Why do we give the DoD so much to do when it does the basic stuff so badly? For @BW.
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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Welcoming the BRICS bank. For @BW.
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For the first time last year more people worldwide were put on antiretroviral drugs that treat HIV than were newly infected. For @BW.
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Most Americans see political corruption as a problem that plagues the developing world far more than the U.S. The truth is more complex. For @BW.
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A CGD blog. Three big conferences next year could affect the next two decades of global development. The first will bring world leaders to Addis Ababa in July for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
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A CGD blog. Today, we’ll hold the DC launch event for Publishing Government Contracts: Addressing Concerns and Easing Implementation at the OpenGov Hub in Washington DC (do come!).
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A CGD blog. The CGD Working Group report on Publishing Government Contracts lays out the case for routine publication of government contracts, suggests approaches to maximize the impact and effectiveness of that publication, and addresses some common concerns about collusion, privacy, and commercial and nationa…
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A CGD blog. This week, we’ll launch a CGD Working Group report on Publishing Government Contracts at the Open Up? conference in London. That’s an appropriate location not just because the UK is a leader in government contract publication, but also because London is a city that was made conside…
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A CGD blog. On the 12th November, I’ll be attending an Overseas Development Institute conference in London on financing the Sustainable Development Goals.
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A CGD blog. Today, CGD is presenting the Commitment to Development Award to The Open Government Partnership (OGP), a consortium of governments and civil society from 65 countries that have made over 2,000 commitments to make government more open and accountable.
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