Project on Prosperity and Development
The Project on Prosperity and Development (PPD) highlights the central role of private, multilateral, and other non-governmental actors in development
The Project on Prosperity and Development (PPD) studies the coming challenges in international development, focusing on the rapidly shifting financial and economic landscape in low and middle-income countries. PPD seeks to identify international development policy and approaches that government, civil society, and private sector actors can utilize to foster broad-based, inclusive economic growth. PPD’s work merges traditional development theory and practice with the innovative approaches of private actors, and influences the development debate and donor resource allocation through CSIS’s unique convening power in Washington and around the world.
Areas of Focus
PPD seeks to influence private actors in the international community and shape executive and legislative policy on development. PPD currently works within several priority areas:
- Governance, rule of law, and domestic resource mobilization
- Private sector, economic, and rural development
- Development finance, trade, foreign investment, and the role of multilateral institutions
- Technology and innovation
- Root causes of instability, humanitarian assistance, and post-conflict recovery
- Strategic uses of US foreign assistance
Contact Information
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Ava Rose
- Communications Manager, External Relations
- 202-644-5618
- ARose@csis.org
The CSIS Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission focuses on the critical role of private sector investment in Ukraine's reconstruction
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Preserve the Dealmaking Capability of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
Report by Daniel F. Runde, Richard Crespin, and James Mazzarella — April 25, 2025
2025 Global Development Forum
Event — April 23, 2025
“Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Power of Innovative Technologies”: Audio Brief with Romina Bandura
Podcast Episode by Romina Bandura — April 23, 2025

Unlocking Financial Inclusion
Report by Romina Bandura, Madeleine McLean, and Esteban Cherquis — April 23, 2025
How to Successfully Merge USAID and the Department of State
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde — March 25, 2025
How to Successfully Merge USAID and the Department of State
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — March 25, 2025

Why Ukraine Is a Strategic European and U.S. Ally
Podcast Episode by Sergiy Tsivkach — March 18, 2025

Why Ukraine Is a Strategic European and U.S. Ally
Commentary by Sergiy Tsivkach — March 18, 2025
Artificial Intelligence and Global Development: Accelerating Inequality or Self-Reliance?
Event — March 14, 2025
Answering the Call: The Foreign Assistance Review
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde, Richard Crespin, and Thomas Bryja — February 28, 2025