The Future of Development

In the Future of Development series, the Center for Global Development and the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de) bring together development experts, scholars, and policymakers to address the big questions facing developing countries and help shape the agenda in global development over the next decade.

More from the Series

Jun

24

2021

9:00—10:15 AM Washington DC time

The Future of Development: Lessons from China
Shantayanan Devarajan
June 13, 2021
In the Future of Development series, the Center for Global Development and the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de) bring together development experts, scholars, and policymakers to address the big questions facing developing countries and help shape th...
Blog Post

The Perils and Promise of Financial Markets for Development
Shanta Devarajan
and
Ranil Dissanayake
May 26, 2021
It is almost an article of faith that in the face of a substantial financing gaps and credit constraints, larger global capital inflows will accelerate development. Atif challenged this belief with a simple but powerful empirical observation: that developing countries with larger global capital infl...
Blog Post

The Future of Development – What Will It Take to Achieve Universal Health?
Ranil Dissanayake
and
Shanta Devarajan
April 22, 2021
Among the many disparities and inequities that COVID-19 has shone a light upon, the chasm in health outcomes between rich and poor countries is being particularly sharply highlighted. While Israel, the US, the UK, and a handful of high- and upper-middle income countries are charging forward with the...

Apr

30

2021

10:00—11:15 AM Washington DC time

The Peril and Promise of Financial Markets For Developing Countries
Shantayanan Devarajan
April 20, 2021
In the latest edition to the series, Atif Mian and Jing Cai will join host Shanta Devarajan to discuss trends, innovation, and improvements in finance and financial markets in developing countries in the coming years.