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Mar
14
2019
4:00—5:30 PM
March 05, 2019
Every year, governments worldwide sign contracts worth trillions of dollars. Citizens should know what is in those contracts, so that they can hold governments accountable. They can only do so if the contracts are published. However, there are cases in which full publication of all the information i...
May
2
2018
4:00—5:30 PM
April 18, 2018
Pascale Hélène Dubois will discuss the global impact of World Bank investigation and prevention activities and then join a panel with Kathrin Frauscher, Deputy and Program Director, Open Contracting Partnership and Hasan Tuluy, Partnership for Transparency Board Director, former World ...
Jun
20
2017
4:30—5:30 PM
May 30, 2017
Please join us to celebrate the launch of Charles Kenny's latest book, Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and Corruption. This work illustrates a growing problem: an important and justified focus on corruption as a barrier to development has led to policy change in ...
May
9
2017
12:30—2:00 PM
April 28, 2017
Kate Raworth's new book Doughnut Economics discusses "seven key ways to fundamentally rethink economics and transform the economy into one that works for all." Raworth will present her ideas from Doughnut Economics, to be followed by discussion and debate with the audience. Ka...
Apr
17
2017
12:00—1:30 PM
March 24, 2017
The World Development Report for 2017 is on Governance and the Law. The report fits into (and helps address) two linked debates about development and the role of the World Bank: first is the tension between best practices, rankings, and learning across economies with the ideas of going with th...
Jan
19
2016
3:30—5:00 PM
January 13, 2016
Public Private Partnerships in infrastructure alone in developing countries bring investment worth more than $100 billion a year. But such partnerships are often designed and implemented with little transparency –increasing the risk of unsustainable agreements and hindering the diffusion of be...