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May
14
2024
VIRTUAL
12:00—1:00 PM EST | 5-6 PM BST
April 29, 2024
“Two Futures for Global Development” presents two scenarios—a reasonable best- and worst-case version of the world in 2050 based on the culmination of a wide-ranging CGD research project and examines the policy choices that might take us to each of them.
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-...
Dec
5
2023
VIRTUAL
8:30—10:00 AM ET / 1:30-3:00 PM GMT
November 21, 2023
This conversation will address important questions about the topic of a common African market: How is the digital and innovation-driven economy being prioritized by the AfCFTA? What should it look like in the Common African Market? What is the role of trade facilitation and supply chains in trade an...
Nov
15
2023
VIRTUAL
10:00—11:30 AM EDT | 3:00 - 4:30 PM GMT
October 18, 2023
On October 1st, the 3-year transition period of the EU CBAM Regulation will begin. Starting in 2026, importers of certain carbon-intensive goods will be required to pay the EU carbon price for emissions embedded in these goods. Applied for iron and steel, cement, fertilizers, aluminium, electricity,...
Nov
16
2023
VIRTUAL
9:00—10:30 AM ET | 2:00 - 3:30 PM GMT
October 13, 2023
The Center for Global Development and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung will bring together policymakers and researchers from the G7, Europe, and Africa to discuss the potential of the Global Gateway (GG) initiative and the Partnership for Global Investment and Infrastructure (PGII) in fulfilling Africa's ne...
Oct
26
2023
VIRTUAL
8:30—10:00 AM ET/ 1:30-3:00 PM BST
October 12, 2023
Is it time to start work on the Common African Market? If so, who are the key stakeholders for the Common African Market, and what are their roles? The emergence of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be transformative. What does that mean for the African Growth and Opportunity Act...
Sep
21
2022
11:00—12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
September 14, 2022
This is an event hosted by J-PAL Africa and features Susannah Hares Senior Fellow and Global Education Co-Director at the Center for Global Development
Are you a policymaker working to improve gender equity in education? Join us for an overview of the evidence on how to get girls into school, and...
Dec
4
2020
10:00—11:00 AM ET
November 23, 2020
Supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19 are twin threats, both to lives and livelihoods. We have focused some of our past discussions on COVID-19 and medical supply chains. Supply chain disruptions are also aggravating to the economic effects of the crisis. Companies must ensure the safety of worke...
Oct
15
2020
12:30—1:30 PM GMT
October 14, 2020
Joint analysis of new tariff agreements by experts from the UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Center for Global Development (CGD) has revealed that exports from the world’s poorest nations to the UK will decline after Brexit.
Sep
15
2020
2:00—3:00 PM ET
September 08, 2020
How have US-China trade relations impacted US higher education? In a new paper, Gaurav Khanna and his co-authors link trade liberalization with China to increased enrolment of Chinese students at US universities. The study also highlights the consequences of the US-China trade war and recent proposa...