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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » Debt Relief</title>
	
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	<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>In Celebration of This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/10/in-celebration-of-this-year%e2%80%99s-nobel-peace-prize.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/10/in-celebration-of-this-year%e2%80%99s-nobel-peace-prize.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - I was delighted to learn this morning that the Nobel Committee awarded this year’s peace prize to not one but three highly effective female leaders: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, activist Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and rights activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. Among the three recipients, I’m proud to have had the opportunity to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truthiness and Justiness at the Haiti Debt Hearing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/03/3514.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Roodman - When I was writing about third world debt a decade ago, I watched Jubilee 2000 and other debt cancellation campaigners pound their way to victory with simplistic claims about the importance of debt cancellation, such as that principal and interest payments were diverting enough government revenue from poor countries&#8217; health budgets to kill 19,000 children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Haitians’ Sake, Drop the “Drop the Debt”</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/01/for-haitians-sake-drop-the-drop-the-debt.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/01/for-haitians-sake-drop-the-drop-the-debt.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=3163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Roodman - As I blogged Monday, the Haiti government owes the rest of the world about $1.25 billion. Seems like a lot of money. Inevitably, groups such as the One Campaign, Oxfam International, and the Jubilee Debt Campaign have seized the moment to call on Haiti&#8217;s creditors to cancel the debt. And they have a point: can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspend Haiti’s Debt—And Take Official Lenders beyond Lending</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/01/suspend-haitis-debt-and-take-official-lenders-beyond-lending.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/01/suspend-haitis-debt-and-take-official-lenders-beyond-lending.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=2961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Roodman - More Fresh Ideas for Haiti Michael Clemens on Migration Ruth Levine on Protecting Girls Kimberly Elliott on Trade Vijaya Ramachandran on Food Aid Nancy Birdsall on U.S. Leadership See also Roodman’s Haiti Aid Facts Haiti Q&#38;A with Levine [Update: For a more opinionated take on debt cancellation, see For Haitians' Sake, Drop the "Drop the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash for Poor Countries, or Another Round of Subprime Lending?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/11/cash-for-poor-countries-or-another-round-of-subprime-lending.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/11/cash-for-poor-countries-or-another-round-of-subprime-lending.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Flows/Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Development Bank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Subprime Lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=2452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - This is a joint post with Benjamin Leo. A special new lending facility was announced in July 2009 with the objective of providing up to $17 billion in new loans through 2014 and, to entice cash-strapped borrowers, the lender is waiving interest payments for the first two years.  This may sound like dangerous new short-term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia Cuts its Debt with $1.2 Billion Buy-Back at 97 Percent Discount</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/liberia-cuts-its-debt-with-12-billion-buy-back-at-97-percent-discount.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/liberia-cuts-its-debt-with-12-billion-buy-back-at-97-percent-discount.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Radelet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Radelet - In a huge step forward, this week Liberia slashed its foreign debt by buying back $1.2 billion in commercial debt &#8212; about one-quarter of its foreign debt &#8212; from its private foreign creditors, including banks, hedge funds, and other “distressed debt” investment funds. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced today that the Government had purchased the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Geithner and Lawrence Summers – Good Picks for the U.S. and the World’s Poor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/11/tim-geithner-and-lawrence-summ.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/11/tim-geithner-and-lawrence-summ.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Presidential Election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cash on Delivery Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Migration and Labor Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millions Saved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Future of the World Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Foreign Aid Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Presidential Elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - We at CGD warmly welcome president-elect Barack Obama&#8217;s appointments of Timothy Geithner as Secretary of Treasury and Lawrence Summers to head the National Economic Council. Both are members of the CGD Board of Directors. This is no coincidence. It reflects the fact that both are tremendously knowledgeable about the problems and challenges faced by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton Releases Her Global Development Agenda</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/12/hillary-clinton-releases-her-g.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/12/hillary-clinton-releases-her-g.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Jane Staats</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Sarah Jane Staats - Late last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her global development agenda, promising to fight HIV/AIDS, end malaria deaths, continue her leadership on basic education for all, expand women&#8217;s opportunity and children&#8217;s health, eliminate poor country debt, and improve U.S. development assistance. Advance market commitments for vaccines and consideration of a cabinet-level poverty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Announces Financing For Liberia’s Debt Relief: A Good Start</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/11/imf-announces-financing-for-li.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/11/imf-announces-financing-for-li.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Radelet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Radelet - Good news! The IMF has finally moved forward on Liberian debt relief. Yesterday&#8217;s IMF announcement that it has agreed on the necessary financing was a strong endorsement by the international community of Liberia&#8217;s progress under its new government. It took more than a year of pushing and prodding, but Liberia now can formally begin the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bravo For New IMF Realism On Globalization And Inequality — And Three Comments</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/10/bravo-for-new-imf-realism-on-g.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/10/bravo-for-new-imf-realism-on-g.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Trade Organization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - The IMF&#8217;s 2007 World Economic Outlook has a chapter on inequality and globalization (Chapter 4), which concludes that globalization in the last two decades has contributed to increased inequality in most countries. Bravo to the IMF for daring to move, on globalization, from apparent unencumbered globaphile to concerned realist! The analysis is creating some stir [...]]]></description>
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