Sustainable Development
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At this seminar, Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will present a new report which uses a global trade model to examine the impact of the trade, subsidy, and mandate policies that the European Union uses or could adopt to promote biofuels as an alternative to carbon-based fuels. The report finds that these policies cause a significant reallocation of land in the EU and Brazil toward biofuels crops—mainly sugar cane and beets, and oilseeds.
Posted Wed, 12/31/2008 - 15:00 by muenda
The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a multisectoral initiative designed to help resource rich developing countries improve their governance. Although adherence is voluntary, participating governments are required to publish resource revenues and firms operating in these countries must publish what they pay governments to extract these resources. These same governments also must create multistakeholder monitoring groups to examine how governments use extractive industry revenues.
Posted Mon, 12/29/2008 - 22:00 by muenda
Join us for a conversation with Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich as he prepares to pass stewardship over the MCC to a new Administration. In his introductory remarks and subsequent dialogue with CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet, Ambassador Danilovich will reflect upon his role and experiences in leading and shaping the agency which marks its fifth anniversary in January.
Posted Tue, 12/23/2008 - 16:45 by muenda
The multifaceted nature of current and emerging global security challenges requires a judicious and balanced use of development, diplomacy and defense--the 3Ds. United States' leadership in ensuring the success of global efforts to address poverty, protect the environment and safeguard human rights is critical. Enhanced living standards and freedom from fear are necessary conditions for the creation of secure and prosperous societies. This panel will evaluate U.S.
Posted Mon, 12/22/2008 - 19:30 by muenda
Foreign Affairs publishes an article by CGD senior fellow Arvind Subramanian on global trade.
Posted Mon, 12/22/2008 - 17:00 by muenda
The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization that raised awareness about global poverty during the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, is the 2008 winner of the Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action” Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy magazine.
Posted Mon, 12/22/2008 - 17:00 by muenda
In this telephone press conference, CGD Director of Communications and Policy Lawrence MacDonald and ONE president and CEO David Lane discuss the Commitment to Development Award.
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The Commitment to Development "Ideas in Action" Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development and Foreign Policy magazine, is granted annually to a person or organization from the rich world that has significantly improved attitudes and policies toward the developing world.
Posted Thu, 12/18/2008 - 17:45 by muenda
The Drug Resistance Working Group organized two “pre-consultation” meetings in Paris on October 18th to take advantage of the 39th World Union Conference on Lung Health taking place at the same time.
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In an interview with the Voice of America, CGD vice president and senior fellow Ruth Levine recommends a doubling of the global health commitment from $7.5 billion to $15 billion in the Obama Administration.
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This is a presentation from CGD Deputy Director of Global Health Rachel Nugent's working group on drug resistance.
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In this new CGD working paper, senior fellow David Wheeler and research assistant Kevin Ummel argue for rapid, very large-scale deployment of existing solar thermal technology. Using maps of solar radiation and project finance calculations, they show that with modest subsidies solar power generated in North Africa and the Middle East could meet the needs of 35 million Europeans by 2020.
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In this video, Johns Hopkins University senior adjunct professor Peter Heller and Center for Global Development senior fellow Vijaya Ramachandran give a lecture on the importance of infrastructure in developing countries.
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"When the story of this era is written, the next 12 months will stand out as a transformative moment in U.S. politics and in the global economy,” CGD president Nancy Birdsall writes in a year-end letter to friends of the Center for Global Development. “Friends of the Center often ask me how they can become more engaged in our work.