Event Calendar

The Center for Global Development was launched with a lunch reception and panel discussion.

CGD hosted a book presentation by William Easterly, author of The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics in discussion with Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of Economic Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

CGD hosted a movie presentation: The Marshall Plan: Against the Odds.

In the run-up to the UN Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, CGD hosted a two-part conference. Part One was Financing for Development: Regional Challenges and the Regional Development Banks. Part Two was New Proposals On Financing For Development.

The Center hosted a movie presentation: Patient Abuse: South Africa's Struggle for AIDS Treatment.

Center for Global Development non-resident fellow and professor at the Kennedy School of Government Lant Pritchett and Harvard University Professor Michael Woolcock presented "Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development."

The Center for Global Development and the Institute for International Economics launched the new book, Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Gold to a New Aid Architecture by Nancy Birdsall and John Williamson with Brian Deese.

The Center hosted a photo exhibit - A Broken Landscape: HIV & AIDS in Africa. The evening included a discussion with Paul Kwengwere Program Support Director, ActionAid Malawi; and Paul Ehmer, Global Bureau of Health, USAID.

The Center hosted a conference entitiled "Washington Contentious: Issues in Global and Domestic Inequity." This event was co-sponsored with the Inter-American Dialogue and featured Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga Ramírez as keynote speaker.

On September 30, 2002, the Center for Global Development hosted a roundtable discussion on "The Millennium Challenge Account: A New Model For Increased Aid Effectiveness?"

The Center hosted "Investing in Peace: How Development Aid Can Prevent or Promote Conflict" with author Robert J. Muscat.

Shang-Jin Wei, of the Brookings Institution and the International Monetary Fund presented "Transparency and International Investor Behavior."

The Center hosted "Making the News - Inspiring Views: How the Media Educates and Inspires Us About International Development."

CGD and John Snow, Inc. (JSI) convened the conference HIV/AIDS in Africa: What Works to highlight successful strategies in response to the growing HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa.

Peter Lanjouw and Berk Özler of the World Bank research department presented a new method for combining survey and census data to estimate income inequality at the local level in developing countries -- an exercise known as 'poverty mapping'.

The Center for Global Development, in conjunction with the Inter-American Development Bank, and with generous support from the Tinker Foundation and the Asian Development Bank, examined the impacts of privatization on the poor. Initial findings were presented in a two-day conference in Washington, on February 24-25, 2003.

Tito Cordella and Giovanni Dell'Ariccia of the International Monetary Fund presented, "Conditional Aid, Sovereign Debt, and Debt Relief."

David Dollar, research manager for the macroeconomics and growth team at the World Bank Research Department presented, "Investment climate and firm performance in developing economies."

The Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy Magazine (FP) launched the Commitment to Development Index. The Index rates rich countries' contributions to global development through measures of their aid, trade, migration, investment, peacekeeping, and environmental policies.

Alan Gelb and Todd Moss of the World Bank Africa Region group presented " The World Bank's New Strategy for Africa. "

The Center hosted a Development Matters event on the likely outcome and development implications of Iraq's debt.

CGD launched the new book, Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account, by CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet.

The Center hosted a presentation about results-based aid management by Keiichiro Nakazawa, Director of Development Assistance Operations Evaluation Office for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

CGD hosted a Development Matters event featuring the Gateway Ambassadors (GA) of Ghana. The GA gave a rousing performance of song and spoken word.

Simeon Djankov of the World Bank presented "The World Bank's 'Doing Business' Indicators and Their Implications for IDA Funding."