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
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Migrants as Agents of Peace: Harnessing Economic Migration for Conflict Mitigation in South Asia
Blog Post by Sarosh Sultan — October 27, 2023
Analyzing the Role of Blockchain Technology in Strengthening Democratic Institutions
Event — October 25, 2023
Analyzing the Role of Blockchain Technology in Strengthening Democracies
Report by Noam Unger, Austin Hardman, and Ilya Timtchenko — October 25, 2023
Critical Minerals and National Security with Veronika Shime
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — October 24, 2023
Rising to the Moment - Launching USAID's new Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
Event — October 19, 2023
Funding a Decisive Ukraine Victory Is an Investment, Not a Cost
Commentary by Romina Bandura and Ilya Timtchenko — October 12, 2023
Russia's Democratic Future with Ilya Ponomarev
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — October 4, 2023
Rebuilding and Modernizing Ukraine’s ICT Infrastructure Will Be Essential to Attract Private Investment
Commentary by Romina Bandura, Janina Staguhn , and Madeleine McLean — October 2, 2023
The Waterfall’s Shadow in the Mekong Region
Brief by Benjamin Jensen, Daniel F. Runde, and Thomas Bryja — September 29, 2023
“The Waterfall’s Shadow in the Mekong Region”: Audio Brief with Ben Jensen
Podcast Episode by Benjamin Jensen — September 29, 2023