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Feb
28
2024
IN PERSON
11:00—12:15 PM
February 28, 2024
In recent years, countries have imposed restrictions on the cross-border movement of data as a means of protecting privacy and encouraging the growth of domestic tech sectors. The impacts of such measures on consumers, particularly those living below the international poverty line, have garnered lit...
Apr
12
2023
10:00—11:30 AM ET / 3:00-4:30 PM BST / In-person and Online
March 22, 2023
"Driving Digital Transformation: Lessons from Seven Developing Countries" documents the experiences of implementing the Digital Economy Kit developed by the Pathways for Prosperity Commission and the Digital Pathways at Oxford program. The book was written in the name of Benno Ndulu, a former non-re...
Mar
18
2021
3:00—4:00 PM ET
March 11, 2021
How can we continue to improve access to information while addressing the “epistemic emergency” raised by the spread of disinformation? Katherine Maher, CEO and Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and CGD Policy Fellow Michael Pisa will explore this question and Wikimedia’s evolving role...
Oct
16
2019
10:00—2:00 PM ET
October 07, 2019
New technologies continue to challenge traditional paths to industrialization, such as export-led manufacturing. But at the same time, they may offer new routes for development in services and the knowledge economy. Over the last 18 months, CGD has convened a group of experts to assess how...
Dec
5
2018
9:30—1:00 PM
November 16, 2018
Digital technology–from automation to fintech and smart apps–permeates nearly all aspects of business and economic growth. And as technology use increases, the culture of work itself is changing.
How do these transformations impact women in emerging markets? If there are fewer jobs, will men and ...
May
1
2018
12:30—2:00 PM
April 23, 2018
Over 1 billion women lack access to financial services due to economic and social barriers, time and mobility constraints, and discrimination in service provision. Financial services delivered digitally can address these barriers by providing women with safe and accessible channels. This event will ...
Apr
19
2018
2:30—3:45 PM
April 09, 2018
Technological advances in fields such as artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to fundamentally alter prevailing economic trends. While the effects of these changes are the subject of great debate in the developed world, less discussed has been how they will impact the developing...
Jun
13
2016
4:00—5:30 PM
May 26, 2016
Development depends on innovation. New ideas, new funding mechanisms and new technologies save and improve lives, from vaccines to solar lamps to Development Impact Bonds. But even if innovations reach a million people, they still fall short of the billion who live in poverty.
Sep
10
2015
4:00—4:00 PM
August 20, 2015
This year, the world’s leaders will agree to a set of Sustainable Development Goals that aspire to massively improved infrastructure provision by 2030 in sectors from energy through water and sanitation to communications. The estimated price tag connected to the infrastructure targets in the S...