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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An Exit Interview with Henrietta Fore, Former Executive Director of UNICEF
Event by Henrietta Fore and Daniel F. Runde — May 10, 2022

Opportunities for Increased Multilateral Engagement with B3W
Brief by Conor M. Savoy and Shannon McKeown — May 6, 2022

There's Nothing Micro About a Billion Women with Mary Ellen Iskenderian
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — April 27, 2022

Economic Statecraft & the Great Power Competition with Nazak Nikakhtar
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — April 20, 2022

The Next Wave Is Not a Covid-19 Wave: Debt Sustainability in Developing Countries
Critical Questions by Daniel F. Runde , Frank Kelly , and Romina Bandura — April 20, 2022

America Must Prioritize Trade Policy with Eddy Acevedo
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — April 13, 2022

Scaling the Heights Toward a Higher Calling with Dr. Douglas Johnston
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — April 6, 2022

50 Years of Bangladesh-U.S. Relations and Beyond
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Dr. AK Abdul Momen , and Dr. Isobel Coleman — April 5, 2022

The Smart Business Guide to China E-Commerce with Frank Lavin
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — March 30, 2022

Global Development in an Era of Great Power Competition
Brief by Conor M. Savoy and Janina Staguhn — March 24, 2022
