Feb

4

2025

VIRTUAL
8:30—9:45 AM ET | 1:30—2:45 PM GMT

Official Development Assistance at a Crossroads: Pathways to Reform

Speakers

Antón Leis García, Director, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation AECID

Susanna Gable, Deputy Director, Development Policy and Finance, Gates Foundation

Pierre Jacquet, Non-Resident Fellow, CGD

Kathy Nicolaou-ManiasProgram Director, International Economic Partnership, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA)

Moderator

Masood Ahmed, President Emeritus, CGD

As global pressures—from climate change and pandemics to rising inequality and increasing geopolitical tensions—intensify and the landscape of development finance evolves questions about the role and purpose of Official Development Assistance (ODA) are growing louder. These questions are only likely to grow more pertinent in a fiscally constrained environment. Now is the time to ask whether the concept of ODA (and how it is counted) needs to be modified to ensure it remains fit for purpose.  

Join the us for a timely and thought-provoking discussion on the future of ODA, featuring leading experts, policymakers, and practitioners discussing the critical questions shaping the next decade of development finance, including the challenges facing ODA and exploring pathways for reform, ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville this June.  

This event will also serve as a platform to launch CGD’s compendium, The Future of Official Development Assistance: Incremental Improvements or Radical Reform? which gathers expert insights and actionable ideas, offering a roadmap to reimagine the role and purpose of ODA. 

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