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CGD in the News
December 19, 2007
The Washington Times cites Sheila Herrling's blog on the HELP Commission.
From the article:
"As far as foreign aid is concerned -- a crucial component of 'soft power' -- the problem is, as correctly identified by the HELP commission, that billions of U.S. dollars have been spent on foreign assista...
CGD in the News
December 19, 2007
The Washington Monthly quotes CGD Vice President for Special Initiatives, Dennis de Tray, on local grants distributed to small villages in Afghanistan.
From the article:
"....Guggenheim designed a program that would distribute small grants to villages....Local leaders were charged with administeri...
CGD in the News
December 14, 2007
Bloomberg cites CGD's work on CO2 Emissions at County Level in a recent article about Australia's CO2 emissions.
From the article:
"Australia's coal-fueled power stations produce more greenhouse gases per capita than any other nation, a study by the Washington-based Center for Global Development...
CGD in the News
December 14, 2007
The New York Times quotes CGD President Nancy Birdsall on the disparity between U.S. and European contributions to the World Bank.
From the article:
"Development experts said the loss of the top ranking was symbolically important, even if Britain has been closing in on the United States for year...
CGD in the News
December 14, 2007
Bloomberg quotes CGD Vice President for Special Initiatives Dennis de Tray on U.S. contributions to the World Bank.
From the article:
"'The fall in the dollar and the rise in sterling will make it even harder for the U.S. to keep its lead in international currency terms,' said Dennis de Tray, a ...
CGD in the News
December 13, 2007
Media attention continues to surround CGD's climate change research especially in the UK and Canada. CGD's most recent working paper on climate change, "Another Inconvenient Truth: A Carbon-Intensive South Faces Environmental Disaster, No Matter What the North Does" by Senior Fellow David Wheeler, ...
CGD in the News
December 13, 2007
The Financial Times cites CGD on the effects of tax incentives on charitable giving.
From the article:
"Pressure is building up for change. With the growth in international migration, it is increasingly common for people to want to give money to a cause outside the country in which they are reside...
CGD in the News
December 11, 2007
The Financial Times quotes CGD co-founder and board member Ed Scott and board member Adam Waldman in an article about applying business principles to philanthropies.
From the article:
"Adam Waldman, founder and president of the Endeavor Group, a Washington-based philanthropic consultancy, says the...
CGD in the News
December 10, 2007
The USA Today cites CGD work on CO2 Emissions in an article about how counties can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
From the article:
"Power plants and other industrial facilities in the U.S. released more than 2.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air this year, according to estimates compi...
CGD in the News
December 07, 2007
The New York Times quotes CGD Senior Policy Analyst, Sheila Herrling, on the four-year-old Millennium Challenge Corporation.
From the article:
"Sheila Herrling, who follows the agency at the Center for Global Development, a nonprofit research group in Washington, says there are understandable reas...