“CGD occupies the well-reasoned middle-ground these days between the anti-globalists and the doctrinaire cheerleaders for free markets, free trade and free flows of capital.” —The Washington Post

Each day brings fresh evidence that Americans’ well-being is linked to the lives of others around the world as never before. Accelerating advances in technology and the creation of new knowledge offer undreamed-of opportunities. Yet global poverty, inequality, disease, and the threat of rapid climate change threaten our hopes. How will the next U.S. president tackle these global challenges?

The White House and the World shows how modest changes in U.S. policies could greatly improve the lives of poor people in developing countries, thus fostering greater stability, security and prosperity globally and at home.

Center for Global Development experts offer fresh perspectives and practical advice on trade policy, migration, foreign aid, climate change, and more. In an introductory essay, CGD President Nancy Birdsall explains why and how the next U.S. president must lead in the creation of a better, safer world.

The White House and the World will be invaluable to anybody interested in improving U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century.

Praise for the Center for Global Development:

“The Center for Global Development has a track record of providing important insights into how the United States can improve global development policy and thereby tackle some of the world's most intractable problems. This book continues that tradition and helps advance our understanding about how the next administration can improve a critical arm of our global engagement.”
—Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

“CGD’s work is always rigorous and very often useful to us in government. Their combination of independence and high quality makes it a place to turn to for new ideas and sound analysis.”
—Bobby Pittman Jr., Senior Director and Special Assistant to President Bush for African Affairs at the National Security Council

“I commend the Center for its excellent initiatives to raise the profile of development issues and to contribute ideas and solutions to the many challenges of development.”
—Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General

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CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
Righting the Th ree-Legged Stool: Why Global
Development Matters for Americans and
What the Next President Should Do about It
Nancy Birdsall 1
Harnessing U.S. Technology and Business
1 Healthy Foreign Policy: Bringing Coherence to the Global Health Agenda
Ruth Levine 43
2 Global Warming: An Opportunity for Greatness
David Wheeler 63
3 Power and Roads for Africa: What the United States Can Do
Vijaya Ramachandran 91
4 Foreign Direct Investment and Development
Theodore Moran 121
5 Getting the Focus Right: U.S. Leadership in the Fight against Global Corruption
Dennis de Tray and Theodore Moran 141
6 Integration in the Americas: One Idea for Plan B
Nancy Lee 171
Better Trade and Migration Policies
7 U.S. Trade Policy and Global Development
Kimberly Ann Elliott 185
8 Tripping over Health: U.S. Policy on Patents and Drug Access in Developing Countries
Carsten Fink and Kimberly Ann Elliott 215
9 Don’t Close the Golden Door: Making Immigration Policy Work for Development
Michael Clemens and Sami Bazzi 241
Aid and Security
10 Modernizing U.S. Foreign Assistance for the Twenty-first Century
Sheila Herrling and Steve Radelet 273
11 Opportunities for Presidential Leadership on AIDS: From an “Emergency Plan” to a Sustainable Policy
Mead Over 299
12 U.S. Policy toward Fragile States: An Integrated Approach to Security and Development
Stewart Patrick 327
13 Aid for Education: More Bang for the Buck
Kate Vyborny and Nancy Birdsall 355

About the Center for Global Development

The Center for Global Development is an independent, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality and to making globalization work for the poor.

Through a combination of research and strategic outreach, the Center actively engages policymakers and the public to influence the policies of the United States, other rich countries, and such institutions as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization to improve the economic and social development prospects in poor countries.

The Center’s Board of Directors bears overall responsibility for the Center and includes distinguished leaders of nongovernmental organizations, former offi cials, business executives, and some of the world’s leading scholars of development.

The Center receives advice on its research and policy programs from the Board and from an Advisory Committee that comprises respected development specialists and advocates. The Center’s president works with the Board, the Advisory Committee, and the Center’s senior staff in setting the research and program priorities and approves all formal publications.

The Center is supported by an initial significant financial contribution from Edward W. Scott Jr. and by funding from philanthropic foundations and other organizations.

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