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Jan
16
2014
4:00—5:30 PM
December 19, 2013
AIDS Drugs for All: Social Movements and Market Transformations, a new book by Ethan Kapstein and Joshua Busby, describes the politics and economics of the profound transformation in the market for antiretroviral (ARV) medications from “high price, low volume” to “universal access.” How did that cha...
Oct
9
2013
9:00—6:30 PM
October 02, 2013
A Conference Co-Hosted by the Center for Global Development (CGD), the Korean Development Institute (KDI), and the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Mobilizing and allocating finance to address the global public goods dimensions of climate change—both emissions re...
Oct
7
2013
4:30—6:00 PM
September 26, 2013
The landscape of development finance is rapidly changing as private investment, private philanthropy, and developing countries’ domestic revenues are growing. Traditional providers of development assistance and private investors wanting to make a social impact are looking for new ways to invest in d...
Sep
16
2013
1:30—5:30 PM
September 03, 2013
The gap between the richest and poorest countries -- and people -- not only persists, it is getting larger. In developing countries in particular, inequality is frequently economically destructive, interacting with underdeveloped markets and ineffective government programs to slow growth – whi...
Apr
29
2013
4:00—5:30 PM
April 18, 2013
How big is China’s aid to Africa? Does it complement or undermine the efforts of traditional donors? China releases little information and outside estimates of the size and nature of Chinese aid vary widely. In an effort to overcome this problem, AidData, based at the College of William and Mary in ...
Apr
3
2013
6:30—6:30 PM
April 01, 2013
The Meridian International Center, ITVS, and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy present as part of the Global Perspectives Film Series, The Island President. Jon Shenk’s The Island President is the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any ot...
Oct
1
2012
9:00—10:30 AM
September 20, 2012
Remarks by
H.E. Muni Figueres
Ambassador to the US, Embassy of Costa Rica
H.E. Dipu Moni
Foreign Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh
Featuring
Michele de Nevers
Visiting Senior Associate, Center for Global Development
Kirk Hamilton
Lead Economist, World Bank
Ross Mountain
...
Sep
6
2012
5:00—6:30 PM
August 30, 2012
CGD is pleased to announce the third and final installment of its annual summer film series, Global Development Matters, with a screening of the documentary-like feature film Valley of Saints. Through stunning cinematography, the film explores life in Dal Lake, a community of fishermen and farmers w...