A CGD Essay previously published as an article on the SDGs and MDGs in Politica Exterior (¿Hemos perdido el rumbo? De los ODM a los ODS).
Charles Kenny
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Charles Kenny writes about global development — what’s working, what isn’t, and how the world can do better. An economist who spent fifteen years at the World Bank, he is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.
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A working paper with Justin Sandefur, Sarah Dykstra and Amanda Glassman. Since 2001, an aid consortium known as Gavi has accounted for over half of vaccination expenditure in the 75 eligible countries with an initial per capita GNI below $1,000. Regression discontinuity (RD) estimates show aid significantly displaced other immunization efforts and failed to increase vaccination rates for diseases covered by cheap, existing vaccines. For some newer and more expensive vaccines, i.e., Hib and rotavirus, we found large effects on vaccination and limited fungibility, though statistical significance is not robust. These RD estimates apply to middle-income countries near Gavi's eligibility threshold, and cannot rule out differential effects for the poorest countries. There's a policy brief that's an easier read. A revsised version (now with fewer results!) was published in the Journal of Development Economics.
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Developing countries are increasingly robust to shocks. For @BW.
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The World Bank is facing a bunch of crises –this might be a way out. For @BW.
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Anyone who wants to go back to the 50's is old, white, male, hetero and (still) stupid. For @BW.
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Misleading title: soaking the rich would help. But the current US tax regime is bad at that. For @BW.
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The US response to the AIIB is pathetic. For @BW.
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Huntington's thesis isn't doing so well with the test of time. For @BW.
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US patent system is terrible. So is China's –time for a deal. For @BW.
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FATF is evil and incompetent. For @BW.
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