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Apr
16
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
2:00—3:00 PM ET / 7:00-8:00 PM BST
April 04, 2024
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first African and first woman to head the World Trade Organization, building on a long career where she guided Nigeria through debt distress and introduced sweeping economic reforms across two terms as finance minister. She was also a leader at the World Bank across a 25-...
Apr
15
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
3:00—4:30 PM ET / 8:00-9:30PM BST
March 26, 2024
A world of declining cooperation will leave us all poorer, less secure, and in a weaker position to address the challenges of the 21st century. Against this backdrop, a discussion co-hosted by CGD, BWC, and IFF will focus on practical ideas to reinvigorate cooperation in the international financial...
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.
Apr
18
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
11:00—12:00 PM ET / 4:00-5:00 PM BST
March 21, 2024
How can the MDBs effectively mobilize private finance at the necessary scale? A panel of key public and private leaders will grapple with this question, discussing feasible mobilization levels and what must be done to achieve them.
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.
Apr
2
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
3:30—4:30 PM ET / 8:30-9:30 PM GMT
March 06, 2024
This year is the 80th anniversary of the IMF, and the institution continues to evolve with a changing world. In this conversation, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will reflect on lessons learned from previous evolutions of the IMF, and look forward to new challenges and how the IMF can respon...
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...
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.
Feb
28
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
10:00—11:30 AM ET / 3:00-4:30 PM GMT
January 25, 2024
How can the intersection of gender and diversity in international financial institution (IFIs) leadership foster more effective and inclusive development outcomes? In the second session of our Gender in IFIs series, we explore the internal culture and external complexities of the international devel...