Subject: 2017 Holiday Newsletter from CSIS PPD
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 13:05:25 +0000
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Recent Events, Publications, and Podcasts from PPD
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2017 Holiday Newsletter

** Happy New Year from the Project on Prosperity and Development
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The CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development (PPD) had an eventful close to the year. Below are some of the featured highlights, publications, and podcasts.

PUBLICATIONS

DFIs Drive the Development Agenda Center Stage (https://www.csis.org/analysis/dfis-drive-development-agenda-center-stage?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : PPD hosted a public panel discussion (https://www.csis.org/events/development-finance-institutions-changing-global-economy?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  on the role of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in the changing global economy. Following this event, PPD Director Daniel Runde (https://www.csis.org/people/daniel-f-runde?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) and Christopher Metzger (https://www.csis.org/people/christopher-metzger?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) authored a commentary (https://www.csis.org/analysis/dfis-drive-development-agenda-center-stage?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  that takes a look at the growing role of DFIs' in catalyzing private investment and their work in increasingly fragile places.

Panel from the event on DFIs in a Changing Global Economy: Dan Runde (Moderator), David Bohigian (OPIC), Linda Broekhuizen (FMO), Alain Ebobissé (Africa50), and Dr. Joachim Nagel (KfW) at CSIS.

Toward a Shareholder Consensus on MDB System (https://www.csis.org/analysis/toward-shareholder-consensus-mdb-system?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : After a sympoisum (https://www.csis.org/events/towards-shareholder-consensus-mdb-system?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  in October 2017 at CSIS, Romina Bandura (https://www.csis.org/people/romina-bandura?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  published a report (https://www.csis.org/analysis/toward-shareholder-consensus-mdb-system?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) on the opportunities for reform in the Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) system. Developing countries have more options for development assistance now, and many are moving away from traditional MDBs. How should the World Bank and others react?

Merging Services Could Damage Both USAID and State (https://www.csis.org/analysis/merging-services-could-damage-both-usaid-and-state-opposite-effect?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : After a public event (https://www.csis.org/events/sharing-state-and-usaid-services-increasing-efficiency-or-breaking-system?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) in October 2017, Daniel Runde (https://www.csis.org/people/daniel-f-runde?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) and Erol Yayboke (https://www.csis.org/people/erol-yayboke?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  published a commentary (https://www.csis.org/analysis/merging-services-could-damage-both-usaid-and-state-opposite-effect?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) on the Trump Administration’s recent push for increased efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability which led to ideas about a potential merging of USAID and the Department of State. However, efforts to merge these services might create more problems than they would solve.

An Economic Lens on International Migration (https://www.csis.org/analysis/economic-lens-international-migration?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : A recent report by Jamal Saghir (https://www.csis.org/people/jamal-saghir?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  and Jena Santoro (https://www.csis.org/analysis/economic-lens-international-migration?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  offers a perspective on the increasing role that migrants play in the economic promise of both home and host nations. Host governments are in a critical position to reflect this trend through complementary policies and resource allocation to meet the growing migration challenge.

Avoid an American "Brexit" with NAFTA (https://www.csis.org/analysis/avoid-american-brexit-nafta?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : PPD hosted an event (https://www.csis.org/events/beyond-trade-costs-and-consequences-exiting-nafta?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) in December 2017 that focused on the costs and consequences beyond trade of exiting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). After the event, two of the speakers (Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne (https://www.csis.org/people/earl-anthony-wayne?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) and Richard Miles (https://www.csis.org/people/richard-miles?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) ), and Christopher Metzger (https://www.csis.org/people/christopher-metzger?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) published a commentary (https://www.csis.org/analysis/avoid-american-brexit-nafta?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) that identifies many of the steps that should be taken the modernize and update the 23-year-old agreement when negotiations resume in January.

Panel from the event, Beyond Trade: The Costs and Consequences of Exiting NAFTA: Romina Bandura (CSIS), Earl Anthony Wayne (fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and a Public Affairs Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s México Institute), Arturo Sarukhan (fmr. Mexican Ambassador to the United States), and Michael Wilson (Fmr. Canadian Ambassador to the US).

The Strategic Implications of Exiting the Global Migration Compact Process (https://www.csis.org/analysis/strategic-implications-exiting-global-migration-compact-process?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : On December 3, 2017, the Trump Administration became the first and, to date, only country in the world to withdraw from the global migration compact processes, claiming in a statement  (https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/12/276190.htm?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) that it “could undermine the sovereign right of the United States to enforce [its] immigration laws and secure [its] borders.” Being the only country in the world to pull out of the process was a strategic mistake that could make the United States less safe with less global influence and thus even less control over irregular migration to its borders. To hear more, read the full commentary by Erol Yayboke (https://www.csis.org/people/erol-yayboke?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789)  here (https://www.csis.org/analysis/strategic-implications-exiting-global-migration-compact-process?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) .

PODCASTS

A Look at OECD’s DAC: The Major League Baseball Commission of Development: (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/building-future-freedom-prosperity-and-foreign-policy-dan-runde/look-oecds-dac-major-league?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) In this podcast, Ambassador James Michel (https://www.csis.org/people/james-michel?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) , former U.S Ambassador to Guatemala and chair of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), discusses the critical role of the DAC and the international dialogue around new approaches toward development.

Partnering with Australia to Tackle Today’s Development Challenges (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/building-future-freedom-prosperity-and-foreign-policy-dan-runde/partnering-australia-tackle?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : Andrew Shearer (https://www.csis.org/people/andrew-shearer?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) , Director of the Alliances and American Leadership Project at CSIS, joins Dan for a podcast on the importance of international partnerships and the changing landscape of the Asia-Pacific region. How can the United States and Australia strengthen their collaboration in fragile and conflict-affected places?

Is Development the Answer to the Forced Migration Crisis? (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/building-future-freedom-prosperity-and-foreign-policy-dan-runde/development-answer-forced?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : Professor Andrew Natsios (http://bush.tamu.edu/faculty/anatsios/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) , former USAID Administrator and a key member of the CSIS Forced Migration Task Force, shares his views on the evolving role of USAID and international organizations in responding to the forced migration crisis. More people are displaced today than at any other point in human history. Mr. Natsios provides powerful insights in the root causes of the global migration crisis and the steps to reduce its impact.

Is This the Cuban Glasnost? (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/building-future-freedom-prosperity-and-foreign-policy-dan-runde/cuban-glasnost?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) : Antonio Rodiles (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/who-is-antonio-rodiles-wh_b_2166707.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789) , a Cuban dissident, opens up to Dan Runde in this podcast about the challenges he has faced as an activist in Cuba and his hopes for political change. In addition, he discusses U.S.-Cuba relations and the ongoing corruption that has hindered the country’s progress. Click the link to hear more from our courageous guest.

Podcast interview between Dan Runde and Antonio Rodiles

** For more content from PPD, check out our webpage: https://www.csis.org/programs/project-us-leadership-development/project-prosperity-and-development?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7438199fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7438199fde-145367789
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