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December 02, 2020
A main objective of the compendium is practical: helping readers locate and choose different tools (and indicators) for different purposes. This includes providing a better understanding of the factors that affect country rankings produced by different tools and selecting among tools and indicators ...
Dec
2
2020
VIRTUAL
11:00—12:15 PM ET
November 17, 2020
The Birdsall House Conference on Women identifies and highlights leading research and scholarly findings on women’s empowerment in the field of development economics. Past conferences have focused on contraception as a tool for economic empowerment, the intersection of early childhood development an...
Dec
5
2018
9:30—1:00 PM
November 16, 2018
Digital technology–from automation to fintech and smart apps–permeates nearly all aspects of business and economic growth. And as technology use increases, the culture of work itself is changing.
How do these transformations impact women in emerging markets? If there are fewer jobs, will men and ...
Blog Post
December 14, 2017
What's going to happen in the world of development in 2018? Will we finally understand how to deal equitably with refugees and migrants? Or how technological progress can work for developing countries? Or what the impact of year two of the Trump Administration will be? Today’s podcast, our...
Blog Post
January 30, 2017
Kellyanne Conway called him a “man of action” after a whirlwind first week in which President Trump signed 14 Executive Orders and presidential memoranda, covering most of his key campaign issue areas from health to immigration to trade. In a series of blogs, CGD experts h...
Nov
3
2016
9:30—12:30 PM
September 30, 2016
Co-hosted by Data2X/UN Foundation, the International Development Research Centre, and CGD, the session will discuss, first, new evidence on what works to empower women economically and, second, how to measure the subjective dimension of economic empowerment. Interventions such as savings and mi...
Blog Post
March 08, 2016
We at CGD recently hosted a series of events illuminating the case for smarter gender policy in the private sector, a triple win that would benefit consumers, firms, and emerging economies. Change in private firms is important — but what about the world’s public sector? To crea...