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Events

While CGD and CGDE in-person events are postponed at this time following guidance from public health officials on dealing with the spread of the coronavirus, we will continue to host some events and meetings online and will place updated announcements on this page as they are organized and confirmed. Thank you for your continued interest in CGD’s work.

Note: CGD is committed to gender diversity. Read our gender diversity commitments for public events here.

Upcoming

There are currently no upcoming events.

Past

October 20, 2020
While eight of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies are in Africa, the region as a whole—much like the rest of the world—faces economic...
November 6, 2019
In October 2018, USAID published its inaugural Journey to Self-Reliance Country Roadmaps featuring 17 third-party, publicly available metrics used to...
October 22, 2019
Global development is increasingly intertwined with state fragility. Poverty is becoming concentrated in fragile states, and conflict, violent...
July 19, 2018
US foreign assistance has always been a tool of foreign policy and has been used to influence UN votes for decades. But there are a range of opinions...
June 13, 2018
In outlining his vision for U.S. development assistance, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green has emphasized...
January 12, 2017
Please join us to hear policymakers from inside and outside the US government discuss their experience applying the principle of country ownership,...
March 16, 2016
How can development practitioners best contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? What approaches are most effective...
January 14, 2016
Last month, the MCC Board of Directors made its annual decisions about which developing countries are eligible to receive the agency’s large-...

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