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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » Alan Gelb</title>
	
	<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment</link>
	<description>Global Development: Views from the Center features posts from Nancy Birdsall and her colleagues at the Center for Global Development about innovative, practical policy responses to poverty and inequality in an ever-more globalized world.</description>
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		<title>New Structural Economics: Industrial Policy 2.0 or Same Old Structuralism?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/04/new-structural-economics-industrial-policy-2-0-or-same-old-structuralism.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Julia Clark and Christian Meyer. Industrial policy—as many have already commented—is back. (See here, here and here). The recent wave of post-financial-crisis interventionism has reignited the classic (and often heated) debate about whether governments can in fact nurture economic growth. Previous analysis of the East Asian miracle, and frustration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P4R: Looking to the Pilot Phase</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/p4r-looking-to-the-pilot-phase.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cash on Delivery Aid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Rita Perakis. After many stages of drafting, debates, and consultations, the World Bank´s proposed results-based financing instrument, Program-for-Results is going for approval to the Bank´s Board on January 24. The latest draft of the policy can be found here; we´re pleased to see that Bank staff listened to comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Agree! Ugandan Oil Debate Should Take Place in Uganda (Plus a Few Clarifications about Our Paper)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/09/we-agree-ugandan-oil-debate-should-take-place-in-uganda-plus-a-few-clarifications-about-our-paper.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/09/we-agree-ugandan-oil-debate-should-take-place-in-uganda-plus-a-few-clarifications-about-our-paper.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Stephanie Majerowicz. How should Uganda use its prospective oil revenues? Our recent paper on this question argued that choices should be considered with an eye towards both their development impact and the implications for governance.  We are happy that the paper has sparked debate in Uganda, including discussions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a Holiday in Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/reflections-on-a-holiday-in-zimbabwe.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - Not too many people would think to take a vacation in Zimbabwe. My wife Caroline and I have our reasons.  Caroline was born and raised in the country, the descendant of an old Zimbabwe “pioneer” family. I am from South Africa. We know quite a number of Zimbabweans, both residents and expatriates and I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fingerprints, the Next Big Thing in Banking</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/07/fingerprints-the-next-big-thing-in-banking.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/07/fingerprints-the-next-big-thing-in-banking.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biometrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Caroline Decker. With the expansion of cell coverage and mobile banking, millions of poor and rural people can now access financial services. But as financial institutions reach new populations, it is becoming clear that there are other issues keeping people from formal banking, such as the need for identification.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash at Your Fingertips: Biometric Technology for Transfer Systems</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/cash-at-your-fingertips-biometric-technology-for-transfer-systems.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/cash-at-your-fingertips-biometric-technology-for-transfer-systems.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cash transfers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Caroline Decker Last week CGD published our working paper on the use of fingerprint and iris scans for cash transfers. As we continue to look into this topic, we are even more convinced of the potential this technology has for transfer systems, particularly those in resource-rich countries. Cash transfers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy and Development: The Spread of Biometric Voter Rolls</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/democracy-and-development-the-spread-of-biometric-voter-rolls.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance/Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Gelb]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This post is joint with Caroline Decker The application of biometrics to promote development and democratization is proceeding rapidly in the developing world—and largely below the radar of the media and development experts in high-income countries. Monitoring press releases on biometrics with the help of a news Google alert, I’ve been struck by the astonishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar-Powered Biometrics Delivering Healthcare in Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/04/solar-powered-biometrics-delivering-healthcare-in-nigeria.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/04/solar-powered-biometrics-delivering-healthcare-in-nigeria.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biometrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=5604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - In the developing world, lack of identification often hampers the flow of benefits from governments to their citizens. As I wrote in a previous post, biometric identification could solve this problem. In Nigeria, some government agencies are using this new technology to pay pensions and government salaries.  One pilot program claims to have saved $80 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fingerprint Haiti Now: Biometrics in Haiti, One Year Later</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/12/fingerprint-haiti-now-biometrics-in-haiti-one-year-later.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/12/fingerprint-haiti-now-biometrics-in-haiti-one-year-later.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biometrics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Caroline Decker. Less than a month until the anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital, 1.3 million still live in tents, clean water remains an issue with cholera rapidly spreading, and millions of cubic meters of debris litter the streets, hampering rebuilding efforts. But Haiti was hardly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Opposed to Chinese-Western Aid Cooperation—Wikileaks</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/12/africa-opposed-to-chinese-western-aid-cooperation%e2%80%94wikileaks.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/12/africa-opposed-to-chinese-western-aid-cooperation%e2%80%94wikileaks.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Lawrence MacDonald. Browsing through Wikileaks to try to understand what the fuss was all about, Alan came on an interesting cable (10Beijing367) about African views on possible cooperation between China and Western donors on aid to Africa.  According the summary of a cable from the U.S. embassy in Beijing, [...]]]></description>
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