A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, host Charles Kenny talks with Bright Simons, founder of the mPedigree Network and VP at the IMANI Center for Policy and Education, about the problems with the “leapfrogging” narrative of innovation in frontier markets, especially in Africa.

A CGD blog. Chairwoman of the US House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Watersrecent intervention provides an opportunity for the Bank Group to rethink the Private Sector Window to better align with the International Finance Corporation’s 3.0 reform process, which was designed to inc…

A CGD blog. Twenty-five years ago, travel writer and journalist Robert Kaplan wrote an article for The Atlantic: The Coming Anarchy It was an apocalyptic account of Kaplan’s visit to West Africa and his dark vision that much of the world would end up looking like war-torn Sie…

A CGD blog. Today, the UN and Canada are launching the Elsie Initiative Fund for Uniformed Women in Peace Operations. The fund will accelerate the deployment of trained and qualified women in peacekeeping. It is a fantastic goal and the fund has an exciting design.

A CGD blog with Maya Forstater. Please join us next Thursday, March 14 at CGD’s DC office as we launch the Principles on Commercial Transparency in Public Contracts. At their heart is the idea that redaction on the grounds of commercial sensitivity should only occur if it is in the public interest.

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, we discuss the potential upsides of AI and automation as well as the “lump of labor” fallacy as applied to robots.

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, host Charles Kenny talks with Shahid Yusuf, who argues that the old path to rapid growth-manufacturing export goods-is less and less of an option for poorer countries, and there isn’t a clear new path to replace it.

A CGD blog. I wrote last week that with an Administration and Congress both prioritizing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment now was a good time to put in place legislation that would leverage the power of US-based multinational enterprises to encourage gender equality in the workp…

A CGD blog with Holly Shulman. Associate Professor of Political Science Yuen Yuen Ang on how to make your data more meaningful, the dangers of big data in cases of oppression, and whether political freedom is really a requirement for technological development.

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, we discuss how you can make your data more meaningful, the dangers of big data in cases of oppression, and whether political freedom is really a requirement for technological development.