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Oct
7
2024
VIRTUAL
12:00—1:00 AM
October 07, 2024
As the European Commission gears up for its next phase of leadership, Mikaela Gavas sat down with Jutta Urpilainen, the outgoing European Commissioner for International Partnerships, to reflect on her five years in office. The Commissioner shared insights into the challenges she faced, the accomplis...
Blog Post
October 07, 2024
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were created to assist members facing financial crises, but are they ready to respond to Africa’s looming oil shock? The short answer is no, but as we explain in a new paper, the IMF and World Bank can act now to avert a future crisis.
POLICY PAPERS
October 07, 2024
The decision to end the use of fossil fuels for energy production by 2050 will have major implications for global trade and investment flows. This paper examines the likely effects of the permanent collapse in demand for oil on three large and systemically significant African countries that are vita...
Blog Post
October 07, 2024
One of the main drivers of the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—an impending crisis which already causes over 1.25 million annual deaths globally and nearly 300,000 annual deaths in India—is the overuse of antibiotics. While access to antibiotics is key to prevent mortality, insufficient co...
Oct
21
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
11:00—12:00 PM EDT | 4:00—5:00 PM BST
October 06, 2024
Join the Center for Global Development as Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn sits down with CGD President Emeritus Masood Ahmed to take stock of multilateral development banks’ progress on adapting to the challenges of the 21st century.
Sep
23
2024
IN PERSON
8:30—8:30 AM ET
October 03, 2024
From affordable tutoring to supporting farmers with agricultural information, pilot programs built on generative AI are already having a positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people across the Global South. But what can governments and development practitioners learn from these early pilot...
Blog Post
October 04, 2024
Well, that was quite a week. Mark Lowcock and I finally published our book charting the birth, life and demise of the Department for International Development (DFID), for whom we both worked for a substantial portion of our respective careers. The launch, on Wednesday, was attended by much of the gr...