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Commentary
To Keep Western Assistance Flowing, Ukraine Must Engage Corruption Concerns Head-On
June 30, 2022 | Conor M. Savoy Ukraine has made significant progress in fighting corruption in recent years, but it must be prepared to address lingering challenges to ensure the continuous flow of assistance from the West.

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Diversifying Supply Chains: The Role of Development Assistance and Other Official Finance
June 10, 2022 | Conor M. Savoy, Sundar R. Ramanujam As the global economy gears up for a post-pandemic world, CSIS releases a new brief to explore how foreign assistance can play in de-risking and diversifying the global supply chains through capacity building in developing countries.

Report
Donor Funding Models for Innovation: A Review
June 9, 2022 | Conor M. Savoy Donors have rhetorically supported the importance of innovation in global development, but the level of resources committed has seldom matched the level of this rhetoric.

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Beyond 2025: The Future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act
March 4, 2022 | Daniel F. Runde, Sundar R. Ramanujam CSIS releases a new report that examines what comes next in the U.S.-Africa commercial and economic partnerships after the AGOA legislation expires in 2025.

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Post-Covid-19 Economic and Health Recovery in Laos
January 19, 2022 | Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura In the coming year, the Lao government and international donors should focus on vaccinations and investments in the economy and healthcare sector to stabilize GDP growth and bolster healthcare infrastructure.

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The Future of U.S. Leadership in Multilateral Development Institutions: A Playbook for the Next 10 Years
September 28, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura, Kristen Cordell A new PPD report finds that U.S. global leadership in the multilateral system has waned over the past 30 years due to lack of government strategy, de-prioritization of multilateral system career paths, and a deficient approach to leadership and staffing within the system.

Commentary
The United States Takes a New Look at Industrial Subsidies
September 27, 2021 | Gilbert Kaplan As foreign countries subsidize key technology and security industries, the United States must also look to invest in its own critical technologies and infrastructure through the USICA and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Commentary
Mission Creep at the Development Finance Corporation
September 20, 2021 | Conor M. Savoy The DFC has a narrow and important mandate that can support U.S. strategic objectives abroad and create private sector-led development impact. Here is how the United States should fashion a strategy that draws on the organization’s strengths to deliver on this mandate.

Commentary
Anti-corruption as a National Security Priority: Planning the Development Response
September 9, 2021 | Kristen Cordell Foreign assistance is a critical part of addressing corruption in the developing world but requires a thoughtful approach to ensure success.

Commentary
United States Can Help Advance Financial Inclusion for Women
August 25, 2021 | Romina Bandura Women’s economic empowerment & financial inclusion is critical in a post-pandemic economy, and governments can ensure economic resilience through gender inclusion. In a new Commentary, CSIS analyzes how development actors can enhance financial inclusion for women globally.

Critical Questions
The Development Response to Anti-corruption
July 19, 2021 | Kristen Cordell The success of the new U.S. government approach to corruption as a national security issue will rest on the ability of development agencies to implement responsive, contextual, and holistic programming and correct long-standing operational challenges.

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Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Digital ID
July 8, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura, Sundar R. Ramanujam This CSIS report examines how the United States can lead the developing world in harnessing digital technologies to secure a legal and universally accepted identification document for the over 1.1 billion lacking one.

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