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Mar
15
2022
9:00—10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
March 07, 2022
During the six months since the August 2021 fall of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Afghanistan has faced a massive humanitarian and economic crisis. With disruption in employment and acute food insecurity, it is estimated that over 24 million Afghans require urgent humanitari...
Oct
20
2020
10:00—11:30 AM ET
October 07, 2020
While eight of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies are in Africa, the region as a whole—much like the rest of the world—faces economic contraction it can ill afford. The continent’s post-COVID recovery will hinge, in part, on continued progress toward regional integration. The market size of m...
Nov
6
2019
9:30—11:00 AM ET
October 23, 2019
In October 2018, USAID published its inaugural Journey to Self-Reliance Country Roadmaps featuring 17 third-party, publicly available metrics used to visualize progress toward self-reliance across the developing world. The release of the roadmaps marked the first major, visible product of the agency...
Oct
22
2019
3:00—5:00 PM
October 04, 2019
Global development is increasingly intertwined with state fragility. Poverty is becoming concentrated in fragile states, and conflict, violent extremism, and environmental stresses can emerge from and be exacerbated by fragility. As a result, many donors, including the United States, are reflecting ...