Inequality
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Finding ways to reduce the poverty that afflicts more than half the world’s people is a core part of CGD’s mission. But understanding the causes, and cures, for poverty alone is not enough. It would only be a partial victory if poor countries succeeded in improving their living standards, only to fall farther behind the world’s wealthiest nations. The Center is therefore committed to reducing inequality: the enormous – and growing – gaps between the richest and poorest countries. CGD work in areas including global public health, aid effectiveness, foreign direct investment, trade, migration, and other areas, contributes to reducing poverty and inequality. Nancy Birdsall heads CGD's work on the causes and effects of inequality on society, which assesses education, pro-poor growth, globalization, and privatization. Nancy has also compiled a syllabus, What to Read: Inequality and Development in a Globalizing World, which brings together key readings on inequality and development in a globalizing world. The Globalization and Inequality Group (GLIG) is a by-invitation-only working group on globalization and inequality hosted jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Center for Global Development. Chaired by Nancy Birdsall, President of CGD, and Carol Graham, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, it is an ongoing effort, serving as both a forum for the discussion of new research on the topic, as well as a means to inform the debate in the longer term. The forum will meet about four times a year. Key Resources
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