Center for Global Development [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.cgdev.org/page/press-center
Selected Press Releases, Blog Posts

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Two World Bank Surveys Provide (Imperfect) Evidence that De-risking Might Be Hurting Developing Countries
12/2/15
Matt Collin
The World Bank recently released the results of two separate surveys aimed at gauging the extent to which de-risking is a problem. The headline result is that banks around the world are closing accounts of money transfer organizations (MTOs) and are severing links with banks in other countries. These careful, timely reports provide crucial evidence that de-risking is a very real phenomenon and that we should be worried about it.

A Social Impact Bond without the Impact? Critics Question Success of Early Childhood Development Program
12/2/15
William Savedoff and Janeen Madan
The most essential feature of a social impact bond (SIB) is measuring impact. But what happens if the impact metric is questioned or unclear? A recent dispute over measuring the impact of a SIB for early childhood development in Utah yields two important practical lessons for this innovative financing tool. First, SIB implementers should be careful not to exaggerate the precision of their success indicators. Second, they need to be clear to everyone about which objectives they are pursuing.

UNAIDS and African AIDS Programs Agree That Effective HIV Prevention Depends on Location, Location, Location
12/1/15
Mead Over
As it does every year at this time, UNAIDS has released its World AIDS Day report. With five out of seven HIV infected people living in Africa, it is appropriate that the report is released here at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Harare, Zimbabwe.

World AIDS Day DREAMS Made Real: How Cash Transfers for Girls Can Work
12/1/15
Amanda Glassman