Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

International development experts share their ideas on how wealthy countries can promote prosperity in developing countries. Follow at cgdev.org/cgd-podcast.

Mar 31, 2014

In India, the government subsidizes open heart surgery but fails to provide sufficient vaccinations for all children. In Egypt, the government pays to fly affluent citizens overseas for advanced medical care, yet one-out-of-five Egyptian children are stunted—they are shorter and/or weigh less than they should for...


Mar 21, 2014

My guest on this week’s Global Prosperity Wonkcast is CGD visiting fellow John Briscoe, named this week as the winner of the 2014 Stockholm Water Prize.

 

Presented annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute to an individual or organization whose work has contributed to “the conservation and protection...


Mar 11, 2014

My guest on the Wonkcast this week is Scott Morris, a senior associate here at CGD and former deputy assistant secretary at the US Treasury, where he oversaw US ties with the multilateral development banks.

Scott recently led a study group of CGD colleagues and outside experts that reviewed G20 efforts to increase...


Mar 10, 2014

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing recently on electricity access in the 21st Century. Todd Moss offered an international perspective, framing energy poverty as a serious and pressing development...