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

Breaking the Glass Ceiling in National Security with Shelly Stoneman

On this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde is joined by Shelly Stoneman, Senior Vice President of Government Relations for BAE Systems, Inc., and Co-chair of the Executive Committee for the Leadership Council for Women in National Security.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — July 20, 2022

CSIS Building the Future

The Case for a Globally Accepted Vulnerability Index

For SIDS, greater access to concessional financing is needed to prevent additional future crises that could potentially lead to conflict or protracted fragility contexts.

Commentary by Bridi Rice and Shannon McKeown — July 20, 2022

The Digital Literacy Imperative

Digital literacy is essential for full participation in today’s global economy. Access, education, and comprehension of digital tools and methods are priorities for equitable and inclusive economic development.

Brief by Romina Bandura and Elena I. Méndez Leal — July 18, 2022

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

Outlook for a Possible Reconstruction Plan in Ukraine

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde is joined by Vladyslav Rashkovan, Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund, IMF, who is representing Ukraine and fourteen other states on the IMF Executive Board.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — June 29, 2022

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

The Story of Digital Payments in Bangladesh

This week, CSIS research associate and friend of the pod, Sundar Ramanujam, takes over from Dan to host Mahfuz Sadique, Chief Communications Officer of bKash - a Bangladesh-based digital payments service provider that is rapidly changing how the financial sector engages with the Bangladeshi society.

Podcast Episode by Sundar R. Ramanujam — June 22, 2022

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

The Fight Against Forced Labor in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan with the Cotton Campaign

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde is joined by Bennett Freeman and Allison Gill from the Cotton Campaign, a coalition of human rights NGOs, independent trade unions, brand associations, responsible investors, and academics, united to end forced labor in cotton production.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — June 15, 2022

CSIS Building the Future