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Improving Venezuelans’ Economic Inclusion in Colombia
Jimmy Graham, Helen Dempster
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Doing Well in Life? Thank Your Big Sister
Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier
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The EU Migration Pact
Helen Dempster, Anita Käppeli
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Modernizing US Development Finance
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Designing Benefits for Universal Health Coverage
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October 27, 2020
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On Aid and Climate, Don’t Make the Poor Pay Twice
Charles Kenny
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October 27, 2020
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Introducing the Girl’s Education Policy Index
Lee Crawfurd and Susannah Hares
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October 29, 2020
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One Way To Make Humanitarian Coordination More Inclusive:...
Rose Worden, Jeremy Konyndyk and Patrick Saez
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October 29, 2020
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What Interventions Deliver the Most Quality Years of...
Noam Angrist, David Evans and Shwetlena Sabarwal

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Nancy Birdsall
Senior Fellow, President Emeritus
Michael Clemens
Director of Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy and Senior Fellow
Vijaya Ramachandran
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
Policy Fellow
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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
Policy Fellow
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Anit Mukherjee
Policy Fellow
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Lee Crawfurd
Senior Research Associate
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Maryam Akmal
Senior Policy Analyst
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Megan O'Donnell
Assistant Director, Gender Program and Senior Policy Analyst
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Janeen Madan Keller
Assistant Director, Global Health and Senior Policy Analyst
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Mayra Buvinic
Senior Fellow
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Michael Pisa
Policy Fellow
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Anita Käppeli
Director of Policy Outreach, Europe
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Ian Mitchell
Co-Director of Development Cooperation in Europe and Senior Policy Fellow
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Masood Ahmed
President
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Mark Plant
Chief Operating Officer of CGD Europe, Co-Director of Development Finance, and Senior Policy Fellow
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Jeremy Konyndyk
Senior Policy Fellow
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Kalipso Chalkidou
Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow
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Sanjeev Gupta
Senior Policy Fellow
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Mikaela Gavas
Co-Director of Development Cooperation in Europe and Senior Policy Fellow
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W. Gyude Moore
Senior Policy Fellow
Carleigh Krubiner
Carleigh Krubiner
Policy Fellow
Susannah Hares
Susannah Hares
Co-Director of Education Policy and Senior Policy Fellow
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Jack Rossiter
Senior Policy Analyst
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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
Senior Fellow
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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
Senior Policy Analyst
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Peter Baker
Policy Fellow
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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
Senior Policy Analyst
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Hiral Shah
Senior Policy Analyst
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Ranil Dissanayake
Policy Fellow
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M. R. Sharan
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Azusa Sato
Policy Fellow
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Somya Singhvi
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Shelby Carvalho
Senior Policy Analyst

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November 2, 2020
Bridging the Gap Between Need and Innovation: The Case of Vaccines
Rachel Archer, Yot Teerawattananon, Francis Ruiz
October 30, 2020
The EU Migration Pact: Why Effective Returns are Necessary
Helen Dempster, Anita Käppeli
October 29, 2020
What Interventions Deliver the Most Quality Years of Education? And at What Price?
Noam Angrist, David Evans, Shwetlena Sabarwal
October 29, 2020
One Way To Make Humanitarian Coordination More Inclusive: Area-Based Approaches
Rose Worden, Jeremy Konyndyk, Patrick Saez
October 28, 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Probably Not Mark the End of the Kafala System in the Gulf
Rebekah Smith, Cassandra Zimmer
October 28, 2020
Survey: China’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Rebounded After the COVID-19 Lockdown, But...
Xiaobo Zhang