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Jul
20
2023
VIRTUAL
10:00—11:00 AM ET / 3:00-4:00 PM BST
June 14, 2023
Join the Center for Global Development for a virtual panel discussion reflecting on lessons learned from COVAX for future global and regional response efforts to ensure rapid and equitable access to vaccines and other medical countermeasures.
Mar
7
2023
VIRTUAL
9:30—10:45 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
February 27, 2023
Following promising clinical trial results, the first oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 received emergency use authorization in late 2021. Since then, manufacturers, global health funders, and other partners have focused on ramping up global supply, including via test-and-treat pilot programs. ...
Oct
13
2022
3:30—5:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
October 07, 2022
The international finance system is overwhelming creditor centric and is not considerate of the borrower’s needs. Creditors are often organised through “club” or “committees”, such as the Paris Club, which exclude the Borrower from negotiations. Subsequently, there is an urgent need to increase Borr...
Oct
5
2021
8:30—10:00 AM Washington DC Time
September 24, 2021
Africa’s informal sector continues to expand, employing a large part of the growing workforce. At the same time, the small and very small businesses have daunting challenges in accessing financing and thus are vulnerable to small changes in the business environment. Without financing, their scale of...
Sep
28
2021
9:30—11:00 AM Washington DC Time
September 21, 2021
What is the impact of IMF-supported programs on growth? Does the Fund lean too heavily towards austerity to ensure external adjustment at the expense of growth? The latest report from the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) examined how IMF-supported programs...
Jun
16
2021
9:00—10:15 AM Washington DC time
June 03, 2021
How much about COVID-19 purchasing agreements is available in the public domain? And how can data sharing and contract publication help policymakers decide how much vaccine countries should buy, who should pay, and how they should be delivered and distributed?
Mar
17
2021
9:30—11:00 AM ET
March 06, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on African economies, translating notably into growing fiscal and external imbalances and worsening growth and poverty outcomes. Due to limited policy space, many countries on the continent will be constrained in their ability to implement expansion...
Jan
14
2021
2:00—3:15 PM ET
January 05, 2021
Although the global economy is emerging from the collapse triggered by COVID-19, the recovery is likely to be subdued, and global output is projected to remain well below its pre-pandemic trend for a prolonged period. Several risks cloud the outlook, including those related to the pandemic and to ra...