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WORKING PAPERS
April 15, 2024
Adaptation is not a universal response to climate shocks, and while a lot of studies are geared towards building adaptive capacity of households, particularly in developing country settings, more recognition should be given to cultural and religious factors that may significantly mitigate responses.
Apr
18
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
9:00—10:00 AM ET / 2:00-3:00 PM BST
March 27, 2024
In the margins of the 2024 World Bank IMF Spring Meetings, the Center for Global Development is set to convene leading development policymakers to discuss the implications of the changing landscape for Official Development Assistance (ODA) and explore how—and on what—to use it most effectively.
Blog Post
March 21, 2024
Many developing countries are facing an impossible situation. With the impact of cascading crises, the gulf between their financing needs and the resources available to them is widening. The combination of elevated interest rates, weakening currencies and low credit ratings are excluding them from c...
POLICY PAPERS
March 21, 2024
Already constrained by the economic aftershocks of COVID-19, the impact of the war in Ukraine, and the food and climate crisis, low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries now face a combination of soaring debt and high interest rates. Confronted with insufficient liquidity to respond to ...
Apr
17
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
10:30—11:30 AM ET / 3:30-4:30 PM BST
March 19, 2024
During the 2024 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, CGD will host EIB President Nadia Calviño for an event, during which she will discuss her approach to the challenges she faces and the new EIB Group strategy recently endorsed by 27 Europe’s finance ministers.
Mar
19
2024
VIRTUAL
3:30—5:00 PM CEST
March 18, 2024
In September, the United Nations will hold the 'Summit of the Future'. This summit will debate, inter alia, the reform of global economic governance, lasting solutions on debt relief, lowering costs of sovereign borrowing, and an inclusive and equitable global tax architecture. Furthermore, the Braz...
Mar
14
2024
VIRTUAL
11:00—12:00 PM
March 14, 2024
In this conversation, Masood Ahmed, President of CGD, and Remy Rioux, CEO of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Chair of the Finance in Common Executive Board, discuss a range of ways the world can scale up development finance to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and climate targets. T...
Blog Post
March 12, 2024
When it comes to disaster- and climate-related displacement, the Asia-Pacific is ground zero. More than three-quarters of internal disaster displacements occur in the region, with over 225 million displacements between 2010 and 2021. This is set to increase. The number of internally displaced people...
Mar
26
2024
VIRTUAL
10:00—11:30 AM ET / 2:00 - 3:30 PM GMT
March 01, 2024
Join CGD as Vinod Thomas, author of "Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change," shares some of the key ideas and lessons from the book, and other experts engage in a moderated discussion on the findings and their implications.