Since 2021, MDBs have significantly expanded childcare financing and initiatives—but turning that momentum into lasting progress will require stronger accountability, better measurement, and sustained institutional commitment.
Kelsey Harris and Astha Mainali explain 👇
go.cgdev.org/4orPNfA
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New @cgdev.org paper featured in the @financialtimes.com
Across 17 low- and middle-income countries, at least 1 in 10 schools sits within 5km of a documented contaminated site. That's roughly 250,000 schools and 43 million children.
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Last week, MSA launched the Atlas of Innovation with @ifp.bsky.social.
The Atlas helps policymakers, philanthropists, and development banks choose HOW to fund innovation.
Today’s blog post describes why we made the Atlas and how it works: www.marketshapingaccelerator.org/research/the...
The Decision Tree for Digital Financial Inclusion course equips policymakers, researchers, professors, students, and practitioners with tools to identify the root causes hindering access to and usage of digital payment services.
Explore the course ⤵️
https://go.cgdev.org/4gd3mgI
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Aid to sub-Saharan Africa fell by ~16–28% in 2025, putting pressure on governments already facing tight fiscal constraints.
Join CGD and the IMF for a discussion on what these cuts mean for fiscal stability, public services, and the future of development finance in the region. go.cgdev.org/4v13LHP
Digital financial inclusion challenges don’t always stem from the same problem.
The Decision Tree for Digital Financial Inclusion: An Application to Digital Payments course introduces a framework for identifying the key barrier limiting access to and use of digital payments. go.cgdev.org/4gd3mgI
As aid budgets shrink, what role can philanthropy play in global development?
Using OECD data on $32B in philanthropic commitments, Biniam Bedasso examines where foundations are investing, which countries attract support, and how philanthropic funding patterns are evolving. go.cgdev.org/4fVhlIf
Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA)
Lee Crawfurd
Center for Global Development
📢 New funding opportunity: Up to $5 million for research on global lead poisoning.
@cgdev.org and Coefficient Giving are seeking proposals on lead exposure, battery recycling, policy effectiveness, and other key evidence gaps.
Expressions of interest are due August 2.
go.cgdev.org/4uRmpSo
📣 Are you researching solutions to global lead poisoning?
Join CGD and Coefficient Giving for a Q&A webinar on how to apply for up to $5 million in research funding.
Featuring @leecrawfurd.bsky.social, the session will walk through the new RfP and answer applicant questions.
go.cgdev.org/4e2ufCK
The Atlas of Innovation, developed by @uchi-msa.bsky.social and @ifp.bsky.social, helps policymakers and philanthropists identify which funding approaches best suit different innovation challenges. 🧭
Sarrin Chethik, @siddhharia.bsky.social, and Christopher Snyder explain 👉 go.cgdev.org/3QxaBG1
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Study shows many schools are located close to lead recycling plants
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In 2021, CGD published a review of childcare investments across MDBs, as these institutions play an important role in elevating emerging issue areas and channeling financing to the poorest and most vu...
The recent decline in official development assistance has given new urgency to a familiar question: can private philanthropy help fill the gap? The likely answer is: not at the scale required. Private...
Momentum on tackling global lead poisoning continues to grow, but there's still much that we don't know. So, we're launching a new call for proposals, jointly with Coefficient Giving, to support research to help understand and mitigate the global burden...
The Decision Tree framework presents a new methodology, adaptable to country-specific settings, that will help policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders to diagnose the binding constraints, th...
Momentum on tackling global lead poisoning continues to grow. But there’s still too much that we don’t know. We have issued a second Request for Proposals (RfP), jointly with Coefficient Giving, for r...
The United States government spends close to $200 billion annually on research and development. Every dollar counts, as innovation is crucial to solving pressing social problems and the ultimate driver of economic growth.
By Sarrin Chethik, Siddhartha Haria, and Christopher Snyder The United States government spends close to $200 billion annually on research and development. Every dollar counts, as innovation is crucia...
