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Posts Tagged: Vijaya RamachandranThe Untapped Potential of Global Public Investors: Vijaya RamachandranMarch 21, 2011Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Finance, Global Development Tags: developing countries, global finance, global public investors, infrastructure, sovereign wealth funds, Vijaya Ramachandran
Looking for an investor with billions? Want to know where the money is? If you’re a country with a sound financial and political record seeking money for infrastructure, you can find it in the hands of “global public investors” (GPI’s), a growing group of little-known foreign investment vehicles on the prowl for safe investment opportunities. My guest on this show is Vijaya Ramachandran, senior fellow at CGD, who contributed to a new new report from the Brookings Institute on GPI’s, a term the report authors coined to include such entities as sovereign wealth funds, foreign government employee pension funds, and foreign currency reserve funds. The Brookings report is aimed at U.S. policymakers at the national and state level who are desperate to repair and improve aging infrastructure but face tight budgets and public resistance to raising funds through taxation. Nonetheless, says Vij, the report findings, especially new detail on the size and nature of GPIs, can be extremely valuable to developing countries, too. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 1 Comment »Five CGD Experts on the Seoul G-20 SummitNovember 8, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Global Development Tags: G-20, Kimberly Ann Elliott, Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Nancy Birdsall, Ted Moran, Trade, Vijaya Ramachandran
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Comment »The Gulf Gusher & Africa’s Offshore Oil Boom: Todd Moss and Vijaya RamachandranJune 22, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Africa, Climate Change, Fragile States, Governance/Democracy Tags: Environment, Fragile States, Oil, Todd Moss, Vijaya Ramachandran
My guests are Vijaya Ramachandran and Todd Moss, both senior fellows here at the Center for Global Development. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 1 Comment »Fragile States: Development in the World’s Basket CasesJanuary 19, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Fragile States, Global Development Tags: Foreign Aid, Fragile States, Vijaya Ramachandran
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G-20 leaders gathering in Seoul this week face a full plate of issues, most prominently the effort to stave off beggar-thy-neighbors currency devaluations. This week on the Global Prosperity Wonkcast, we’ve distilled highlights from a private briefing I organized where five CGD experts shared their views on key issues facing the G-20, and their implications for poor people not represented at the table. Snippets below—listen to the full 30-minute Wonkcast for the rest of the story or scroll to the bottom of this page for full event video. If you’d like a bit of historical background on the G-20 and how it came into its current role, listen to 
As the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico continues to spew thousands of barrels of oil each day, media attention has been focused on the toll on nearby economies and ecosystems and on the U.S. political response. On this edition of the Global Prosperity Wonkcast, we look beyond the Gulf of Mexico to explore what implications America’s biggest environmental disaster might hold for the new offshore oil boom getting underway in Africa. 
My guest this week is 
