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CGD Podcast: What We’re Watching at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings

October 09, 2026
CGD's Clemence Landers presents highlights from our recent event on what to watch at the Annual Meetings next week. She was joined at the event by CGD's Rachel Glennerster, Markus Goldstein, and Mikaela Gavas, as well as Devex's Adva Saldinger. Together they examined how the World Bank and the IMF c...
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CGD Podcast: Rethinking How to Boost Learning in Africa with Kwame Akyeampong and Rachel Glennerster

October 01, 2026
CGD’s David Evans and Rachel Glennerster speak with Kwame Akyeampong, professor at the Open University, about his book Reconceptualising the Learning Crisis in Africa. Together they discuss where the book and the evidence consensus agree and diverge: the framing of the learning crisis, measuring stu...
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CGD Podcast: Women and Work in South Asia with Seema Jayachandran

August 06, 2026
CGD’s Rachel Glennerster speaks with Princeton’s Seema Jayachandran about how gender inequality can manifest differently in different regions, why GDP and labor access don't necessarily align, and what the research shows about how to increase women's access to jobs.
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CGD Podcast: The Future of Development Finance with Leslie Maasdorp

July 23, 2026
CGD's Sam Attridge and Nancy Lee speak with British International Investment CEO Leslie Maasdorp about balancing national interests with development mandates, setting reachable targets, and strategies for mobilization and prioritization.