A CGD blog. Donors frequently suggest corruption is the biggest obstacle to development and aid effectiveness, and that they can accurately measure corruption risk while protecting their projects from it at a reasonable cost. It isn’t and they can’t. Below, a brief synopsis.

A CGD blog with Kimberly Ann Elliott. Most antibiotics around the world today are fed to farm animals to promote growth and prevent diseases fostered by crowded conditions on factory farms. There is an urgent need to find alternatives to keep animals healthy, and preserve crucial antibiotics for human health. One way to do that…

A CGD blog with Megan O’Donnell. To what extent have aid agencies delivered on their commitments to transparency? How do these agencies’ transparency efforts compare to one another? And beyond mere publication, what else needs to be done to make sure that available data is put to good use?

A CGD blog with Megan O’Donnell

A CGD blog with Theodore Talbot. We at CGD recently hosted a series of events illuminating the case for smarter gender policy in the private sector a triple win that would benefit consumers, firms, and emerging economies. Change in private firms is important but what about the world’s public sector? To crea…

A CGD blog with Megan O’Donnell

A CGD blog. Last week, within a few hours of announcing she was running for a second term as head of the IMF, it appeared that Christine Lagarde had the nomination sewn up. That’s little surprise given the incumbent’s track record. But what better time than now when Europ…

A CGD blog with Megan O’Donnell. Combating Gender Apartheid at Work: A Proposal for US Legislation or Executive Action

A CGD blog with Jonah Busch

A CGD blog with Justin Sandefur. The research organization Aid Data has been getting a lot of attention in the aid world of late with its survey of recipient country policymakers and practitioners and their views of the utility, influence and helpfulness during reform of various aid agencies. Suggests the press release: &…