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Chart showing that when infection and economy are calibrated to the US, optimal policy leads to 34.0% reduction in deaths and 21.7% GDP loss. US infection, Uganda economy is 26.8% death reduction and 12.1% GDP loss. Uganda infection, US economy shows 23.5
October 20, 2020
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Lives vs. Livelihoods Revisited: Should Poorer Countries...
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October 16, 2020
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Introducing Rethinking Humanitarianism
Jeremy Konyndyk and Heba Aly
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October 14, 2020
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Making the $12 Billion Go Further: Four Things the World...
Kalipso Chalkidou, Prashant Yadav and Amanda Glassman
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October 16, 2020
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US Trade Policy Shouldn’t Pit Developing Countries...
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Nancy Birdsall
Senior Fellow, President Emeritus
Michael Clemens
Director of Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy and Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
Liliana Rojas-Suarez
Senior Fellow and Director of the Latin America Initiative
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Mead Over
Senior Fellow Emeritus
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Nancy Lee
Senior Policy Fellow
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Alan Gelb
Senior Fellow
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Amanda Glassman
Executive Vice President of CGD, CEO of CGD Europe, and Senior Fellow
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Charles Kenny
Director of Technology and Development and Senior Fellow
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Justin Sandefur
Senior Fellow
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Scott Morris
Director of the US Development Policy Initiative, Co-Director of Sustainable Development Finance, and Senior Fellow
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Sarah Rose
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Rita Perakis
Assistant Director, Education and Senior Policy Analyst
Erin Collinson
Director of Policy Outreach
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Rachel Silverman
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Anit Mukherjee
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Lee Crawfurd
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Maryam Akmal
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Megan O'Donnell
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Janeen Madan Keller
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Mayra Buvinic
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Michael Pisa
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Anita Käppeli
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Ian Mitchell
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Mark Plant
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Jeremy Konyndyk
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Kalipso Chalkidou
Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow
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Sanjeev Gupta
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Mikaela Gavas
Co-Director of Development Cooperation in Europe and Senior Policy Fellow
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W. Gyude Moore
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Carleigh Krubiner
Policy Fellow
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Susannah Hares
Co-Director of Education Policy and Senior Policy Fellow
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Jack Rossiter
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Helen Dempster
Assistant Director and Senior Associate for Policy Outreach for Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy
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Alexis Le Nestour
Senior Research Associate
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David Evans
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Sean Bartlett
Director of Communications
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Patrick Saez
Senior Policy Fellow
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Prashant Yadav
Senior Fellow
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Clemence Landers
Policy Fellow
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Thomas Ginn
Research Fellow
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Nurilign Ahmed
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Peter Baker
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Susie Colville
Senior Policy Analyst
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Y-Ling Chi
Senior Policy Analyst
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Rachael Calleja
Senior Research Associate
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Xiaobo Zhang
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Francis Ruiz
Senior Policy Analyst
Christian Haußner
Senior Policy Analyst (Operations)
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Anthony McDonnell
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Hiral Shah
Senior Policy Analyst
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Ranil Dissanayake
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M. R. Sharan
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Azusa Sato
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Somya Singhvi
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Shelby Carvalho
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October 23, 2020
How to Improve Education Outcomes Most Efficiently? A Comparison of 150 Interventions Using...
Noam Angrist, David Evans, Deon Filmer, Rachel Glennerster, F. Halsey Rogers, Shwetlena Sabarwal
October 23, 2020
A Footballer’s Masterclass in Policy Influence
Lee Crawfurd, Susannah Hares
October 22, 2020
DFIs’ Approach to Gender Lens Investing: Reflections from Research and Practice
Andia Chakava, Megan O'Donnell
October 22, 2020
Testimony before the USITC on COVID-19 Related Medical Supply Chains
Prashant Yadav
October 22, 2020
On Fragility, Tipping Points, and International Coordination
Sarah Rose, Mark Plant
October 21, 2020
COVID-19’s New Poor in Latin America
Nora Lustig, Valentina Martinez Pabon, Federico Sanz, Stephen D. Younger