History Says Financial Crisis Will Suppress Aid
Since 1970, four donor countries have been hit by major financial crises: Japan, Finland, Sweden, and Norway. In each case, the aid they provided fell in the wake of the crisis, but the size of the drop and the speed of recovery varied widely. CGD research fellow David Roodman shows the relationship between financial crises and aid flows in a chart-intensive blog posting.
Multilateralism Beyond Doha
The World Trade Organization’s collapsed Doha Round focused on issues of limited significance while the burning issues of the day were not even on the agenda. In this new working paper, CGD senior fellow Arvind Subramanian and co-author Aaditya Mattoo argue for a wider agenda for multilateral cooperation that includes such issues as food, energy, economic security, and the prevention and resolution of future financial crises.
Which Countries Make the FY2009 Corruption Cut? - MCA Monitor
With the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) soon to release the scorecards and performance data that form the basis of the FY09 country selection round, Sheila Herrling and Amy Crone examine how countries fare on the control of corruption indicator, the only “hard hurdle†that countries must pass to qualify for MCC money, in this new MCA Monitor Analysis.
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Research FellowDavid Roodman has been architect and project manager of the Commitment to Development Index since the project's inception in 2002. He is writing a book on microfinance.
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