Center for Global Development [to 16 April 2016]
http://www.cgdev.org/page/press-center
Selected Press Releases, Blog Posts, Publications

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Making Room for Mental Health: Recommendations for Improving Mental Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
4/13/16
Victoria de Menil and Amanda Glassman
Development assistance for health has increased dramatically over the last decade, but investment in mental health has been minimal. Less than 1 percent of development assistance for health goes to mental disorders although they represent at least one-fourth of the years lost to disability and about 10 percent of the global burden of disease. Spending a little on mental health could achieve a lot.
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More Than a Lightbulb: Five Recommendations to Make Modern Energy Access Meaningful for People and Prosperity (brief)
4/12/16
Energy Access Targets Working Group
Visit the report page for a full interactive version and video. “Modern energy access” is finally on the international agenda, but the current common definition of 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per capita per year is far too low.
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Testimony on the US Response to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
4/8/16
Amanda Glassman
On April 7, 2016, CGD’s vice president for programs and director of global health policy Amanda Glassman testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy at a hearing examining progress made in addressing the West Africa Ebola epidemic and its secondary effects.
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Can GMOs Deliver for Africa?
4/5/16
Kimberly Ann Elliott and Janeen Madan
The debate over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been raging for twenty years and there is still more heat than light around the topic. While some developing countries have embraced the technology, much of Africa has followed the European Union’s precautionary approach. While not a panacea, GMOs could be part of a new green revolution in Africa if governments address the policy and institutional weaknesses that prevented Africa from participating in the first one, and if GM technology continues to develop.
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Can GMOs Play a Role in a New Green Revolution for Africa?
4/4/16
Kimberly Ann Elliott and Janeen Madan
The world will struggle to achieve the goals of ending extreme poverty and hunger by 2030 unless there is a sharp increase in agricultural productivity in Africa. Across sub-Saharan Africa, most people live in rural areas and rely on agriculture for their livelihoods; most of them are poor and many are hungry. Could genetically modified organisms (GMOs) help to address some of the causes contributing to Africa’s lagging agricultural productivity? Our answer is a qualified maybe.