Center for Global Development
Climate, Fragility, and Development Priorities: A Fireside Chat with David Miliband
The links between climate change, conflict, and fragility are becoming increasingly clear. Many of the countries facing the greatest climate risks are also grappling with conflict, displacement, an...
Research Grants to Build Evidence on Global Lead Poisoning: How-To-Apply Guide and Q&A
Momentum on tackling global lead poisoning continues to grow. But there’s still too much that we don’t know. We have issued a second Request for Proposals (RfP), jointly with Coefficient Giving, fo...
Amid ongoing efforts to secure a durable resolution to the Middle East war, the longer-term economic effects around the world must be assessed and addressed. Mohamed A. El-Erian, Rene M. Kern Profe...
CGD’s David Evans speaks with Dipak Naker of the Coalition for Good Schools and CGD’s Gabriela Smarreli on what the data shows about school violence (and what data is missing), how to conduct such ...
Bilateral foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa fell by an estimated 16-28 percent in 2025, sharply straining budgets in a region where aid is often a crucial source of financing for health, education,...
Childcare has gained renewed global attention as a critical enabler of women’s economic empowerment and inclusive growth, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite strong evid...
International organizations including international financial institutions (IFIs) play a significant role in shaping economic policy, development priorities, and global norms, and women’s leadershi...
The Center for Global Development is hosting its Second Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure. The conference will convene researchers, policymakers, and implementers, all working to s...
The Center for Global Development is hosting its Second Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure. The conference will convene researchers, policymakers, and implementers, all working to s...
School-related violence is widespread, and it adversely affects children’s lives in many ways. But there are many potential entry points for preventing violence in and around schools. Policies, law...
The impacts of climate change will increasingly require communities to either invest heavily in adaptation, or leave their homes. Planned relocation processes, however, are complex and require sign...
Aid budgets are under pressure, and public support for spending money abroad is weakening. Part of the problem is the erosion of clarity around the purpose of aid: when people don’t know what aid i...
From math tutors to farmer advisory tools, generative AI is rapidly expanding in low- and middle-income countries. How do we know if these tools are working?
This session introduces the AI Evaluat...
Since 2017, the World Bank’s IDA Window for Host Communities and Refugees (WHR) has committed $5.5 billion to support low- and middle-income countries hosting refugees—shifting the focus from short...
As aid budgets tighten and fiscal space narrows, African countries face a central question: how can they mobilize domestic capital at scale to finance long-term economic transformation?
Research s...
CGD's Clemence Landers, Liliana Rojas-Suarez, and Catherine Pattillo look at how the Iran war compares to recent shocks like COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, how governments are responding—from fue...
CGD's Rachel Glennerster speaks with colleague Kehinde Ajayi and Imran Matin of BRAC University’s Institute for Governance and Development about why child marriage persists and what evidence tells ...
Venezuela has experienced one of the deepest economic collapses in modern history. CGD's David Evans, Dany Bahar, and Liliana Rojas-Suarez examine how Venezuela reached this point, the conditions t...