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Apr
19
2017
11:00—12:30 PM
April 03, 2017
Following more than a decade of healthy growth based on good economic policy and improved governance, African economies are now growing much more slowly. Potential investment returns remain high, however, and investment, especially in infrastructure, is critical to restoring growth and ensuring its ...
Oct
7
2016
9:30—11:00 AM
September 19, 2016
Join us for a discussion of the new report by CGD’s High Level Panel on the Future of Multilateral Development Banking, which offers a frank assessment of current MDB policies and practices, situating them in the context of new development challenges. For over five decades the multilateral dev...
Apr
14
2016
4:00—7:00 PM
March 31, 2016
Join us for a special event marking CGD’s 15th anniversary and EBRD’s 25th. EBRD president Sir Suma Chakrabarti will give a major policy speech on the future of multilateral development banking in a changing world, and then discuss the challenges and opportunities for MDBS with CGD presi...
Jul
31
2014
10:30—12:00 PM
July 17, 2014
Previous IMF studies set forth the basic principle that getting energy prices right means setting taxes at a level that reflects health and environmental costs. A new, path-breaking study will be presented by Managing Director Christine Lagarde shows what this would mean in practical terms for 150 d...
Apr
25
2014
1:00—2:15 PM
April 21, 2014
The Center for Global Development will host Lawrence Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard University, for a lecture titled "US Leadership and the International Financial Institutions." A longtime board member of the Center, Summers was recently elected to ...
Nov
6
2009
2:00—3:30 PM
November 09, 2009
The World Bank recently released the long-awaited report of a high-level commission on World Bank governance headed by former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo. The report, requested by World Bank president Robert Zoellick, offers a comprehensive blueprint for modernizing the bank. The Center for Gl...
Sep
17
2009
11:30—1:00 PM
September 09, 2009
The global financial crisis that originated in the developed economies has hit low-income countries hard. As they were coping with the food and fuel price shocks of 2008, the crisis caused a sharp decline in world trade, falling commodity prices, and dropping remittances. In response, the IMF has un...
Jun
10
2009
1:00—4:00 PM
June 04, 2009
SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515-0128
Brad J. Sherman (D-CA), Chairman
June 3, 2009
TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
You a...
May
21
2009
4:00—5:30 PM
May 07, 2009
Developing countries are susceptible to many kinds of risks—from liquidity shocks and terms of trade volatility to natural disasters. The economic crisis is a reminder that dealing with external risks is a formidable challenge to economic development. The crisis, largely a product of the rich world...