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Publication
The Risks of Dangerous Dashboards in Education
Lant Pritchett
Imran Khan at a WEF event. Photo by Remy Steinegger
Blog Post
Advice for Imran Khan’s New Economic Team in Pakistan
Masood Ahmed
Ambassador Deborah Birx speaking at CGD. Photo by Kaveh Sardari
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PEPFAR’s New Targets for Local Implementation
Sarah Rose, Rachel Silverman
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What We're Reading in Summer 2018
Stephanie Brown

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100+
policy proposals for a better world
17
years in operation
480+
working papers
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mobilized to support female peacekeepers following CGD's proposal (CAD)
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New Frontiers of Displacement and Fragility: How Can Flexible Financing Tackle 21st Century Challenges?

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August 14, 2018
Blog Post
It Takes an Oncologist: A New and Promising Tobacco...
William Savedoff
Ambassador Deborah Birx speaking at CGD. Photo by Kaveh Sardari
August 9, 2018
Blog Post
PEPFAR’s New Targets for Local Implementation:...
Sarah Rose and Rachel Silverman
Imran Khan at a WEF event. Photo by Remy Steinegger
August 9, 2018
Blog Post
Pakistan’s Economic Prospects: A CGD Roundtable has...
Masood Ahmed
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May 30, 2018
Publication
Rethinking the Humanitarian Business Model
Jeremy Konyndyk

Featured Experts

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 and Director of the Latin America Initiative
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Mead Over
Senior Fellow
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Arvind Subramanian
Senior Fellow (on leave)
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Nancy Lee
Senior Policy 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
Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier
Eduardo González-Pier
Visiting Fellow
Joanna Macrae
Joanna Macrae
Visiting Fellow
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Michael Pisa
Policy Fellow
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Anita Käppeli
Director of Policy Outreach, 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
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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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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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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
Carleigh Krubiner
Carleigh Krubiner
Policy Fellow
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Leeza Osipenko
Visiting Fellow
John Firth
John Firth
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pamela Jakiela
Pamela Jakiela
Senior Fellow
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Sarah Baird
Visiting Fellow
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Latest Research from CGD

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August 14, 2018
It Takes an Oncologist: A New and Promising Tobacco Control Initiative
William Savedoff
August 13, 2018
The Risks of Dangerous Dashboards in Basic Education
Lant Pritchett
August 13, 2018
Fewer International Students Could Become a Problem for US Universities
Gaurav Khanna
August 10, 2018
Europe and Developing Countries: Time for a New “New Trade Relationship”
Hannah Timmis, Owen Barder
August 9, 2018
PEPFAR’s New Targets for Local Implementation: Commendable in Theory, Complicated in Practice
Sarah Rose, Rachel Silverman
August 9, 2018
Pakistan’s Economic Prospects: A CGD Roundtable has Advice for Imran Khan’s New Economic Team
Masood Ahmed