Research
CGD conducts research within a range of topics that impact global poverty and people of the developing world. Topics include aid effectiveness, education, globalization and global health, as well as the impact of trade and migration on development.
The Center is well known for its research on aid effectiveness. CGD President Nancy Birdsall recently developed Cash on Delivery (COD) Aid, an initiative aimed to improve aid effectiveness by focusing foreign aid on outcomes, not inputs.
In 2008, CGD produced a compilation of essays, edited by Nancy Birdsall, called "The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President." These essays give policy recommendations to solve international problems, such as global health, foreign aid policy, migration, global warming and direct foreign investment.
CGD recently published a report on the dangers of drug resistance in “The Race against Drug Resistance: When Medicines Fail,” which the Global Health team launched on June 14, 2010.
In addition to printed publications, CGD maintains several blogs, including Views From the Center and the Global Health Policy blog.
Other research topics listed on their website include capital flows/financial crises, debt relief, environmental issues, economic growth, governance/democracy, international financial institutions, finance, food and agriculture, inequality, population, poverty, private investment, security and development, and data sets and resources.
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