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Granting Refugees Formal Labor Market Access
Michael Clemens, Cindy Huang, Jimmy Graham
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Africa, Gig Workers, and the Digital Economy
Amolo Ng’weno, David Porteous
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What Laws Matter Most in Entrenching Gender Inequality?
Charles Kenny
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3 Surprises about Private Capital Flows to Low-Income Countries
Nancy Lee, Asad Sami

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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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October 16, 2018
Blog Post
Aadhaar as Proof of Identity: Could Tokenization Offer a...
Alan Gelb and Anit Mukherjee
Growth and initial GDP, grouped by PWT 9.0, Chained PPP / WDI, 2011 PPP / Maddison, 2011 USD
October 15, 2018
Blog Post
Everything You Know about Cross-Country Convergence Is ...
Dev Patel, Justin Sandefur and Arvind Subramanian
graph compares median private capital inflow/GDP ratios over time for LICs, lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), and upper-middle-income countries (UMICs
October 12, 2018
Blog Post
Three Surprises about Private Capital Flows to Low-Income...
Nancy Lee and Asad Sami
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October 11, 2018
Blog Post
What Laws Matter Most in Entrenching Gender Inequality...
Charles Kenny

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
Owen Barder
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
Visiting Fellow
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Victoria Fan
Visiting Fellow
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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
Visiting 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
Visiting 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
Susannah Hares
Susannah Hares
Senior Policy Fellow
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Dominique van de Walle
Visiting Fellow
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October 16, 2018
Aadhaar as Proof of Identity: Could Tokenization Offer a Solution?
Alan Gelb, Anit Mukherjee
October 15, 2018
Can Africa Show How Gig Workers Get a Fair Share in the Digital Economy?
Amolo Ng’weno, David Porteous
October 15, 2018
Let’s Be Real: The Informal Sector and the Gig Economy are the Future, and the Present, of...
Amolo Ng’weno, David Porteous
October 15, 2018
From Open Oil to Open Everything? The 7 C’s of Using Open Models for Contract Negotiation
Maya Forstater, Johnny West
October 15, 2018
IFC and the Social Investing Spectrum: The Double Tragedy of the IDA Private Sector Window
Charles Kenny
October 15, 2018
Everything You Know about Cross-Country Convergence Is (Now) Wrong
Dev Patel, Justin Sandefur, Arvind Subramanian