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Many Refugees in Developing Countries Are Located near Urban Job Opportunities—but Most Are Not Allowed to Work
Cindy Huang, Jimmy Graham
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World Cup 2018: The World’s Biggest Open Audition
Ian Mitchell
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USAID Just Released Its “Journey to Self Reliance” Indicators. What Comes Next?
Drew D’Alelio
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To Change Africa’s Path, We Need to Support Rural Girls from Day One
Joyce Banda, Caroline Lambert

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CGD works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers.

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100+
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17
years in operation
480+
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Fighting HIV by Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Learning Event on PEPFAR’s DREAMS Partnership
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June 19, 2018
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The Global Migration Compact Faces Challenges as the...
Kate Gough
June 19, 2018
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A Budget Fit for the Future? Breaking Down the EU’s...
Mikaela Gavas
Time path of the external government debt to GNI ratio in LICs assuming financing needs are met through loans.
June 18, 2018
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SDG Arithmetic
Mark Plant
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June 14, 2018
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World Cup 2018: The World’s Biggest Open Audition
Ian Mitchell

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Meet our Experts
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Nancy Birdsall
Senior Fellow, President Emeritus
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Michael Clemens
Co-Director of Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy and Senior Fellow
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Kimberly Ann Elliott
Visiting Fellow
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Todd Moss
Senior Fellow
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Lant Pritchett
Senior Fellow
Vijaya Ramachandran
Senior Fellow
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Liliana Rojas-Suarez
Senior Fellow
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Mead Over
Senior Fellow
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Arvind Subramanian
Senior Fellow (on leave)
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Nancy Lee
Visiting Fellow
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William Savedoff
Senior Fellow
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Owen Barder
Vice President, Director of CGD Europe, and Senior Fellow
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Alan Gelb
Senior Fellow and Director of Studies
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Ben Leo
Visiting Fellow
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Amanda Glassman
Chief Operating Officer, Senior Fellow, and Board Secretary
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Charles Kenny
Director of Technology and Development and Senior Fellow
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Justin Sandefur
Senior Fellow
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Andy Sumner
Visiting Fellow
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Michele de Nevers
Senior Associate
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Clay Lowery
Visiting Fellow
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Scott Morris
Senior Fellow, Director of the US Development Policy Initiative
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Sarah Rose
Policy Fellow
Erin Collinson
Director of Policy Outreach
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Rachel Silverman
Senior Policy Analyst and Assistant Director of Global Health Policy
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Anit Mukherjee
Policy Fellow
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Sebastian Bauhoff
Senior Fellow
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Janeen Madan Keller
Senior Policy Analyst
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Mayra Buvinic
Senior Fellow
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Barbara Bruns
Visiting Fellow
Donald Kaberuka
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
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Cindy Huang
Co-Director of Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy and Senior Policy Fellow
Michael Anderson
Visiting Fellow
Joanna Macrae
Joanna Macrae
Visiting Fellow
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Michael Pisa
Policy Fellow
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Anita Käppeli
Senior Policy Analyst - CGD Europe
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Antoinette Monsio Sayeh
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Maya Forstater
Maya Forstater
Visiting Fellow
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Ian Mitchell
Deputy Director for CGD Europe and Senior Policy Fellow
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Masood Ahmed
President
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Mark Plant
Director of Development Finance and Senior Policy Fellow
Ijeoma Onyeji-Nwogu
Visiting Fellow
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Jeremy Konyndyk
Senior Policy Fellow
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Felice Apter
Visiting Fellow
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Holly Shulman
Director of Communications
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Agustina Paglayan
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Paul Revill
Visiting Fellow
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Ann Mei Chang
Visiting Fellow
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Kalipso Chalkidou
Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow
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Sanjeev Gupta
Visiting Fellow
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Ruth Lopert
Visiting Fellow
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Mark Moran
Visiting Fellow
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Stephan Kyburz
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Rocco Friebel
Visiting Fellow
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Alex Ezeh
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Mikaela Gavas
Mikaela Gavas
Visiting Fellow - CGD Europe
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W. Gyude Moore
Visiting Fellow
Kevin Conry
Kevin Conry
Vice President for Development
Rakesh Rajani
Rakesh Rajani
Visiting Fellow
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June 21, 2018
Domestic Resource Mobilization in Low-Income Countries: Proposal for a Surge in Multilateral...
Nancy Lee
June 20, 2018
Reflecting on World Refugee Day: The Trends and Consequences of US Refugee Policy
Cindy Huang, Jimmy Graham
June 20, 2018
On World Refugee Day, We Ask: Are We Counting All the Benefits that Resettlement Has Brought?
Euan Ritchie, Owen Barder
June 20, 2018
Child Migration from Central America — Just the Facts
Michael Clemens, Kate Gough
June 19, 2018
USAID Just Released Its “Journey to Self Reliance” Indicators. What Comes Next?
Drew D’Alelio
June 19, 2018
The Global Migration Compact Faces Challenges as the Final Countdown Begins
Kate Gough