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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » Fragile States</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>A Review of the U.S. Government’s Review of Its Haiti Quake Response</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/05/a-review-of-the-u-s-governments-review-of-its-haiti-quake-response.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijaya Ramachandran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vijaya Ramachandran - This post is joint with Julie Walz. Last week, USAID finally published an external review on its activities in Haiti: “Independent Review of the U.S. Government Response to the Haiti Earthquake”.  The report is dated March 28, 2011. Yes, 2011. It took over a year to post the document on the USAID website.  The review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti: Where Has All the Money Gone?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/04/haiti-where-has-all-the-money-gone.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijaya Ramachandran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vijaya Ramachandran - This is a joint post with Julie Walz. The Assessing Progress in Haiti Act (H.R. 1016) was approved by a voice vote in the Senate this week, almost a year after it was passed by the House. The Act “directs the President to report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake humanitarian, reconstruction, and development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Challenge for Jim Yong Kim, New President of the World Bank—What to Do in Fragile States?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/04/a-challenge-for-jim-yong-kim-new-president-of-the-world-bank%e2%80%94what-to-do-in-fragile-states.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/04/a-challenge-for-jim-yong-kim-new-president-of-the-world-bank%e2%80%94what-to-do-in-fragile-states.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijaya Ramachandran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vijaya Ramachandran - This post is joint with Ross Thuotte Today, the World Bank announced that Jim Yong Kim will be the institution’s next president.  As the dust settles from the leadership selection debate, the focus will necessarily shift to the issues that confront Kim and the world’s leading development institution. One of the most difficult and important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Ideas for New U.S. Ambassador to Haiti</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/03/fresh-ideas-for-new-u-s-ambassador-to-haiti.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/03/fresh-ideas-for-new-u-s-ambassador-to-haiti.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Molitoris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On the Hill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher Molitoris - Update: On March 29, the U.S. Senate confirmed Pamela White to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti. Assuming she is confirmed by the Senate, Pamela White is set to become the next U.S. ambassador to Haiti. In her March 14 confirmation hearing, White and the senators agreed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mali’s Coup, What’s Next, and Why I’ve been Accused of Resembling Sharon Stone</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/03/mali%e2%80%99s-coup-what%e2%80%99s-next-and-why-i%e2%80%99ve-been-accused-of-resembling-sharon-stone.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/03/mali%e2%80%99s-coup-what%e2%80%99s-next-and-why-i%e2%80%99ve-been-accused-of-resembling-sharon-stone.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance/Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mali]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - The news of the coup in Mali yesterday is a shock to those of us who have worked on this beautiful and amazing country. It is a tragedy for Malians, who have worked so hard to build what had been, until a few days ago, a shining model of democracy and economic progress.  It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prevention of Odious Obligations: A New Tool to Help Stem the Violence in Syria</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/03/prevention-of-odious-obligations-a-new-tool-to-help-stem-the-violence-in-syria.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/03/prevention-of-odious-obligations-a-new-tool-to-help-stem-the-violence-in-syria.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Ann Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odious Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kimberly Ann Elliott - Last week President Obama responded to the rising carnage in Syria by saying that he is looking for “every tool available to prevent the slaughter of innocents in Syria,” government-instigated violence that has already claimed thousands of lives. What new tools are available? The economic sanctions imposed are having an impact, but they are weakened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is CGD’s Pakistan Initiative Off the Mark?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/is-cgd%e2%80%99s-pakistan-initiative-off-the-mark.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/is-cgd%e2%80%99s-pakistan-initiative-off-the-mark.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Milan Vaishnav</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Milan Vaishnav - This is a joint post with and Danny Cutherell. Over on the Global Dashboard blog, Seth Kaplan has posted a critique of CGD’s Pakistan initiative.  In a post titled, “What’s Wrong With CGD’s Pakistan Initiative” Kaplan knocks the CGD Pakistan initiative for saying “almost nothing specific about Pakistan”; “ignoring the “drivers of its political economy”; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Wrong with Dodd-Frank’s Conflict Minerals Provision?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-dodd-frank%e2%80%99s-conflict-minerals-provision.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-dodd-frank%e2%80%99s-conflict-minerals-provision.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - Hidden within the 2,300+ page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (large PDF) are two sections aimed squarely at Africa. Section 1504 requires companies listed on US stock markets to disclose payments to foreign governments. This has been widely hailed, including by CGD, as an important step for encouraging transparency and a sensible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sudan Sanctions Tangle after Southern Independence</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/10/7291.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/10/7291.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Ann Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kimberly Ann Elliott - After decades of violent conflict, South Sudan is the world’s newest nation.  Some of the credit for that outcome goes to pressure from the United States, including economic sanctions. How to approach the sanctions now is a tricky question. The new nation of South Sudan is one of the world’s poorest and most fragile states. Continued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With All Due Respect Mr. President: On “Nation-Building” by Another Name</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/with-all-due-respect-mr-president-on-%e2%80%9cnation-building%e2%80%9d-by-another-name.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/with-all-due-respect-mr-president-on-%e2%80%9cnation-building%e2%80%9d-by-another-name.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - In his piece in the NYTimes earlier this week, David Sanger refers to the president: Mr. Obama has made clear that he has no enthusiasm for “nation building” projects in Afghanistan that go on for years or are unsustainable. They may be well intentioned, he has told aides, but they are too expensive. The president [...]]]></description>
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