The #AnnualMeetings are here!

📆Starting tomorrow, join CGD for a series of events with leading global development experts, policymakers, representatives from international finance institutions, and more.

Join us ⬇️
https://bit.ly/48rfver

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 1d

How can countries catalyze public spending in areas like edu & health in an era of limited fiscal resources?

Benedict Clements and Ratna Sahay uncover an untapped channel: raising the share of women who are policymakers. Here's why it matters:
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Women in Policymaking: Why It Matters

The modest outlook for global economic growth, high levels of public debt, rising military spending, and declining foreign aid will limit the scope of emerging markets and developing economies to spen...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday I jogged 5+ miles during a staff meeting while colleagues explained bold proposals to reform the global health architecture. @cgdev.org is the best!

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Rachel Glennerster @rglenner.bsky.social · 5d

@cgdev.org is hosting a lineup of thought-provoking events during the IMF & World Bank Annual Meetings. We hope to see you there!
#CGDEvents #2025AnnualMeetings

Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 4d

@eeshani.bsky.social reminds us of what datasets can't show: the lived reality of disease.

She reflects on Margaret Bourke-White’s photographs of cholera amid climbing mortality in Africa:
https://bit.ly/42AMr05

The Human Cost of Cholera

In a blog also released today, my colleagues and I present the numbers behind the currently unfolding cholera epidemics across Africa—and juxtapose rising cholera deaths with steep cuts in US foreign ...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 4d

Private investment helps drive growth, job creation, & more—but in many emerging markets and developing economies, it's declining.

Nancy Lee, Samuel Matthews, & James Reid explore what's behind the decline and how better trade policy, competition, & more can help:
https://bit.ly/47j5zCy

Not a Promising Picture: Private Investment Ratios in EMDEs

There has been a great deal of recent focus on the collapse in aid flows and the consequences for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Less attention has been paid to worrisome developme...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 4d

To provide real-world evidence of aid cuts, CGD experts are using data on reported cholera deaths and US spending responses.

They find elevated cholera mortality across Africa in 2025, but no corresponding aid response from the US:
https://bit.ly/4hmWV9L

Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid

The United States—long the world’s largest provider of lifesaving assistance and the largest humanitarian donor to many countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa—saw a sharp reversal in early 2025. ...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 4d

Despite the health & fiscal benefits of health taxes, most countries collect far below potential.

Sanjeev Gupta and Ainhoa Petri-Hidalgo's review of more than 5,400 IMF documents shows how engagement on health taxes has evolved—and where gaps remain ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3KE1ZKx

How Has the IMF Engaged on Health Taxes?

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) impose immense health and economic costs worldwide, with a disproportionate burden on low- and middle-income countries. Excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-swe...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 5d

The US has adopted a range of foreign economic policies with negative impacts on the rest of the world.

CGD experts assess the combined impact of these changes, disproportionately hurting poorer nations, straining US alliances, and more:
https://bit.ly/3IOT5sU

Who Bears the Burden? Tracking the Global Impact of Recent US Foreign Policy Shifts

Since January, the United States has adopted a range of foreign economic policies with negative impacts on the rest of the world, including higher tariffs on exports, taxes on remittances, and reducti...

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 5d

Blog with CGD colleagues: Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid.

Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 5d

"The emergence of youth- and student-led protests raises a hopeful but uncertain question: will these movements deliver differently once in power?"

@eeshani.bsky.social discusses what the Gen Z-led protests could mean for stability and governance in South Asia:
https://bit.ly/3KwlN2j

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 6d

Those estimates match up well with the separate, independent estimates of @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @justsand.bsky.social at @cgdev.org

They estimate closer to three million per year —>

How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save?

We present some estimates for lives saved by US assistance worldwide, with illustrative estimates by recipient country. Our core estimates are for deaths prevented from HIV/AIDS, vaccine-preventable i...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 5d

How can the UK government mobilize more private capital for development quickly, at scale, and without straining the public purse?

Chris Isaac and Samantha Attridge cover untapped capital, specifically targeted tax relief on impact bonds:
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 6d

Evidence shows allowing pregnant girls to stay in school doesn’t raise teen pregnancy rates. Yet Catholic schools in the Congo have imposed a ban—threatening girls’ education & futures, warn @daveevansphd.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/3Kq77lm

Catholic Schools in the Congo Ban Pregnant Girls

Almost everywhere, girls who get pregnant in school are allowed to finish their education. Only five countries still have explicit bans or restrictions: Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Kuwait, a...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 6d

How can we build a more sustainable pandemic financing architecture? @CGDev experts suggest ➡️💉a greater use of the IMF's RSF for prevention/response, mainstreaming new financing models, and stronger coordination & accountability.

More details:
https://bit.ly/4mwPrl6

Financing for Future Pandemics: Three Strategic Shifts We Need Now

The global health community stands at a pivotal moment. The approval of the Pandemic Treaty—alongside renewed momentum from the G20 and the High-Level Independent Panel under South Africa’s presidency...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 6d

The IMF & World Bank #AnnualMeetings are right around the corner!

📆 Throughout next week, CGD will host important discussions with leading global development experts, policymakers, and more.

Explore the events and register to join us. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/48rfver

Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 6d

Will global imports shrink if firms think new tariffs are here to stay?

Liliana Rojas-Suarez & Kate Barnes discuss how US importers shifted strategy in 2025—front-loading from China before pulling back as tariffs rose:
https://bit.ly/4nEO6tV

Uncertain Tariffs, Predictable Responses: Act I of US Global Import Shifts

The US’s 2025 tariff announcements have been nothing short of staggering. From the April 2 announcements of reciprocal tariffs, to the 90-day pause first issued on April 9 and later extended to August...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 7d

The America First Global Health Strategy offers some optimism, pledging funding for frontline health workers & lifesaving commodities.

But its push to phase out financing risks reversing gains against HIV & malaria, write Ramona Godbole & @charlesjkenny.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/42xPg26

Unpacking the US's New Global Health Strategy: Retreating When We Could Be Winning

After months of devastating news about cuts to US global health programming, the Trump administration's America First Global Health Strategy presents some grounds for optimism. It signals continued US commitment to global health, including the delivery ...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 7d

How big are the returns to early investments in literacy and numeracy?📚

📅 During the #AnnualMeetings, join CGD for a timely discussion on the economic and policy case for prioritizing foundational skills.

RSVP to join us in person or online:
https://bit.ly/3VRRSE8

Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 7d

Alongside this year's #AnnualMeetings, join CGD for a high-level discussion with senior officials representing diverse IFI shareholding perspectives on the future of global finance in a post-ODA world.🌍

Register to join us in DC or online ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3VUu82f