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CGD works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers.
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100+
policy proposals for a better world
18
years in operation
500+
working papers
$15m
mobilized to support female peacekeepers following CGD's proposal (CAD)
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Governments have long faced pressure to address the climate crisis by increasing taxes on fossil fuels, which are the source of more than three-quarters of the world’s anthropogenic carbon pollution.
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Director of the US Development Policy Initiative, Co-Director of Sustainable Development Finance, and Senior Fellow
Chief Operating Officer of CGD Europe, Director of Development Finance, and Senior Policy Fellow
Assistant Director and Senior Associate for Policy Outreach for Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy
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