First Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure
CGD's first annual research conference on global lead exposure will bring together researchers, policymakers, and implementers working to stamp out global lead poisoning.
If you hate the news cycle but love high-impact research to help kids learn and thrive, we've got a great opportunity for you:
Register now CGD's First Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure(!), hosted as part of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.
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Elon says 90% of US aid never reaches communities.
He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous.
@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
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Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
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Changing Course to a Good-Faith Aid Review: How Four Principles Could Advance the American Interest and Save Lives
Making the case for how to conduct a good-faith, smart aid review in service of the administration’s goals and the American people.
The last week has been v bad for US foreign assistance -- and that's bad for America.
But there's still time for Secretary Rubio--who has a track record of supporting smart aid--to avert looming disaster and enact a *real* (and needed!) review and reform. Here's how:
www.cgdev.org/blog/changin...
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This is an insanely big-hearted oped from the dad of a kid with a rare pediatric cancer who must be going through an unimaginably difficult experience www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/...
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