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

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Meet our network of experts, staff, and non-resident affiliates who contribute to the Project on Prosperity and Development's analysis.

Daniel F. Runde

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Learn more about the projects the Project on Prosperity and Development organizes our analysis into: Quality Infrastructure, Development Finance, Digital Development, and more.

Projects

Media Queries

Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission

The CSIS Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission focuses on the critical role of private sector investment in Ukraine's reconstruction

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Podcast

Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Building the Future:

Hosted by Dan Runde, William A. Schreyer Chair and Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, Building the Future explores topics at the intersection of global development, foreign policy, and national security. In each episode, Dan sits down for a discussion with a leading expert from government, the private sector, and international organizations to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the world today.

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Blog

Development Dispatches

Development Dispatches

Development Dispatches is a blog series that explores the current and future avenues of the development and humanitarian space.

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Access to Finance for Smallholder Farmers

CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development senior fellow Conor M. Savoy examines the gap in global funding for smallholder farmers and outlines policy recommendations for development finance institutions to strengthen small-scale agriculture in a time of global disruption.

Commentary by Conor M. Savoy — December 7, 2022

The Role of Digital Management in Ukraine's Reconstruction

Please join the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development for a discussion on the Role of Digital Management Systems in Ukraine’s Reconstruction.

Event by Romina Bandura , Oleksndra Azarkhina , Oleksii Dorogan , and Maksym Nefyodov — December 6, 2022

Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

The Importance of U.S. Congressional Support for Ukraine with Peter Roskam

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Peter Roskam to discuss Peter’s career, what it means to work as a congressman, the importance of Ukraine for global peace, and Republican support for Ukraine.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — November 30, 2022

CSIS Building the Future
The Truth of the Matter

Ukraine’s Winter Is Here

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and CSIS’s Daniel Runde join the podcast to talk about what Ukraine is facing this winter and what economic reconstruction in Ukraine will need to look like.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Daniel F. Runde — November 22, 2022

CSIS the truth of the matter
Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

PADF: 60 Years Creating a Hemisphere of Opportunity, with Katie Taylor

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Katie Taylor to discuss PADF’s impact over the last 60 years, and the ongoing challenges and progress that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have seen over the past decades.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — November 16, 2022

CSIS Building the Future

Agriculture in Wartime: Threats and Opportunities for Ukraine with Farmer Kees Huizinga, Agricultural Economist Antonina Broyaka, and USAID DAA Mark Simakovsky

Please join the CSIS as we welcome award-winning farmer Kees Huizinga, Ukrainian agricultural economist Antonina Broyaka, and Mark Simakovsky, Deputy Assistant to the Administrator in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID for this timely discussion.

Event by Caitlin Welsh , Kees Huizinga , Mark Simakovsky , and Antonina Broyaka — November 15, 2022

Corruption and Private Sector Investment in Ukraine’s Reconstruction

As Ukraine and its partners begin strategizing for the country's reconstruction, it is clear that the role of private investment will prove pivotal. To attract committed foreign investors, Ukraine must continue to make progress in its fight against domestic corruption.

Brief by Nick Fenton and Andrew Lohsen — November 8, 2022

Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Hong Kong Two Years Later with Olivia Enos

Dan Runde is joined by Olivia Enos to discuss The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong's work, the ongoing effects of the Chinese-imposed National Security Law, the U.S.-Hong Kong relationship, and how listeners can help political prisoners in Hong Kong.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — November 2, 2022

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Modernizing Ukraine’s Transport and Logistics Infrastructure

The G7 and European Union need to assess how to best support Ukraine’s future recovery, specifically regarding rebuilding transport and logistics infrastructure that could accelerate economic reconstruction.

Report by Romina Bandura , Janina Staguhn , and Benjamin Jensen — October 20, 2022