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138: Governing Big Tech’s Pursuit of the “Next Billion Users”

Michael Pisa and John Polcari

137: The Two Hundred Billion Dollar Question: How to Get the Biggest Impact from the 2019 Replenishments

Andrew Rogerson and Owen Barder

136: The EU’s Financial Architecture for External Investment: Progress, Challenges, and Options

Mikaela Gavas and Hannah Timmis

135: Examining World Bank Lending to China: Graduation or Modulation?

Scott Morris and Gailyn Portelance

134: UK Aid Quality Indicators

Caitlin McKee, Ian Mitchell and Arthur Baker

133: Development Impact Bonds Targeting Health Outcomes

Lorcan Clarke, Kalipso Chalkidou and Cassandra Nemzoff

130: Energy Dividends in Bolivia: Are There Any Alternatives to Price Subsidies?

Roberto Laserna

128: What Mining Can Learn from Oil: A Study of Special Transfer Pricing Practices in the Oil Sector, and their Potential Application to Hard Rock Minerals

Alexandra Readhead

127: Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: Proposed Governance Arrangements for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility

Michele de Nevers, Patricia Bliss-Guest, Kenneth Lay and Michael Wolosin

126: Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: Proposed Financing Strategy for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility

Kenneth Lay, Michele de Nevers, Michael Wolosin and Patricia Bliss-Guest

125: Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: A Proposal for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility

Michele de Nevers, Kenneth Lay, Michael Wolosin and Patricia Bliss-Guest

124: Atoms for Africa: Is There a Future for Civil Nuclear Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Abigail Sah, Jessica Lovering, Omaro Maseli and Aishwarya Saxena

123: Illicit Financial Flows, Trade Misinvoicing, and Multinational Tax Avoidance: The Same or Different?

Maya Forstater

121: Examining the Debt Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative from a Policy Perspective

John Hurley, Scott Morris and Gailyn Portelance

120: What Can We Learn about Energy Access and Demand from Mobile-Phone Surveys? Nine Findings from Twelve African Countries

Ben Leo, Jared Kalow and Todd Moss

118: Tax and Development: New Frontiers of Research and Action

Maya Forstater

117: Structuring and Funding Development Impact Bonds for Health: Nine Lessons from Cameroon and Beyond

Roxanne Oroxom, Amanda Glassman and Lachlan McDonald

116: Comparing Five Bilateral Development Finance Institutions and the IFC

Charles Kenny, Jared Kalow, Ben Leo and Vijaya Ramachandran

115: Inside the Portfolio of the International Finance Corporation: Does IFC Do Enough in Low-Income Countries?

Charles Kenny, Jared Kalow and Vijaya Ramachandran

114: Fuel Subsidy Reform in Developing Countries: Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG Cooking Gas Subsidy in India

Neeraj Mittal, Anit Mukherjee and Alan Gelb

113: Working Itself Out of a Job: USAID and Smart Strategic Transitions

Sarah Rose, Erin Collinson and Jared Kalow

112: Leveraging the Links between Migration and Development: US Government Policy, Practice, and Potential

Kathleen Newland

111: When Do Subsidy Reforms Stick? Lessons from Iran, Nigeria, and India

Priscilla Atansah, Masoomeh Khandan, Todd Moss, Anit Mukherjee and Jennifer Richmond

110: Assessing “Leverage” in the Climate Investment Funds

Michele de Nevers

108: Financing for Whom by Whom? Complexities of Advancing Energy Access in India

Kartikeya Singh

107: Blockchain and Economic Development: Hype vs. Reality

Michael Pisa and Matt Juden

106: Investing UK Aid in a Global Skills Partnership: Better Health at Home and Abroad

Michael Anderson, Caitlin McKee and Theodore Talbot

105: The Digital Transformation and Disruptive Technologies: Challenges and Solutions for the Electricity Sector in African Markets

Ijeoma Onyeji-Nwogu, Morgan Bazilian and Todd Moss

104: Girls’ Schooling and Women’s Literacy: Schooling Targets Alone Won’t Reach Learning Goals

Lant Pritchett and Justin Sandefur

103: Trade Misinvoicing in Developing Countries

Volker Nitsch

100: Beyond Brexit: Four Steps to Make Britain a Global Leader on Trade for Development

Lee Crawfurd, Ian Mitchell and Michael Anderson

99: Implementing Ownership at USAID and MCC: A US Agency-Level Perspective

Casey Dunning, Sarah Rose and Claire McGillem

98: The Use and Utility of US Government Approaches to Country Ownership: New Insights from Partner Countries

Sarah Rose, Jared Kalow, Bradley Parks and Takaaki Masaki

97: Fiscal Devolution and Health Financing Reform: Lessons for India from Brazil, China, and Mexico

Anit Mukherjee

96: Learning Data for Better Policy: A Global Agenda

Nancy Birdsall, Barbara Bruns and Janeen Madan

95: A Global Offer for Learning (GOL): Based on Experiences with Paying for Results

William Savedoff

94: Is There a Goldilocks Solution? “Just Right” Promotion of Labor Mobility

Lant Pritchett and Rebekah Smith

92: Cash on Delivery Aid for Energy

William Savedoff

91: Responding to AIIB: U.S. Leadership at the Multilateral Development Banks in a New Era

Scott Morris

90: To Control Migration Flows and Defeat Human Smuggling, Sell Visas

Alice Mesnard and Emmanuelle Auriol

89: After Brexit: New Opportunities for Global Good in the National Interest

Michael Anderson, Matt Juden and Andrew Rogerson

88: People, Productivity, and Policy: Product Growth Perspective in the Medium and Long Run in Brazil

Sergei Soares

87: Payouts for Perils: Why Disaster Aid is Broken, and How Catastrophe Insurance Can Help to Fix It

Theodore Talbot and Owen Barder

86: Global Health, Aid and Corruption: Can We Escape the Scandal Cycle?

William Savedoff, Amanda Glassman and Janeen Madan

85: How Much and How Well: Revisiting the Aid Component of the Commitment to Development Index

Owen Barder, Petra Krylova and Theodore Talbot

83: How Does OPIC Balance Risks, Additionality, and Development? Proposals for Greater Transparency and Stoplight Filters

Benjamin Leo and Todd Moss

82: Creating a Better Candidate Pool for the Millennium Challenge Corporation

Sarah Rose, Nancy Birdsall and Anna Diofasi

81: Inside the Portfolio of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Benjamin Leo and Todd Moss

80: Can GMOs Deliver for Africa?

Kimberly Elliott and Janeen Madan

79: How Much “Mega” in the Mega-Regional TPP and TTIP: Implications for Developing Countries

Kimberly Elliott