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Nov
20
2023
HYBRID
Washington, DC
9:30—11:00 AM ET / 2:30-4:00 PM GMT
November 06, 2023
In this seminar, a team of researchers at CGD and others will present new analysis of USAID's evaluation portfolio, quantifying the impacts on pupils' reading outcomes and examining the cost-effectiveness of American aid. The presentation will be followed by a discussion of policy implications and b...
Nov
15
2023
HYBRID
Washington, DC
10:00—11:30 AM ET / 3:00-4:30 PM GMT
October 31, 2023
For as long as US foreign aid has enjoyed bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, lawmakers have sought to ensure this assistance is transparent, accountable, and effective. Thanks, in part, to passage of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (FATAA) in 2016, US agencies involved in implem...
Jun
15
2023
12:30—7:00 PM ET
May 31, 2023
Leaded gasoline is now history. Yet from Flint, Michigan, to Dhaka, Bangladesh—and almost everywhere in between—the silent scourge of lead poisoning is still with us. Join the Center for Global Development and Pure Earth for a comprehensive half-day of learning and planning for collective action to ...
Dec
15
2022
10:30—12:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)/ 3:30 - 5:30pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
November 28, 2022
Please join us in our London office for a conversation with Abhijeet Singh, Associate Professor, Stockholm School of Economics and CGD Non-Resident Fellow, moderated by CGD Senior Fellow Susannah Hares.
CGD in the News
January 20, 2022
Global development experts told Devex the administration has backed up its early promises by setting the right priorities in office, but they also warned that Biden’s team has a short window remaining to translate those priorities into meaningful action. Some also questioned the extent to which key ...
CGD in the News
November 05, 2021
USAID has also been criticized for wasting billions of dollars in funds. It was tasked with nation-building in Afghanistan after Sept. 11 for example, setting up schools and health care facilities, but much of the money went into the pockets of corrupt officials and many of the projec...