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
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
The CSIS Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission focuses on the critical role of private sector investment in Ukraine's reconstruction
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The Road Ahead for Nicaragua with Ambassador John Feeley
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — September 28, 2022

Supporting Water Programming in the Sahel
Report by Conor M. Savoy and Alexandra Norris — September 27, 2022
Importance of Managing and Securing Water Access for the Northern Triangle
Commentary by Conor M. Savoy and Elena I. Méndez Leal — September 27, 2022
CSIS Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission Members
Newsletter — September 22, 2022
Asia’s Journey to Prosperity: Lessons from Takehiko Nakao
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — September 21, 2022

Thinking Through Security and Coordination Aspects Needed for Ukraine’s Reconstruction
Commentary by Daniel Fata and Janina Staguhn — September 15, 2022
The Sustainable Development Goals and Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for U.S. Policy
Congressional Testimony by Daniel F. Runde — September 15, 2022
America's Great-Power Opportunity with Ali Wyne
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — September 14, 2022

Renewing the commitment to counternarcotics: A conversation with Admiral Álvaro Echandía Durán
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — September 7, 2022

The Role of Water in Catalyzing Gender Equity
Commentary by Conor M. Savoy and Janina Staguhn — September 6, 2022