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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » Globalization</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>Apple in China: CSR as a Marketing Tool?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/02/apple-in-china-csr-as-a-marketing-tool.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Ann Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=8005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kimberly Ann Elliott - Having analyzed the debate over globalization and labor standards for some years now, I was not in the least surprised by the recent revelations about dangerous and unfair labor practices at Apple’s supplier factories in China. Like many other brand-name companies, Apple has a code of conduct for its suppliers and it responded to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Hume (in 1651) on Globalization and Justice for Distant People and Future Generations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/david-hume-in-1651-on-globalization-and-justice-for-distant-people-and-future-generations.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - Amartya Sen invokes David Hume in The New Republic (December 29) to explain  the case for seeking justice for distant people and future generations. From Hume writing in 1651: &#8220;Again suppose, that several distinct societies maintain a kind of intercourse for mutual convenience and advantage, the boundaries of justice still grow larger, in proportion to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zedillo Warns of a “Frightening Failure” of Global Institutions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/zedillo-warns-of-a-%e2%80%9cfrightening-failure%e2%80%9d-of-global-institutions.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/zedillo-warns-of-a-%e2%80%9cfrightening-failure%e2%80%9d-of-global-institutions.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence MacDonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoinette Sayeh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BRIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernesto Zedillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G-20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Wolfensohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kemal Dervis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Birdsall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Lawrence MacDonald - The wake-up call came as a bit of a shock. Ernesto Zedillo, the highly regarded former president of Mexico and director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, was discussing the record of international institutions and the powerful countries that run them. On their response to unprecedented international cooperation and coordination challenges, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CGD Storms the Steel City</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/09/cgd-storms-the-steel-city.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/09/cgd-storms-the-steel-city.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G-20]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=2061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ben Edwards - As part of an ongoing effort to persuade the leaders of the G-20 countries to better address the needs of poor countries in their Summit, CGD president Nancy Birdsall visited Pittsburgh yesterday with a small band of CGDers in tow, myself included. Nancy’s jam-packed schedule included a public panel discussion, media interviews, and a private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is China Losing Interest in Africa?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/05/is-china-losing-interest-in-africa.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/05/is-china-losing-interest-in-africa.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 18:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijaya Ramachandran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance/Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=1280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vijaya Ramachandran - Last week, the Aluminum Corp. of China, otherwise known as Chinalco, received regulatory approval to proceed with its investment of $19.5 billion in the Australian-based mining giant Rio Tinto, giving the Chinese access to a large and secure supply of iron ore, copper, aluminium and other resources in Australia and Latin America. Is this a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Economist Got It Wrong on U.S. Income Inequality</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/the-economist-got-it-wrong-on-us-income-inequality.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/the-economist-got-it-wrong-on-us-income-inequality.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Lustig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization and Inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nora Lustig - In its special report on the rise and fall of the wealthy, referring to the trends in income inequality in the United States The Economist (April 4-10th 2009, p. 3) states “… Another international study found that only Mexico and Russia had more unequal income distributions than America.” That is plain wrong. In Latin America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-20 Pledge $1 Trillion for Developing Country Crisis Response</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/g20-pledge-1-trillion-for-developing-country-crisis-response.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/g20-pledge-1-trillion-for-developing-country-crisis-response.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence MacDonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Flows/Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G-20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Lawrence MacDonald - Leaders from more than 20 major nations announced Thursday (see the Communiqué) that they would make available an additional $1 trillion through the International Monetary Fund and other institutions to help developing countries cope with the global economic crisis. CGD president Nancy Birdsall recommended such a move in mid-February. According to the Washington Post, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will G-20 Back Anti-Protectionist Pledges with Action This Time?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/will-g20-back-anti-protectionist-pledges-with-action-this-time.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/will-g20-back-anti-protectionist-pledges-with-action-this-time.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Prieto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G-20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protectionism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Trade Organization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Cindy Prieto - The outcome of today’s G20 summit has become even more critical for developing countries as the World Bank revised the 2009 forecast for GDP growth in the developing world to 2.1 percent down from 5.8 percent in 2008. But a draft copy of the G20 communiqué published by the Financial Times could go farther in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart and the AFL-CIO Agree: The U.S. Can (and Must) Do a Better Job Fighting Poverty, Disease, and Lack of Opportunity in the Developing World</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/03/wal-mart-and-the-afl-cio-agree-the-us-can-and-must-do-a-better-job-fighting-poverty-disease-and-lack-of-opportunity-in-the-developing-world.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/03/wal-mart-and-the-afl-cio-agree-the-us-can-and-must-do-a-better-job-fighting-poverty-disease-and-lack-of-opportunity-in-the-developing-world.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Radelet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Radelet - This is a joint posting with David Beckmann, originally appearing on the Huffington Post Web site on March 17, 2009. In the face of big global challenges, President Obama has rightly called for a new, smarter U.S. foreign policy that focuses on bolstering our long-term security, building our alliances, and expanding global prosperity. A central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGO Leaders and Business Community Urge Obama and Congress to Act on Trade &amp; Development Agenda — with a Little Help from CGD</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/03/ngo-leaders-and-business-community-urge-obama-and-congress-to-act-on-trade-development-agenda-with-a-little-help-from-cgd.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Soderquist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On the Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Kirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Trade Organization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Randall Soderquist - In early 2009, before the inauguration of President Obama, Kim Elliott and I decided it was time to think seriously and coherently about the future direction of U.S. trade policy, especially as it relates to developing countries. The collapse of the Doha Round was one of the critical motivating factors, as it was now clear [...]]]></description>
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