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Blog Post
May 01, 2023
Under a new Memorandum of Understanding, USAID, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and CGD plan to partner in exploring locally led evaluation and evidence generation approaches, with an initial focus in sub-Saharan Africa. An opportunity to advance evidence-informed policymaking and locally ...
Dec
8
2022
3:00—4:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
November 28, 2022
US foreign aid agencies have long been at the forefront of evidence-based policymaking—tracking and measuring the impact of assistance programs on well-being and prosperity around the world. As part of the White House Year of Evidence for Action, the White House Office of Science and Technology Pol...
Blog Post
January 21, 2022
Even as the fight to control COVID-19 at home is far from over, to bring an end to the pandemic, the administration must dramatically expand its global response work—and continue its efforts to rally the international community. Here we provide a rundown of the administration’s progress toward achie...
Apr
28
2021
2:00—2:45 PM Washington DC time
April 21, 2021
Please join the Center for Global Development (CGD) for a conversation featuring Representative Joaquin Castro—Chairman of the new House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact—on US development policy priorities and c...
Blog Post
September 11, 2020
To cap a volatile week, the countries that own the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will likely elect a new president—US citizen Mauricio Claver Carone (aka MCC)—from a field of one. Others have parsed the pros and cons of this outcome given the upcoming US election; here, we look at the priori...
Jul
9
2020
3:30—5:00 PM ET
July 07, 2020
The US International Development Finance Corporation, better known as DFC, recently launched the first iteration of its Impact Quotient (IQ), a new tool the agency will use to assess the development impact of prospective projects on growth, inclusion, and innovation. Designed to be integrated throug...