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Feb
5
2020
4:00—5:30 PM ET
January 21, 2020
Please join us to discuss the new IDRC book Scaling Impact: Innovation for the Public Good. Co-authors, Robert McLean and John Gargani, will discuss the new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation outlined in the book, based on a review of over 200...
Dec
3
2019
4:00—5:30 PM ET
November 15, 2019
Amolo will talk about the demographics now shaping the future of work in Africa—where the young bulge is just starting—and middle-income Asian countries which are now facing challenges of supporting an aging population. With that in mind, she will discuss how the reality that most people...
Sep
14
2018
11:00—12:00 PM
September 04, 2018
Please join us for the launch of a new book published by the International Monetary Fund, Race to the Next Income Frontier: How Senegal and Other Low-Income Countries Can Reach the Finish Line. Following remarks from IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, the panel will discuss the political econo...
Jan
17
2018
9:30—11:00 AM
January 08, 2018
Due to the potential for snow tomorrow, we are unfortunately canceling this event. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see you at CGD soon.
Please join Crispian Olver for a discussing of his latest book How to Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay: An Inside Account.&n...
Sep
25
2017
12:30—2:00 PM
September 14, 2017
Effectiveness sounds dull. But what if an extra dollar or rupee in a budget could feed ten people instead of one? Or if $100,000 of international aid spending could be tweaked so it would save ten times as many lives? When the stakes are this high, efficiency in spending becomes a moral imperative. ...
Apr
19
2017
4:00—5:30 PM
March 24, 2017
The first Economic Inclusion Strategy for the EBRD, to be officially launched in May 2017, builds on four years of implementing inclusion concepts through the Bank’s operations. Economic inclusion, the opening up of access to labour markets, entrepreneurship and, more generally, economic oppor...
Nov
9
2016
4:00—5:45 PM
November 01, 2016
In September 2015, world leaders agreed on a new development agenda, Agenda 2030, that would leave no one behind and that would eliminate extreme poverty and hunger. What are the most effective ways of reach those objectives? Is agriculture still the most effective way to reduce poverty, in a rapidl...
Nov
17
2015
4:00—5:30 PM
November 11, 2015
“Sustainability” is not just an environmental concept. It also applies to market outcomes. No society has figured out how to allocate scarce economic resources efficiently on behalf of society’s needs without using market processes. But markets sometimes fail in this process, espec...
Nov
12
2015
4:00—5:30 PM
November 04, 2015
Countering terrorism is and must remain a critical national security priority for the United States and countries around the world. Anti–money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) laws are key tools in these efforts. However, there are rising concerns that these effo...
Aug
28
2014
5:00—7:00 PM
August 20, 2014
CGD is pleased to announce a screening of Fatal Assistance, part of our film series, Global Development Matters.
Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a 2-year journey inside the challenging, contradictory and colossal rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti. Through its provocative...