A CGD blog. Today, the Trump administration rolled out the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP). Pillars one and two seem to suggest a rebranding of existing funding for women’s economic empowerment efforts in USAID and a repackaging of previously announced initiatives at the…

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic we discuss the ethical responsibilities of technology firms in an age of algorithmic control, the weaponization of social media and the responsibilities of technology-using firms towards workers whose jobs evolve or disappear in the face of AI …

A CGD blog. CGD’s Study Group on Technology, Comparative Advantage, and Development Prospects is looking at current technology trends, including those around automation and artificial intelligence, and thinking through what they might imply for global economic growth and the distribution of inco…

A CGD blog. Lant asserts that the main problem developing countries face isn’t a lack of access to new technologies or knowledge, but rather lack of the use of these technologies that have been around a while, which leads to a discussion of institutions and how deals are done.

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, we discuss fears of job loss and inequality from advances in robotics and automation, as well as the regional impact of past technological change and what it might imply on a global scale.

A CGD blog with Pamela Jakiela. It is now abundantly clear that aid money will provide only a fraction of the resources needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. That realization came early on, and it was a central theme of the Addis Financing for Development conference of 2015, held before the SDGs were even…

A CGD blog also published on SAIS Perspectives. The Future of Work is all the rage the latest World Bank World Development Report is dedicated to the issue, the World Economic Forum and McKinsey have issued multiple reports, and your job is being stolen by a robot articles are being churned out at a rate…

A CGD blog. In my last blog post on the IDA Private Sector Window, I noted the strong principles on subsidies to the private sector that were agreed by the heads of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2012 as part of the Multilateral Development Bank Principles to Support Sustainable Pri…

A CGD blog. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said gender equality at the United Nations is an urgent need &ndash and a personal priority. It is a moral duty and an operational necessity. Guterres was quick to meet his goal of gender parity in UN senior management. But…

A CGD blog. I have previously suggested that the current design of the $2.5 billion World Bank/IDA Private Sector Window (PSW) seemed an inefficient use of scarce aid resources, didn’t follow the World Bank’s own guidance on disclosure and design of subsidies to the private secto…