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
- Samuel Cestari
- Media Relations Coordinator, External Relations
- 202.775.7317
- scestari@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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Ships, Trains, and Trucks: Unlocking Ukraine’s Vital Trade Potential
Report by Romina Bandura, Ilya Timtchenko, and Benjamin Robb — April 8, 2024
Rethinking the U.S. Approach in the Global South
Event — March 7, 2024
Rethinking the U.S. Approach in the Global South
Transcript — March 7, 2024
Supporting Ukraine's Private Sector during Wartime
Report by Romina Bandura, Ilya Timtchenko, and Austin Hardman — February 27, 2024
Voices from American Industry on the AGOA Forum
Event — October 30, 2023
Voices from American Industry on the AGOA Forum
Transcript — October 30, 2023
Why the Developing World and All of Us Need Trade and the WTO
Event — September 22, 2023
Why the Developing World and All of Us Need Trade and the WTO
Transcript — September 22, 2023
Reimagining the AGOA to Deepen the U.S.-African Economic Partnership
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde and Thomas Bryja — July 11, 2023
Rice Cartels and the U.S. Diplomatic Response
Blog Post by Ty Rossow — July 7, 2023