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The Center for Global Development’s Todd Moss has proposed reorganizing U.S. development programs and consolidating the government’s tools to stimulate commercial activity in developing countries in a new U.S. Development Bank. It’s a good beginning to an important discussion. First, it emphasizes the importance of rethinking U.S. development agencies and strategies, in much the same [...]
Election impact Following the recent election, IGD is thinking carefully about the impact of a divided government on our agenda. The common wisdom is that periods when Republicans and Democrats share power can often be more productive since the two parties have greater incentive to cooperate. The good news for our key issues is that [...]
From the President | Business Case for Foreign Aid Reform | Trade and development in Africa | Administration update | Frontier 100 update | Hernando de Soto | Network notes From the President Dear IGD friends and supporters, IGD is committed to two complementary strategies for engaging business leaders in the fight against global poverty: bringing the voice of business to [...]
Sub-Saharan Africa faces unique challenges in harnessing the power of trade for development and poverty reduction. IGD collaborated with a group of businesses and NGO’s to offer a framework for promoting broad-based economic growth and trade with and within sub-Saharan Africa by aligning U.S. trade, investment and assistance policies. The organizations endorsing this paper believe [...]
The business case for foreign aid reform | Administration update | Legislative update The Business Case for Foreign Aid Reform IGD has written a new paper that demonstrates why aid reform is a critical concern to U.S. business. The Business Case for Foreign Aid Reform argues that one of the best ways to boost growth and [...]
IGD’s Business Case for Foreign Aid Reform demonstrates how foreign aid’s effectiveness is a critical concern to U.S. business. The Business Case argues that one of the best ways to boost growth and expand opportunity around the world is to improve the impact of U.S. foreign assistance. Our aid programs will have greater impact if [...]
Development Policy: New Partnership for Trade Development Act November, 18, 2009 New legislation would remove barriers in the U.S. market to products from the world’s poorest countries Read more expand(document.getElementById(‘ddet1733395544′));expand(document.getElementById(‘ddetlink1733395544′)) On November 18, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced legislation – the New Partnership for Trade Development Act – to remove barriers in the U.S. market [...]
