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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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"While some nations improved on migration or environment, overall the trend is backward with arms exports, trade barriers and fossil fuel subsidies all rising."

@ianmitchell1.bsky.social discusses @cgdev.org's Commitment to Development Index with @reuters.com ⬇️#CDI2025
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World's richest nations are pulling back from global development efforts, study shows
Two dozen of the world's richest nations, including the United States and Japan, are pulling back from their global development push, a study published on Thursday shows, with many slashing aid budgets and cash funnelled through multilateral lenders.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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The North East Universities Development Consortium conference showcased 150+ new economic development studies.

@daveevansphd.bsky.social and Almedina Music break down 60+ of them, highlighting insights on childhood development, education, and more 👇
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What’s the Latest Research on Human Development in Economics? A Roundup from NEUDC 2025
Earlier this month, the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference hosted presentations of more than 150 recent economic development studies. We went through each of those 60+ st...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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As aid budgets decline, the ways rich countries are driving development are more important than ever.

🌟NEW: @cgdev.org’s Commitment to Development Index ranks the world’s richest nations, spotlighting impacts on the poorest & where nations can step up ⬇️🧵#CDI2025
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Commitment to Development Index 2025
With levels of development finance falling, it is more important than ever to look beyond aid. The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) does just that—ranking the world’s most powerful countries on p...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Children with extreme exposure to lead are at risk of lifelong physical & mental disability. So why isn't treatment affordable?

@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & Theo Mitchell call for affordable, quality-assured oral chelation drugs to reach the children who need them:
https://go.cgdev.org/3JY2eA8
Millions of Children Need Life-Changing Lead Poisoning Medicine. Why Isn’t It Affordable?
Children with extreme exposure to lead are at risk of lifelong physical and mental disability. The most practical treatment for this kind of exposure is oral chelation therapy—and we estimate there ar...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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📅ICYMI: Experts joined @cgdev.org & @cgiar.org to examine climate vulnerability definitions, the limitations of existing vulnerability indices, the current patterns of adaptation finance, and more.

Watch the full conversation! ⬇️
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November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Are public sectors in developing countries ready to manage a surge in climate adaptation finance? #COP30

CGD experts outline the challenges countries face in absorbing large-scale investments—and why strengthening public investment systems is essential:
https://go.cgdev.org/4r6kRm4
Just Add Trillions? As Climate Finance Ambitions Grow, So Must Countries’ Investment Capacities
There is no disputing the fact that developing countries will require a massive infusion of financing to fund investments in climate adaptation and the transition to clean energy. Much of this financi...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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World #AMR Awareness Week is here.💊🌍

To inform the design of a new IPEA on AMR, CGD, in coordination with 4 fellow organizations, produced research on lessons from panels, governance options, & translating evidence into policy. Follow the 🧵 for more ⬇️
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The AMR Panel Playbook: Eight Lessons for Building an Independent Panel on Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest health challenges of our time, responsible for 1.14 million deaths a year. Failure to keep resistance in check could lead to $1.7 trillion dollars...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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📅 Happening today! Experts are convening in DC for CGD's 10th Annual Birdsall House Conference on Gender Equality. Together, thought leaders will work to keep gender equality at the heart of global development.

Starting at 9am ET. Watch LIVE! ⬇️
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November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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📅 TOMORROW ➡️ CGD holds the 10th Annual Birdsall House Conference on Gender Equality.

Experts are coming together in DC to examine key challenges & uncover strategies to keep gender equality at the heart of global development. Join us ⬇️
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November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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"The case for spending aid in the poorest countries is strong—it's where each $ spent can have the greatest effect on life expectancy...or economic growth."

@charlesjkenny.bsky.social on the vital role aid plays in LICs & the reasons why that's where we should spend it:
https://go.cgdev.org/3X01PzX
Aid Isn’t Fairy Dust
Long-term changes and the lessons of the past decade suggest rhetoric around what aid can accomplish needs to be dialed down. It is largely macroeconomically irrelevant in middle-income countries and ...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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As #COP30 continues in Belém, @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social challenges a core narrative: developed countries aren’t responsible for the vast majority of historical emissions (just 37–41%). He argues old developed/developing distinctions are no longer fit for purpose:
https://go.cgdev.org/4r4jJzk
Emissions Myth-Buster: We All Know That Developed Countries Are Responsible for Climate Change, Right? Wrong!
The belief that developed countries are primarily responsible for climate change runs deep. UNFCCC climate negotiations—which have been characterized by deep divisions between “developed” and “develop...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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If you thought that climate change was all the fault of 'developed' countries, think again! That's NOT what data on GHG emissions since 1850 actually suggests. Old distinctions between developed and developing countries are no longer fit for purpose. Time to move on.
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Emissions Myth-Buster: We All Know That Developed Countries Are Responsible for Climate Change, Right? Wrong!
The belief that developed countries are primarily responsible for climate change runs deep. UNFCCC climate negotiations—which have been characterized by deep divisions between “developed” and “develop...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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PEPFAR is at an inflection point as the US moves toward country ownership & more gov-to-gov support—alongside reduced financial assistance. In a new brief, @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & @jmadankeller.bsky.social outline a 3-track framework for a responsible transition:
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Tough Times, Tough Choices: Charting PEPFAR’s Next Chapter While Safeguarding its Legacy
The Trump administration and key congressional lawmakers are shaping a new US government approach to the future of PEPFAR, alongside other global health programs like malaria and tuberculosis. We prop...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Next week! CGD is holding our 10th Annual Birdsall House Conference on Gender Equality.

Experts will gather to examine key challenges, share research, & uncover practical strategies to keep gender equality at the heart of global development. Happening Nov. 18➡️RSVP:
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November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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📣Excited to share new @cgdev.org research w co-conspirators @clemencelanders.bsky.social & Rowan Rockafellow exploring an alternative funding path for the Global Fund in a shrinking aid landscape

Full disclosure, it's a bit wonky🤓 so hang on for the ride

Summary blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/weather...
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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What should the role of philanthropy look like in the shifting global dev landscape?

In a new CGD podcast, Katrina Sill joins @ecollinson.bsky.social to discuss @founderspledge.com's new Catalytic Impact Fund, how philanthropic entities can balance needs, & more:
https://go.cgdev.org/4p12zRa
CGD Podcast: Philanthropy’s Evolving Role in Global Development with Katrina Sill
In this episode, I speak with Katrina Sill, Global Health and Development Lead at Founders Pledge, about their newly launched Catalytic Impact Fund. We discuss risk, impact, evidence, and how philanth...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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With major donors scaling back aid, the Global Fund’s $18B target for 2026–2028 looks out of reach.

@jmadankeller.bsky.social & @clemencelanders.bsky.social propose a rethink of the Global Fund’s donor-dependent model. Learn more about the mixed grant & loan approach:
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Weathering the Donor Downturn: The Case for a New Financial Model for the Global Fund
The Global Fund is heading into its replenishment with a lofty fundraising goal: $18 billion for the next three years (2026–2028). But in today’s world of shrinking aid budgets, that target might alre...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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The global health system is facing a crisis. As funding falls and LMICs demand greater sovereignty, @peterbaker17.bsky.social proposes a new approach.

He suggests that an African Union-European Union-United Kingdom tripartite agreement could be the solution needed:
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Can the African Union, European Union, and UK Solve the Global Health Architecture Impasse?
The global health architecture is in a crisis of finance and legitimacy. High-income governments are cutting back support, and low- and middle-income countries—notably in Africa—are demanding more sov...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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As #COP30 continues, Samantha Attridge and Charley Ward argue that there's no better time for the World Bank's new AgriConnect initiative.

They discuss IFC's crucial role in shifting from large corporate lending toward smaller actors and stronger local finance systems:
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The World Bank’s Big Agriculture Promise: What Is the Role of the IFC?
As COP30 opens in Belém, attention is once again turning to the hard realities of financing the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient world. Few sectors are more central to that challenge than...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Reaching global progress on the ambitious WHO & World Health Assembly health financing agenda requires a fit-for-purpose monitoring framework—which currently does not exist.

Adrian Gheorghe & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social list 3 priorities for building the framework:
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How Will We Know When the Health Financing Emergency Is Over?
To weather the health financing storm, both the World Health Assembly and WHO have urged countries to protect domestic budgets for health, implement an ambitious and comprehensive range of new health ...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Every World Bank project must now address how it contributes to climate goals. But has this reshaped lending? #COP30

In a new paper, @charlesjkenny.bsky.social finds that while the climate focus has had some impact, the impact likely isn’t very big. ⬇️🌱
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Have Climate Finance Targets Changed What the World Bank Actually Finances?
How much do World Bank targets, rules about project appraisals considering mitigation and adaptation, and a shadow price of carbon make a difference to what the World Bank actually finances? In a new ...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Next week! Join CGD for our 10th annual Birdsall House Conference. Throughout the day, you'll hear remarks from Kehinde Ajayi, @rglenner.bsky.social, @charlesjkenny.bsky.social, Nancy Folbre, @nbirdsall.bsky.social, Todd Moss, Alexia Latortue, & more.

Happening Nov. 18:
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November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The EU banned toxic lead chromate pigments—but loopholes mean European exports (at least 242 tons) still put children worldwide at risk.

@rorytodd98.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social call for full export ban, a meaningful win for global health at no cost to the EU:
https://go.cgdev.org/4oTRelV
The EU Should Ban Exports of Lead Chromate
A staggering one in three children worldwide suffer from lead poisoning, causing lifelong damage to their health and brain development. It’s these harms that led the EU to ban toxic lead chromate pigm...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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This week! Alongside #COP30, experts w/ @cgdev.org & @cgiar.org will discuss how we measure climate vulnerability, how we ensure climate finance reaches those that need it most, & more.🌱#FoodAgPavilion

Happening Nov. 13. RSVP:
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November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Against a backdrop of tighter budgets and political headwinds, #COP30 is here.

From the launch of a new tropical forest fund to efforts to build a carbon pricing coalition, CGD experts will be looking for signs of cooperation and innovation. Here's what we're watching:
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What We’re Watching at COP30
As COP30 begins in Belém, Brazil, against a backdrop of tighter budgets, political headwinds, and a retreating US, questions remain over whether this summit can deliver real action on climate and deve...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM