A CGD blog. IFC 3.0 is a welcome and important initiative for a development finance institution that in the past has been accused of putting profits before impact. But the IDA PSW instrument is a throwback to the old IFC opaque as well as inefficiently targeted on development results. Design…

A CGD blog with Maya Forstater. Government contracts are worth trillions of dollars. Publishing contracting information is critical to enabling fair competition, allowing public scrutiny, and reducing opportunities for corruption. But when is it legitimate to redact commercially sensitive information from these documents?

A CGD blog with John Polcari. In July, CGD launched a study group on Technology, Comparative Advantage, and Development Prospects. This project builds on a large body of existing research from its members and other scholars at the Center. To give you a quick primer on the group’s work, let’s look back at some of…

A CGD blog with Jason Hickel. There’s a lot of heat on the topic of global poverty, but fundamentally a lot of agreement, too. Here is our attempt at a brief consensus position.

A CGD blog with Scott Morris and Vijaya Ramachandran. The International Finance Corporation wants to increase support for both private sector-led development and fragile states. But how viable are these goals?

A CGD blog with Maya Forstater

A CGD blog with Justin Sandefur. The world’s poorest people have been getting richer recently. But they remain incredibly poor. The 10 percent of the world’s population still consuming $1.90 or less a day are subsisting on a small fraction of the resources available to people at the US poverty line. So you’d hope …

A CGD blog with Mallika Snyder. Christal Morehouse, Alla Volkova, and Silvia Fierscu of The Open Society Foundation (OSF) have just issued a fascinating report on the gender breakdown of speakers at 23 high-level conferences across Europe including nine forums, six conferences, four meetings, three summits, and a ….

A CGD blog with Tanvi Jaluka. Last year on International Women’s Day we talked about labor and financial equality as a prerequisite for women’s empowerment. This year, we’re being a little more introspective. Many nonprofits working in global development advocate for women’s empowerment and gender e…

A CGD blog with Charles Kenny. Moving beyond low income countries makes sense for an institution focused on ending extreme poverty. But does the IFC follow through by focusing on the countries that are home to the extreme poor? Not really.