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Sep
16
2010
4:30—5:45 PM
September 09, 2010
There's good news out of Africa. Seventeen emerging countries are putting behind them the conflict, stagnation, and dictatorships of the past. Since the mid-1990s, these countries have achieved steady economic growth, deepened democracy, improved governance, and decreased poverty. Former CGD senior ...
Apr
23
2009
11:30—1:30 PM
April 17, 2009
DATE: Thursday, April 23, 2009
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
SUBJECT: U.S. Assistance to Africa: A Call for Foreign Aid Reform
WITNESSES:
Panel I
Mr. Earl Gast
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Africa
United States Agency for International Development
Panel II
Ousmane Badiane...
Mar
17
2009
4:00—5:30 PM
March 04, 2009
Please join us in honoring ONE, the 2008 winner of the Commitment to Development Ideas in Action Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy magazine. ONE is an advocacy organization that raised awareness about global poverty during the 2008 U.S. presidenti...
Jan
16
2009
3:00—4:30 PM
January 14, 2009
Join Nancy Birdsall, David Gergen, and CGD senior fellows who are authors of essays in our newest book, The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President , for a lively discussion of the prospects for improved U.S. development policy under President Barack Obama....
Jan
13
2009
10:00—11:30 AM
December 29, 2008
Join us for a conversation with Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich as he prepares to pass stewardship over the MCC to a new Administration. In his introductory remarks and subsequent dialogue with CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet, Ambassador Danilovich will reflect upon his r...
Jan
8
2009
3:15—4:15 PM
December 23, 2008
The multifaceted nature of current and emerging global security challenges requires a judicious and balanced use of development, diplomacy and defense--the 3Ds. United States' leadership in ensuring the success of global efforts to address poverty, protect the environment and safeguard human rights ...
Dec
1
2008
8:30—11:00 AM
November 24, 2008
At this critical juncture of the global economic crisis, it is important to secure the vigorous commitment of the public health community, the US administration, Congress, and the US public to sustain the US investment in the AIDS pandemic. World AIDS Day presents an opportunity to connect with the ...
Dec
2
2008
2:00—4:00 PM
November 20, 2008
On December 11th, the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) will announce which countries will be eligible to apply for funding in 2009. With funding tight, few new countries passing the eligibility indicators test, twelve of eighteen countries with signed MCC compacts failing the indicators t...