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CGD in the News
November 03, 2014
The U.S.’s population hit “peak rural” a long time ago. In 1990, there were 62 million Americans living in rural areas. Today that number is down to 59 million –even while the national population has climbed by 66 million people over the same period. The countryside is ...
CGD in the News
October 20, 2014
It isn’t easy to end child labor in poor countries. In fact, passing laws banning anyone under 14 or 16 from working can actually make the problem worse. If we are going to sustainably reduce the level of child labor worldwide, we need to provide parents the resources so they can make the choi...
CGD in the News
September 29, 2014
Again, the relative importance of global threats from climate change to pandemic disease has grown over the past 30 years, but the Cold War mindset helps explain why the foreign policy establishment has been so flat-footed in its response to rising temperatures and the Ebola outbreak–these pro...
CGD in the News
June 09, 2014
As military operations ramp down in Afghanistan and President Obama opines that U.S. military action “cannot be the only—or even primary—component of our leadership in every instance,” it’s time to look for other ways to preserve the peace. In post-conflict environments...