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Blog Post
November 30, 2023
The latest climate COP, or “Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,” got underway today in Dubai. It will be attended by thousands of delegates from governments, the private sector, media, and civil society, with two hectic weeks of events and negotiat...
Blog Post
March 03, 2023
Next week, a once-in-a-decade UN conference will meet to address the challenges facing Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It will plan delivery of the Doha Programme of Action (PoA), and review implementation of the Istanbul PoA. As part of this, attention should be given to a set of lesser-known UN ...
Blog Post
March 02, 2023
To kick off Season 2 of Lagos to Mombasa, Gyude reflects on the intricacies of climate change and development in Africa and explores how space-based technologies can help. Temidayo Oniosun of Space in Africa and Rose Croshier from CGD join Gyude to discuss the intersections of space technology with ...
Press Release
February 22, 2023
A new study examining the impact of 13 rising economies including China, Brazil and India on global development has found that their contributions to multilateral institutions like the World Bank and the UN have increased five-fold over a decade, totalling around $6 billion in 2019, compared to just...
February 02, 2022
For the past 20 years, the Center for Global Development has distinguished itself by turning innovative ideas backed by rigorous research into action. As the world has changed over the past two decades, the Center for Global Development has been there with cutting-edge solutions. Whether it was help...
Blog Post
October 21, 2021
Dr. Joseph Atick, Executive Chairman of ID4Africa, and Alan Gelb, CGD Senior Fellow, join Gyude to discuss the evolution of ID systems across Africa, the benefits and risks of digital ID systems, and what African governments can learn from countries like India about what works and what doesn’t.
Blog Post
September 25, 2019
Ministers are gathering at the UN this week to discuss the financing needs to meet the Global Goals—with the challenge that resources will clearly fall short, not least because most high-income countries are still failing to meet their financial commitments. We reviewed the...
Blog Post
August 12, 2019
Ethiopia has its sights set on becoming Africa’s next tech hub, rivalling Nairobi, Lagos, and Cape Town. But in its quest for digital supremacy, Ethiopia will need to take steps to create an enabling environment for the digital startup sector, which across Africa is driven in large part b...