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Center for Global Development

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The Center for Global Development is a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C. and London that focuses on international development economics. It was founded in November 2001 by Edward W. Scott, C. Fred Bergsten, and Nancy Birdsall. The center describes its mission as reducing global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the United States and other wealthy countries through research and engagement with the policy community, and it calls itself a think and do tank. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Geography
Country or Jurisdiction Served
United States 2
Wikidata Q3355598, property P17 (country).
Founding Year
2001 1
Headquarters
Washington, D.C., and London 1
Classification
Institution Subtype
Think Tank or Research Institute 1
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1. Center for Global Development (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia, History section
    It was founded in November 2001 by former senior U.S. official Edward W. Scott, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, C. Fred Bergsten, and Nancy Birdsall.
  • Wikipedia, lead sentence
    The Center for Global Development (CGD) is a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., and London that focuses on international development.
  • Introduction, institution-subtype
    The Center for Global Development is a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C.
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