Labour markets are becoming increasingly global. Yet employers often struggle to understand and trust the skills that a potential migrant has. At best, this leads to under-employment; at worst it prev...

The model of manufacturing export-led growth followed by a number of countries in East Asia and beyond is becoming ever more complex to emulate. But new pathways to rapid growth for developing countri...

For over 100 years, think tanks have been instrumental in shaping policy around the world, developing ideas and synthesizing complex information for policymakers, political leaders, and journalists. H...

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is often touted as an important tool in low- and middle-income countries struggling with high levels of unemployment and large skills gaps. As a ...

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is often touted as an important tool in low- and middle-income countries struggling with high levels of unemployment and large skills gaps. As a ...

In a recent paper, we at CGD outlined the extent to which skilled immigrants already contribute to the UK’s green-skilled workforce. This note, written with colleagues from the International Organizat...

Workforce gaps are a key bottleneck when it comes to reducing carbon emissions in almost every country. Even where capital, technology, and political will are available, shortages of skilled workers a...

Every year, high-income countries recruit hundreds of thousands of seasonal agricultural workers on temporary visas, handing out what can, in effect, be winning lottery tickets. A six-month stint on a...

The Commitment to Development Index ranks 40 of the world's most powerful countries on their dedication to policies that affect more than 5 billion people living in poorer nations. Sweden leads this y...

To devise and design all immigration policy solely through the lens of crime—particularly as part of broader efforts to combat gangs—is misguided and likely to be ineffective. Instead, policy should f...

What is IDYF？ Purpose Design Our Future Mission 1 Become the placeto encounter ner worlds 2 Become the centerto produce innovative ideas 3 Become the pratformto connect with worldwide youths IDYF is a...

Building on previous pilots—including the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC), Youth, Employment, and Skills in Kosovo(YES), and Pilot Project Addressing Labour Shortages Through Innovative La...

UN80 has three workstreams: internal efficiency and effectiveness; mandate implementation; and structural changes. All have reform proposals which were discussed during UNGA; Member States will be fur...

Since January, the United States has adopted a range of foreign economic policies with negative impacts on the rest of the world, including higher tariffs on exports, taxes on remittances, and reducti...

If the UK is to meet its green transition goals, it will need to use immigration policy.

Green Horizons is a new global platform launched in June 2025 to connect refugees and host community members with green transition jobs through training and migration pathways. Supported by CGD and over 20 partners, the platform aims to scale employer-led solutions to meet labour shortages and deliver on climate goals.

A conversation about remittances and where they fit in the climate finance crisis.

Le 16 juin dernier, le Sénat américain a dévoilé sa version de la « belle et grande loi » budgétaire voulue par Donald Trump. Celle-ci inclut une taxe sur les transferts de fonds des migrants qui pour...

The Trump Administration’s elimination of USAID, combined with announcements of further cuts, will have “immediate and devastating” impacts on refugees and the countries that host them. We need to fin...

During this event, experts from Fragomen, the Center for Global Development, government, and industry will address key questions aimed at resolving the constraints on Europe’s Green Transition and ide...

Bringing together some of the world’s leading economic thinkers, the conference will help identify the best way forward—with deep dives on key topics such as artificial intelligence, migration, nutrit...

How does emigration of highly educated citizens of low-income countries to high-income countries affect the economies of the origin countries? The direct effect is “brain drain”—a decrease in the coun...

During this event, experts from Fragomen, the Center for Global Development, government, and industry will address key questions, including: Where is the greatest demand for workers and what types of ...

Recently, the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) released their plans for IDA21, including for the Window for Host Communities and Refugees (WHR), now placed under a new umbrella...

In 2019, Germany and the Philippines established the world’s first nursing Global Skill Partnership (GSP). In a GSP, the destination country pays for the training of much-needed workers within the cou...

Explore how remittances could help reduce the impacts of aid cuts and support broader economic development goals.

Apply to Summer Internship 2025 - CGD Europe at Center for Global Development in London, London, United Kingdom.

Explore how remittances could help reduce the impacts of aid cuts and support broader economic development goals.

After the decision of the Venezuelan regime to disregard the results of the presidential election of July 28, 2024, and subsequently swear in Maduro for a new term on January 10, 2025, the internation...

In many countries new asylum seekers are not allowed to work for a certain period of time after arriving. The UK has one of the longest such periods: 12 months. Many claim that letting asylum seekers ...

Fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) present the most difficult development problem of our era. According to the last OECD States of Fragility report, the sixty countries characterized as FC...

Analysis estimates allowing people in the asylum system to work sooner could result in a net benefit of £1.2 billion to the UK economy