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May
9
2024
IN PERSON
10:00—1:00 PM EST | 3-6 PM BST
April 19, 2024
Intended as an in-person conversation, this event will feature participants from across academia, civil society, and government. Representatives from civil society and government will join from the African Foundation for Development, African Climate Mobility Initiative, Center for Global Development...
Mar
26
2024
VIRTUAL
10:00—11:30 AM ET / 2:00 - 3:30 PM GMT
March 01, 2024
Join CGD as Vinod Thomas, author of "Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change," shares some of the key ideas and lessons from the book, and other experts engage in a moderated discussion on the findings and their implications.
Nov
29
2023
HYBRID
Washington, DC
9:00—2:00 PM ET / 14:00—18:45 GMT
October 25, 2023
Join us for this year's 9th Annual Birdsall House Conference on Gender Equality, where we will shine a spotlight on the theme, "Women on the Rise: Breaking Barriers in International Financial Institutions." This conference promises to be a thought-provoking exploration of the challenges women face, ...
Sep
11
2023
4:00—12:00 PM ET / 9:00am-5:00pm GMT+1 cont. on September 12
August 03, 2023
Due to the recent and tragic earthquake in Morocco's High Atlas region, this conference been postponed. Our deepest sympathies are with all those affected and we'll share new information on this page about a rescheduled event soon.
Sep
6
2023
9:00—10:30 AM ET / 2:00-3:30 PM BST
August 07, 2023
Humanitarian crises are increasingly protracted and complex, lacking clear solutions and paths to reach the most-affected individuals and communities. Program implementers need to constantly reflect on what is and what is not working and adapt accordingly, known as adaptative management. The Re:Buil...
Nov
14
2022
VIRTUAL
8:30—12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)/ 1:30—5:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
October 28, 2022
Climate change, conflict, food insecurity, and pandemics. These global challenges are growing in urgency, and complexity—and they are not confined by borders. While wealthy countries are aging and their growth rates are faltering, the traditional manufacturing-led path to rapid growth in poorer coun...
Oct
7
2022
10:00—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)/ 2:00 - 3:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 3:00 - 4:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
September 12, 2022
How can we rethink the World Bank and other MDBs to tackle the new, global challenges facing us today? This event marks the beginning of a new program of work from CGD on the next evolution of the MDBs—their evolving mandate to provide global public goods. Throughout the project CGD will consult key...
Jun
8
2022
12:00—1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
June 02, 2022
Developing countries have made tremendous progress in reducing poverty in the last fifty years, supported by international cooperation and more open societies and economies. However, in recent years, nationalist and populist movements as well as geopolitical fractures have hindered multilateralism, ...
May
31
2022
HYBRID
7:00—8:30 AM 7:00- 8:30am Eastern Time (US & Canada), 1:00 - 2:30pm CEST (Central European Summer Time)
May 25, 2022
Sida, the Center for Global Development, and the Zambian delegation to Stockholm +50 cordially invite you to a panel discussion on the mobilization of private capital for climate finance in low- and lower middle-income countries, taking place at Sida’s offices in Stockholm.