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<b>Welcome to the Center for Global Development's Press Center!</b> </p> <p>As the center鈥檚 media relations coordinator, I am here to help connect you to our experts, research and events. CGD experts routinely appear in the press and welcome interview requests from print, radio, television, and online reporters. They are also happy to provide background information. Check out our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.cgdev.org/section/experts">list of our experts</a> here. Please feel free to contact me with any questions about our work by calling (202) 416-4040, emailing <a href="jbrinton@cgdev.org">Jbrinton@cgdev.org</a> or following me on Twitter at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://twitter.com/#!/Jesscgdev">@JessCGDev</a>.</span></p> <div class="callout right" style="width: 350px;"> <div style="width: 190px; float: left;"> <p style="font-weight: bold;">For Media Inquiries:</p> <ul> <li style="background: 0;padding-bottom: 0;">Jessica Brinton</li> <li style="background: 0;padding-bottom: 0;">Media Relations Coordinator</li> <li style="background: 0;padding-bottom: 0;">(202) 416-4040</li> <li style="background: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/mailto:Jbrinton@cgdev.org">Jbrinton@cgdev.org</a></li> <li style="background: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://twitter.com/JessCGDev">@JessCGDev</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="width: 150px; float: left;"> <p style="font-weight: bold;">Media Resources:</p> <ul> <li style="padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.cgdev.org/content/article/?type=2">In the news</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.cgdev.org/content/article/?type=3">Press releases</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.cgdev.org/section/opinions/blogs">Blogs</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/">Multimedia</a></a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgdev/">Photos</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.cgdev.org/section/about_enews/sitefeeds/">Social media & RSS</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://blogs.cgdev.org/global_prosperity_wonkcast/">Podcasts</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p> I also encourage you to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://www.cgdev.org/section/_enews_intro/subscriptions/">subscribe</a> to our weekly newsletter, events invite list, and topic specific newsletters. You can also follow CGD on Twitter at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://twitter.com/#!/CGDev/all">@CGDev/all</a>. Send me an email with your interests and I would be happy to add you to our press lists. <br><br> Thanks again for your interest in CGD! <br><br> Jessica Brinton </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div style="width: 640px"> <table cellspacing="20px"> <tr> <td width="300px" valign="top"> <div> <h3>CGD in the News</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: none;"> <li style="background: none; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;padding-left: 0px;"><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="/web/20120107060037/http://cgdev.org/content/article/detail/1425849/">Does Microfinancing Really Work? 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font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;padding-left: 0px;"> <a style="font-weight: normal;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://feed.cgdev.org/~r/cgdev/publications/~3/cExqSwCuan4/">Global Health and the New Bottom Billion: How Funders Should Respond to Shifts in Global Poverty and Disease Burden</a> <span class="blog-date">- Jan 6</span> </li> <li style="background: none; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;padding-left: 0px;"> <a style="font-weight: normal;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://feed.cgdev.org/~r/cgdev/publications/~3/K16wbWkzREs/">Why Is Opening the U.S. Market to Poor Countries So Hard?</a> <span class="blog-date">- Jan 6</span> </li> <li style="background: none; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;padding-left: 0px;"> <a style="font-weight: normal;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060037/http://feed.cgdev.org/~r/cgdev/publications/~3/p78Pu6HM0D0/">U.S. Support for Pakistan鈥檚 Private Sector (Sixth Open Letter on U.S. Development Policy in Pakistan)</a> <span class="blog-date">- Jan 6</span> </li> </ul> <a class="more-link" style="float:right" href="/web/20120107060037/http://cgdev.org/section/publications">More publications</a> </div> </td> <td width="300px" valign="top"> <div> <h3>Press Releases</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: none;"> <li style="background: none; 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