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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2h ago

The UK wants to save £400M by shifting some climate finance from grants to loans to help fund cheaper bus fares. But there’s a catch: it may be able to make the savings or meet its £6B aid-funded climate finance commitment, but probably not both. Euan Ritchie explains: https://go.cgdev.org/4wnkKUJ

Can the UK Really Save £400 Million on Climate Finance to Fund Cheaper Bus Fares?

Andy Burnham has suggested reducing the amount the UK provides as climate finance grants and providing some of its climate finance through loans instead, in order to fund a cap on bus fares in the UK....

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 23h ago

The US is shifting toward delivering more global health assistance directly to partner governments. But what should effective direct-to-government financing look like? Deborah Cook Kaliel and Phillip Palmer examine three models and the lessons they offer for implementation. go.cgdev.org/4i7Wy4W

Designing Direct-to-Government Assistance: Three Case Studies in Global Health Financing

In September 2025, the US State Department released the America First Global Health Strategy, announcing a major shift in how the United States programs foreign assistance in one of its largest sector...

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Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA)@uchi-msa.bsky.social · yesterday

At MSA, we're designing AMCs and prizes to pull innovation toward diseases that need it—and ensure it reaches patients. Check out our portfolio of pull mechanisms in @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social's recent blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/ai-phil...

AI Philanthropy Should Buy the Breakthroughs Markets Won’t

In the first blog in this series, Rachel Glennerster and I suggested that new philanthropists could spend tens of billions of dollars on proven cost-effective interventions. This blog is about buying ...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · yesterday

Faced with #Madagascar’s largest mpox outbreak and a limited vaccine supply, officials are using fractional dosing to extend protection to more people. Akhil Bansal and coauthors examine what this approach can teach us about making scarce vaccine supplies go further. https://go.cgdev.org/3TUOEC4

Stretching Mpox Vaccine Supply: Madagascar's Fractional Dosing and the Case for Doing It Better

Since December 2025, Madagascar has recorded the largest mpox outbreak in the African region. There have been nearly 5,000 suspected cases of the clade Ib strain and over 3,200 laboratory-confirmed ca...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2d ago

What if new philanthropy could pay for breakthroughs that don’t yet exist? In the final installment of CGD’s AI philanthropy series, @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social makes the case for using pay-for-success pull mechanisms to incentivize innovations markets won’t supply on their own. go.cgdev.org/4qgFR9S

AI Philanthropy Should Buy the Breakthroughs Markets Won’t

In the first blog in this series, Rachel Glennerster and I suggested that new philanthropists could spend tens of billions of dollars on proven cost-effective interventions. This blog is about buying ...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 3d ago

The UK wants to reduce reliance on migration while ensuring key sectors have the workers they need. @samhuckstep.bsky.social and @helen-dempster.bsky.social assess recommendations on Skilled Worker visa access and argue labour supply should be at the heart of future decisions. go.cgdev.org/4x3jOFS

Why the UK Must Put Labour Supply At the Heart of its Visa Access Policy

The UK’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its recommendations on which occupations should be eligible for Skilled Worker visas. In this blog we assess the MAC’s recommendations and sug...

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Sam Huckstep@samhuckstep.bsky.social · 3d ago

New @cgdev.org blog with @helen-dempster.bsky.social on the UK Migration Advisory Committee's recommendations on the sub-graduate occupations to get access to Skilled Worker visas. We think the MAC's done quite a good job, but that the process should give more focus to reliability of labour supply.

Why the UK Must Put Labour Supply At the Heart of its Visa Access Policy

The UK’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its recommendations on which occupations should be eligible for Skilled Worker visas. In this blog we assess the MAC’s recommendations and sug...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 3d ago

With UK international assistance at a 20-year low and the UK set to chair both the G20 and G7, @ianmitchell1.bsky.social sets out four priorities for the new foreign secretary, from refocusing aid on Africa to renewing multilateralism. https://go.cgdev.org/3REliaw

Four Priorities for the UK’s New Foreign Secretary

The next three years could be among the most important for UK foreign policy in decades. Against a backdrop of conflict and geopolitical rivalry, the UK will chair both the G20 and G7. The foreign sec...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 4d ago

📢 #WereHiring: @cgdev.org's @uchi-msa.bsky.social is seeking a Fellow or Senior Fellow to lead research on market shaping and innovation policy. 📅 Rolling applications, first review deadline: November 1. https://go.cgdev.org/3TNp420

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 4d ago

Africa holds 60% of the world’s renewable energy resources, but just 2% of global renewable energy jobs. Ahead of #GreenWorks4Africa, @shonawarren.bsky.social, @helen-dempster.bsky.social, & Lukmon Akintola explain why skills, portability, & mobility are key to closing the gap. go.cgdev.org/3TOlXXr

Africa Must Invest in Skills, Portability, and Mobility for the Green Transition

This week, we will be partnering with Jacob’s Ladder Africa (JLA) to deliver the #GreenWorks4Africa Forum in Nairobi. This blog, written with the African Non-State Actors Platform for Migration and De...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 7d ago

Gas flaring isn't only a climate and environmental problem. Evidence suggests it's also a significant public health risk. @haileyhoyle.bsky.social reviews research from Nigeria, Iraq, and Brazil linking exposure to flaring emissions with a range of adverse health outcomes. go.cgdev.org/4z97UvS

Health Impacts of Natural Gas Flaring: A Literature Review of Nigeria, Iraq, and Brazil

Hydrocarbon gas flaring, the burning of natural gas during oil production, produces carbon dioxide and can also, when combustion is incomplete, release harmful air pollutants including volatile organic compounds, black carbon, nitrogen oxides, sulfur di...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 7d ago

Where should new philanthropy invest in education? @leecrawfurd.bsky.social highlights 34 organizations working across foundational learning, school access, early childhood, nutrition, education technology, and more, with an eye toward scale and cost-effectiveness. https://go.cgdev.org/4xopSZr

How to Spend Your AI Philanthropy on Education

If I worked at a frontier AI lab and just became an overnight billionaire, my first thought would be to do something simple and give it all to GiveDirectly or GiveWell. But organisations in the busine...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · last wk.

The Trump administration has signed 30+ bilateral global health cooperation agreements. Jocilyn Estes examines where implementation stands, what the agreements reveal, and the key questions that could shape the future of US global health assistance. https://go.cgdev.org/4w82nmo

Where the Trump Administration’s Global Health Agreements Stand

The State Department has now signed more than 30 bilateral global health cooperation agreements, adding dozens of new deals with partner governments since our initial update and rundown of outstanding...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · last wk.

As AI-driven philanthropy creates new opportunities for global health, @peterbaker17.bsky.social argues donors should invest in country health partnerships that strengthen health systems, not just individual interventions, for lasting impact. https://go.cgdev.org/3ShVhxP

New AI Philanthropy Should Fund Country Health Partnerships, Not Just Interventions

CGD's new series on AI philanthropy focuses on what interventions should be funded. The series has therefore inherited the default frame of the current global health architecture. In this blog, I prop...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · last wk.

Are governments putting evidence into education policy? ✏️ New analysis finds more national education plans are reflecting @geeap.bsky.social's "Smart Buys," including structured pedagogy and targeted instruction, an encouraging sign that research is reaching policy discussions. go.cgdev.org/4wYzJFP

Are Developing Countries Tackling the Learning Crisis with What Works?

Here we present a new analysis of national government education sector plans from 134 countries spanning nearly three decades (2000–2025), which we refer to throughout as “education plans”. We see clear evidence of a growth in mentions of structured ped...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

Many interventions proven to save the lives of mothers and newborns already exist, yet remain underfunded. Akhil Bansal argues philanthropy should both scale what works and support innovations that address the biggest remaining gaps. go.cgdev.org/4xfMgUK

Protect Women and Newborns: Scale What Works, Fund What's Next

There is no shortage of opportunities for philanthropy to improve maternal and newborn health. Philanthropy can both scale interventions that already save lives and accelerate innovations that could save many more. This blog illustrates the breadth and ...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

Donors can increase the benefits of labour migration by investing in skills before workers leave home. @helen-dempster.bsky.social, Surendra Yadav, and Régis Blanc make the case for pre-departure training and internationally recognized qualifications. go.cgdev.org/3Tu1SFK

A 9:1 Return on Investment: Why Donors Should Invest in Skills Before Migration

Many donors are investing in programmes to make labour migration safer, more regular, and more beneficial. In this blog, we argue that they should be investing in providing prospective migrants with t...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

The AI boom could unlock $37B–$100B in new annual philanthropy. @charlesjkenny.bsky.social argues a maximum vaccination strategy, developing and rolling out vaccines for diseases affecting the world's poorest people, could be one of the most effective investments. https://go.cgdev.org/4yN1su5

Use New Philanthropy for a Maximum Vaccination Strategy

Nan Ransohoff suggests AI-related wealth may add $37 to $100 billion per year in philanthropic spending in the near future. This blog suggest that support for a maximum vaccination strategy focused on...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

Development finance institutions (DFIs) are being asked to do more, but their business models haven't kept pace. Samantha Attridge and Matthew Guttentag argue policymakers should define what each DFI is for before expanding mandates, targets, or financing tools. https://go.cgdev.org/4yP85w7

New Ambitions, Old Business Models: Have We Got DFI Reform Backwards?

We’ve both spent a lot of time over the past year in conferences and roundtables asking some version of the same question: what comes next for development finance? The same theme came through in a rec...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

After criticism from scientists affiliated with the International Lead Association, CGD's Lee Crawfurd, Theo Mitchell, and James Hu explain why they believe the evidence continues to support action on unsafe battery recycling. go.cgdev.org/4hBb3y3

Big Lead is Still Downplaying the Harms

Our recent paper in Environmental Pollution estimates that lead battery recycling might account for a third of global lead exposure, significantly larger than previous estimates (open access CGD working paper version here).

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

China's Belt and Road Initiative is changing. As sovereign lending for public infrastructure declines, @charlesjkenny.bsky.social argues donors should fill the gap with transparent, sustainable financing. https://go.cgdev.org/4pDTcII

Beyond Belt and Road: Responding to the Evolution of China’s Financing for Infrastructure

China’s transition from financier to debt collector with regard to public infrastructure lending has left the poorest countries with fewer choices when it comes to funding that infrastructure. Expandi...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

Student protests over alleged corruption in India's medical entrance exam reflect deeper concerns about opportunity and accountability. @eeshani.bsky.social explores why the exams are one of India's few pathways to intergenerational mobility and why trust in that system matters. go.cgdev.org/4xaiAbU

Student Protests Over Corruption in India’s Rare Pathway to Intergenerational Mobility

For about six weeks now, thousands of young Indians have camped out in nonviolent protest and hunger strikes in New Delhi. This situation has now hardened into a serious political challenge for the go...

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Leah Rosenzweig@leahrosenzweig.bsky.social · 3w ago

Can $50 billion a year in new philanthropy be spent well? We think so! @rglenner.bsky.social and I suggest institutions that could move money at that scale toward cost-effective programs.

Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 3w ago

The AI boom could generate $37B–$100B in annual philanthropy. How can it be spent effectively? In the first blog of a new CGD series, @rglenner.bsky.social and @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social examine large-scale implementers, intermediaries, and quick wins. www.cgdev.org/blog/we-can-...

Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 3w ago

The AI boom could generate $37B–$100B in annual philanthropy. How can it be spent effectively? In the first blog of a new CGD series, @rglenner.bsky.social and @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social examine large-scale implementers, intermediaries, and quick wins. www.cgdev.org/blog/we-can-...

We Can Spend $50 Billion a Year Effectively

On a recent trip to the Bay Area, many people we met shared the same concern: how can we effectively spend the wave of new philanthropic funding which is about to hit? Which organizations can absorb t...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 3w ago

We're hiring a Research Analyst to join our London office! 💼 Support CGD's work with the Smart Buys Alliance, contributing to research on how cost-effective evidence can strengthen development policy and improve outcomes. 📍 London, UK 📅 Apply by August 6, 5 p.m. BST https://go.cgdev.org/4h4T573

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 3w ago

As @usdagov.bsky.social redesigns non-emergency Food for Peace programs, what does the evidence say works? Megan McGuire, Dean Karlan, and Sam Carter argue for prioritizing cost-effective, evidence-based interventions to strengthen food security and resilience. https://go.cgdev.org/4pEVes6

USDA Should Follow the Evidence on Non-Emergency Food for Peace Programs

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has assumed a larger role in US international food assistance after the shuttering of USAID. Earlier this year, the USDA issued a call for proposals to provide ...

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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 3w ago

🎙️ As aid budgets shrink, can development finance institutions keep pace with growing expectations? On the latest CGD Podcast, Samantha Attridge and Nancy Lee speak with Leslie Maasdorp about the future of development finance, DFI mandates, and mobilizing private capital. go.cgdev.org/4pC0pcs

CGD Podcast: The Future of Development Finance with Leslie Maasdorp

CGD's Sam Attridge and Nancy Lee speak with British International Investment CEO Leslie Maasdorp about balancing national interests with development mandates, setting reachable targets, and strategies...

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