My new blog discussing the faulty math that underlies US visa restrictions: www.cgdev.org/blog/do-us-v...

Our new paper in the JEEA shows BRAC's ELA program offsets the pregnancy and drop-out impacts of the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

How much does it cost to provide a healthy diet? How does this vary across countries? www.worldbank.org/en/programs/... Will Masters shares an open-access resource that seeks to compare across countries at #ABCDE2025.

[email protected]: "Lead exposure could explain 1/5th of the learning gap between rich & poor countries" academic.oup.com/wbro/article... #ABCDE2025

One month left to submit papers for this year's NEUDC: neudc2025.com:

A recent blog by my colleagues @helen-dempster.bsky.social, Charley Ward and @samhuckstep.bsky.social shows the stark impact of the just-passed remittance tax on poorer countries, adding to the impact of aid cuts:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/even-1-percent-us-remittance-tax-hits-poor-countries-hard

Thoughtful and wrenching stories of the waste and damage caused by the abrupt cutting of USAID: www.thisamericanlife.org/862/some-thi...

The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...

The World Bank has released their IDA21 plans, with the $2.4bn Window for Host Communities and Refugees now part of a broader regional window. In this new @cgdev.org blog, @thomasginn.bsky.social and I spell out the good, the bad, and where to go from here. www.cgdev.org/blog/window-...

Globally, women’s land rights remain informal, leaving widows at high risk of losing access to their homes. In a new working paper, @markusgold.bsky.social‬ & fellow experts study if large-scale land formalization programs can improve widows’ tenure security ⬇️ bit.ly/43xQR7y

Proud of our education team, partnering with the FCDO and the Global Partnership with Education to support the launch of the Ministerial taskforce against violence in and around schools. Excited to see us build the data and evidence on what works to address this issue. www.cgdev.org/article/mini...

In the wake of the abrupt dismantling of USAID, there are taxpayer funded vaccines, food, and bednets sitting in warehouses, going bad. My colleagues Robert Rosenbaum, Caitlin Tulloch, and Cindy Huang blog about an initiative trying to make sure less people die: www.cgdev.org/blog/buildin...

Despite it's ability to cause substantial harm to human health, lead chromate is still not regulated by the Rotterdam Convention, likely due in part to bureaucratic inertia. More from @leecrawfurd.bsky.social & @rorytodd98.bsky.social: www.cgdev.org/blog/childre...

My colleague @hanshengchia.bsky.social and I cut through the noise and lay out some ideas on identifying smart bets on AI for development: www.cgdev.org/blog/cutting...

Looking for some weekend reading? My colleague Han Sheng Chia and coauthors lay out a map for evaluating AI interventions in the development sector (spoiler: it does not start with an RCT): www.cgdev.org/blog/ai-eval...

Professional update: In June, I’ll be joining the @cgdev.org as a Senior Fellow. I’m enthusiastic to generate and disseminate policy-actionable research with fabulous colleagues under @rglenner.bsky.social’s leadership.

📅 On Apr. 25, @cgdev.org & @theirworld.bsky.social invite you to a discussion on the benefits of supporting early childhood development & childcare, and how to increase investment in these years to achieve the triple dividend for children, women, & economies. RSVP ⬇️ bit.ly/4jENeDt

Sub-Saharan African countries will bear the brunt of US & UK aid cuts.🌍 Join CGD & Africatalyst for a #SpringMeetings discussion on responses to the new development landscape, how leaders can react, & ways to move away from aid dependency. RSVP!⬇️ bit.ly/4j9H8uQ

Educating international students is a massive export of services. They pay us money earned in a foreign nation for a product the US has, until now, had an absolute advantage in. We cannot effectively sell these services if these students can be deported, detained, and even kidnapped at random.

Come work with @markusgold.bsky.social and me on global development stuff. centerforglobaldevelopment.applytojob.com/apply/Yb82j2...

Last month, Jishnu Das revisited his work showing the impact of US aid in the wake of the Pakistan earthquake. Particularly relevant given last week's USAID RIFs and the Myanmar quake: www.linkedin.com/pulse/pity-u...

@jmadankeller.bsky.social & @charlesjkenny.bsky.social take a look at the consequences of the US cancelling support for GAVI. 20-500K additional deaths: www.cgdev.org/blog/why-tru...

My colleague @charlesjkenny.bsky.social offers some trenchant thoughts on the reality of waste, fraud and corruption in US foreign assistance: www.cgdev.org/blog/thinkin...