Nancy Lee

Senior Fellow @CGDev. Previously Deputy CEO of CEO at & Deputy Assistant Secretary @

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

Earlier estimates suggested USAID program cancellations could lead to up to 700,000 additional deaths annually.

New analysis by @charlesjkenny and @JustinSandefur finds the toll could reach 1 million now and 1.6 million with future cuts. Learn more:
https://t.co/B19kW5f4R1

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

⏰Happening live! Join CGD for a discussion to map the frontier of stablecoins in global development, exploring both the potential for economic benefit and the risks that will require careful navigation.

Join the conversation:
https://t.co/KBpFDYt9Tf

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

As aid budgets shrink, the Global Fund’s next $18B replenishment target looks unlikely.

A rethink is needed. @JaneenMadan & Clemence Landers outline how a mixed grant–loan model could strengthen the Fund’s future:
https://t.co/Zi6tLNnn6j

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

With major donors scaling back aid, the Global Fund’s $18B target for 2026–2028 looks out of reach.

@JaneenMadan & Clemence Landers propose a rethink of the Global Fund’s donor-dependent model. Learn more about the mixed grant & loan approach:
https://t.co/Zi6tLNnn6j

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

As #COP30 continues, @SamAttridge1 & @charleyward23 argue that there's no better time for @WorldBank's new AgriConnect initiative.

They discuss @IFC_org's crucial role in shifting from large corporate lending toward smaller actors and stronger local finance systems:
https://t.co/aUNyuYuupX

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

“They were careless people, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[W. Gyude Moore @gyude_moore]

Renewable energy alliance mobilizes $4.2B for green projects in Africa - "...the organization said energy access in Africa was “hindered” by high financing costs driven by perceived risks, limited affordable capital & fragmented energy infrastructure..."
https://t.co/bXHntU34l4

[Justin Sandefur @JustinSandefur]

The “China+1” play and friend-shoring were supposed to be the upside to Trump’s trade war for America’s developing-country allies. Alas…

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

Tomorrow! @DrSethBerkley joins @rglenner to discuss his new book, Fair Doses: An Insider’s Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity. They’ll unpack the science & lessons from the global vaccine effort.

There's still time to RSVP! ⬇️
https://t.co/9D1Mq4WdD2

[Jackson Boaz @jacksonboaz_]

.@MalloryMcMorrow does it again.

Her speech yesterday on Trump's SNAP cuts already has 3M+ views across platforms.

Good reminder for Dems to keep it simple & tell it like it is.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

https://t.co/QFwLJrFY6C

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

The @IMFNews & @WorldBank #AnnualMeetings are right around the corner!

📆 Throughout next week, CGD will host important discussions with leading global development experts, policymakers, and more.

Explore the events and register to join us. ⬇️
https://t.co/jJ20eQibSD

[Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny]

At its peak, about 1 in 7 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa caused by HIV/AIDS. It is now one in 20. PEPFAR takes a lot of credit. Since the launch of PMI in 2005, death rates from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa are down by a third. This is the time to double down, not walk away.

[Justin Sandefur @JustinSandefur]

One of the real missed turns of development economics was Lin’s stint as World Bank chief economist — a perfect opportunity for the Bank to revisit its ‘90s skepticism of East Asian policies and look for lessons from China’s growth for other developing countries. Didn’t happen.

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

Oct. 15: Building on an upcoming paper, senior leaders & experts will join @CGDev to discuss what it takes to execute effectively on country platforms.

Ft: Alexia Latortue, @RaniaAlMashat, Ivan Oliveira, & @Nancyb_Lee. Register to join ⬇️ #AnnualMeetings
https://t.co/6Cj8HoTdSv

[Ryan @Rybread_26]

People I talk to outside DC do not understand what's happening. On my way to work, three cars surrounded a fourth, five guys got out in masks, wearing no agency name, grabbed a man from the car, shoved them in theirs, and drove off.

[W. Gyude Moore @gyude_moore]

Kenya plans to raise up to $4 billion by securitizing an import levy to fund expansion of its China-built railway https://t.co/rBqaqZ5tqN

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Incredibly relevant to the times we live in

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

New research shows that during congressional hearings, Dr. Janet Yellen—then Chair of the US Fed. Reserve—was interrupted more, & more aggressively, than her male counterparts.

Eeshani Kandpal links this to broader patterns of workplace bias women face:
https://t.co/G1rNhruFun

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

SDRs could be used as MDB capital to boost development finance—without draining reserves.

To make that happen, @MarkWPlant explains that three ingredients are needed: political leadership, collective action, and institutional adaptation. More:
https://t.co/YbxUmEx2ph