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May
29
2024
IN PERSON
2:00—7:30 AM ET, 9 AM—2:30 PM EAT
May 09, 2024
The Center for Global Development (CGD), together with the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Partnership for Economic Policy Network (PEP), the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS), and REPOA, are holding a workshop alongside the African Development Bank’s annual meetings in Nairo...
May
16
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
3:00—4:00 PM ET / 8:00-9:00 PM BST
May 08, 2024
On August 21, 2023, Yusuf Tuggar was sworn in as Foreign Minister of Nigeria. Minister Tuggar is a major figure in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet and is leading the implementation of the president’s new foreign policy initiative, the “4D Doctrine,” which focuses on Demography, Development, Diaspora...
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...
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...
Blog Post
November 28, 2022
In August, Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled the administration’s new US Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa. His remarks underscored the pivotal role Africa will play in shaping the future of the world and acknowledged that tackling the shared priorities of the United States and African cou...
Oct
29
2018
10:30—12:00 PM
October 16, 2018
More than two years after we saw the end of a deadly Ebola epidemic that claimed the lives of over 11,000 people and devastated populations in West Africa, new mechanisms have been pursued to strengthen preparedness efforts, stimulate innovation for new vaccines and therapies, and develop rapid and ...
WORKING PAPERS
December 19, 2011
David Wheeler and co-authors use detailed monthly data from FORMA (Forest Monitoring for Action) to determine the factors that contribute to deforestation in Indonesia. Their results highlight the importance of incorporating economic dynamics into financial compensation arrangements for forest conse...