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
- Veronica Rice
- Former Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Project on Prosperity and Development
- vrice@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
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How Innovative Financing Models Can Support the Scaling of Supply Chain Innovations
Report by John Simon and Allie Dichiara — October 18, 2022

2022 Global Development Forum
Event — October 13, 2022

The Future of Myanmar with Erin Murphy
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde and Erin L. Murphy — October 12, 2022

An Armchair Discussion with Fawzia Koofi
Transcript by Daniel F. Runde and Fawzia Koofi — October 12, 2022

An Armchair Discussion with Fawzia Koofi
Event by Daniel F. Runde and Fawzia Koofi — October 7, 2022

The Launch of SCIF with Harry Bader
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — October 6, 2022

The Launch of SCIF with Harry Bader
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — October 5, 2022

Covid-19 and Digital Payments: How the Pandemic Changed G2P Payments Globally
Event by Romina Bandura , Daniel F. Runde , Dr. Ruth Goodwin-Groen , Dr. Leora Klapper , and Mary Ellen Iskenderian — September 30, 2022

A Conversation with Thomas West in the Context of Afghanistan One Year Later
Event by Daniel F. Runde and Thomas West — September 28, 2022

The Road Ahead for Nicaragua with Ambassador John Feeley
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — September 28, 2022
