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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » Regions</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>It’s (Still) Time to Try Something New to Pressure Assad in Syria</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/04/it%e2%80%99s-still-time-to-try-something-new-to-pressure-assad-in-syria.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Barder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Owen Barder - This is a joint post with Kimberly Elliott The April 12 deadline for a complete ceasefire in Syria seems to have slightly damped the violence in Syria for now, but alone it will do nothing to ensure a peaceful transition to a democratic government. President Bashar Assad’s government is still not complying with other parts [...]]]></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>India’s Summer of Scams Reaches a Climax</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/india%e2%80%99s-summer-of-scams-reaches-a-climax.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/india%e2%80%99s-summer-of-scams-reaches-a-climax.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Milan Vaishnav</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Milan Vaishnav - Picture this: an Indian social activist from humble origins, dressed in homespun and espousing the virtues of non-violent civil disobedience, takes on his country’s corrupt overlords by launching an indefinite hunger strike to bring the government to its knees.  Think you’ve seen this movie before?  Think again.  This time around, the year is 2011 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could Uganda Be the Next Niger Delta?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/could-uganda-be-the-next-niger-delta.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - That’s the question in Alain Vicky’s piece this morning in Le Monde Diplomatique (gated). Vicky warns that oil discoveries in Uganda’s Bunyoro region threaten to heighten simmering tensions between the local communities whose ground is being drilled and the central government which is pocketing the cash. Unmet expectations and popular frustration with politicians could unleash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Sense of African Development: Updated and More Optimistic!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/07/making-sense-of-african-development-updated-and-more-optimistic.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/07/making-sense-of-african-development-updated-and-more-optimistic.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - I’m thrilled that the 2nd edition of African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors is out this week.  Thanks to Chris Blattman at Yale, Callisto Madavo at Georgetown, and others who have used it in their courses, demand for the first 2007 edition was high enough that the terrific Lynne Rienner asked me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Sirleaf’s Ambition for Liberia: Aid-Free in a Decade</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/president-sirleaf%e2%80%99s-ambition-for-liberia-aid-free-in-a-decade.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/president-sirleaf%e2%80%99s-ambition-for-liberia-aid-free-in-a-decade.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Investment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - CGD had the honor and privilege of hosting Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—the first elected female head of state in Africa—on June 23.  At the event, President Sirleaf set a hugely ambitious goal of being aid-free within ten years. Given that aid currently accounts for more than half of GDP, this would imply serious increases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa to Launch Development Aid Agency</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/01/south-africa-to-launch-development-aid-agency.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/01/south-africa-to-launch-development-aid-agency.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijaya Ramachandran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD DAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=5254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vijaya Ramachandran - This is a joint post with Julie Walz. South Africa announced last week that it will launch its own development aid agency in 2011 &#8211; the South African Development Partnership Agency.  This move places South Africa ahead of other emerging donors such as India and China , who have yet to create separate agencies to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The True True Size of Africa</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/11/the-true-true-size-of-africa.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/11/the-true-true-size-of-africa.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Size]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=4765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - The Economist has a nice piece here on the True Size of Africa. It’s about geographic size (Africa is bigger than you think – which is true for all countries and regions near the equator that don’t benefit from the Mercator distortion in our two-dimensional map world). Here’s a copy of my comment posted there: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Senate Bill Will Hopefully Push the Administration on Zimbabwe Policy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/05/new-senate-bill-will-hopefully-push-the-administration-on-zimbabwe-policy.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/05/new-senate-bill-will-hopefully-push-the-administration-on-zimbabwe-policy.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=3978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - Things are still going badly in Zimbabwe, and there’s little doubt that the same old negative forces are to blame.  There is also concern that once the attention of the World Cup in South Africa has passed, that the risk of renewed violence will rise. A palpable malaise has fallen over U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the Plane Bomber, Where in the World is Nigeria’s President?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/01/after-the-plane-bomber-where-in-the-world-is-nigerias-president.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/01/after-the-plane-bomber-where-in-the-world-is-nigerias-president.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance/Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=2720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - This entry was also posted on the Huffington Post, AllAfrica, and Sahara Reporters. Amid all the media frenzy around the Nigerian underwear bomber and how America should have stopped him before he tried to blow up a passenger plane on Christmas Day, a critical piece to the counter-terrorism puzzle seems to have been missed: where [...]]]></description>
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