The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President
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Initiatives
- Confronting Climate Change
- Drug Resistance & Global Health
- Engaging Fragile States
- Global Health Policy Research Network
- Globalization and Inequality
- HIV/AIDS Monitor: Tracking Aid Effectiveness
- Improving Migration Data
- Modernizing U.S. Foreign Assistance
- UNAIDS Leadership Transition Working Group
Research Topics
- Aid Effectiveness
- Debt Relief
- Economic Growth
- Education
- Environment
- Globalization
- Governance/Democracy
- Migration and Development
- Trade
CGD Experts
- David Wheeler
- Mead Over
- Sheila Herrling
- Vijaya Ramachandran
- Ruth Levine
- Kimberly Ann Elliott
- Steve Radelet
- Michael Clemens
- Nancy Birdsall
Opinions
- Immigrants are an Engine of Prosperity (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- G-20 Summit and the International Financial Institutions: Q&A with Nancy Birdsall
- U.S. Global Health Corps is a Win-Win Proposition: Q&A with Mead Over
- The White House & the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President: Q&A with Nancy Birdsall
Articles
- Following the Money (Scientific American)
- Global-Health Stars Converge on Seattle (Seattle Times)
- NGOs, Business Groups Debate Principles For Preference Reform (World Trade Online)
- Economy Forces Obama to Rein In Foreign-Aid Goals (Christian Science Monitor)
- Pro-Free Trade Groups Put Together Broad Coalition (Wall Sreet Journal)
- Wal-Mart and the AFL-CIO Agree: The U.S. Can (and Must) Do a Better Job Fighting Poverty, Disease, and Lack of Opportunity in the Developing World (Huffinton Post)
- Will Obama Disappoint Africa? (National Journal)
- A New Strategic Consensus on Foreign Assistance Must Begin with Global Health (Huffington Post)
- U.S.: Diplomatic, Aid Spending Set to Rise Under Obama Budget (Inter Press Service)
- 'Green' Funding for Coal Power Plants Criticised (New Scientist)
- Congress Scraps Support for Clean Technology Program that Funds Coal (Climate Wire)
- Economic Crisis May Take Toll on Health Services in Developing Nations (Online Newshour)
- David Gergen Sees Risks, Opportunities for Global Development in Obama Administration
- Group Says U.S. Should Double Money Spent on Global Health (Voice of America)
- Immigrants are an Engine of Prosperity
- Voice of America Features CGD Experts on the next U.S. President's Global Development Agenda
- Can the Democrats Lead in Africa? (Huffington Post)
- Development Shows Up at U.S. Presidential Conventions and in the Party Platforms
- The White House and the World Policy Briefs
Events
- CGD Special Discussion with David Gergen on Obama's Global Development Policy
- Cornell University's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series Featuring Nancy Birdsall
- The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President
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Nancy Birdsall, editor
08/22/2008
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The Center for Global Development has a track record of providing important insights into how the United States can improve global development policy and thereby tackle some of the world's most intractable problems. This book continues that tradition and helps advance our understanding about how the next administration can improve a critical arm of our global engagement.
—Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
CGD’s work is always rigorous and very often useful to us in government. Their combination of independence and high quality makes it a place to turn to for new ideas and sound analysis.
—Bobby Pittman Jr., Senior Director and Special Assistant to President Bush for African Affairs at the National Security Council
Each day brings fresh evidence that Americans’ well-being is linked to the lives of others around the world as never before. Accelerating advances in technology and the creation of new knowledge offer undreamed-of opportunities. Yet global poverty, inequality, disease and the threat of rapid climate change threaten our hopes. How will the next U.S. president tackle these global challenges?
The White House and the World shows how modest changes in U.S. policies could greatly improve the lives of poor people in developing countries, thus fostering greater stability, security and prosperity globally and at home. Center for Global Development experts offer fresh perspectives and practical advice on trade policy, migration, foreign aid, climate change and more. In an introductory essay, CGD President Nancy Birdsall explains why and how the next U.S. president must lead in the creation of a better, safer world.
The White House and the World will be invaluable to anybody interested in improving American foreign policy in the 21st century.
Download Chapters
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Why Global Development Matters for Americans and What the Next President Should Do about It
By Nancy Birdsall - Chapter One: Healthy Foreign Policy: Bringing Coherence to the Global Health Agenda
By Ruth Levine - Chapter Two: Global Warming: An Opportunity for Greatness
By David Wheeler - Chapter Three: Power and Roads for Africa: What the United States Can Do
By Vijaya Ramachandran - Chapter Four: Foreign Direct Investment and Development
By Theodore Moran - Chapter Five: Getting the Focus Right: U.S. Leadership in the Fight against Global Corruption
By Dennis de Tray and Theodore Moran - Chapter Six: Integration in the Americas: One Idea for Plan B
By Nancy Lee - Chapter Seven: U.S. Trade Policy and Global Development
By Kimberly Ann Elliott - Chapter Eight: Tripping over Health: U.S. Policy on Patents and Drug Access in Developing Countries
By Carsten Fink and Kimberly Ann Elliott - Chapter Nine: Don’t Close the Golden Door: Making Immigration Policy Work for Development
By Michael Clemens and Sami Bazzi - Chapter Ten: Modernizing U.S. Foreign Assistance for the Twenty-first Century
By Sheila Herrling and Steve Radelet - Chapter Eleven: Opportunities for Presidential Leadership on AIDS: From an “Emergency Plan” to a Sustainable Policy
By Mead Over - Chapter Twelve: U.S. Policy toward Fragile States: An Integrated Approach to Security and Development
By Stewart Patrick - Chapter Thirteen: Aid for Education: More Bang for the Buck
By Kate Vyborny and Nancy Birdsall
Nancy Birdsall, ed. 2008. The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President. Washington, D.C.: Center for Global Development. http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/16560/