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Blog Post
May 17, 2024
At a time when global challenges appear daunting and geopolitical rivalries are rising, it is useful to remind ourselves that the past 75 years have seen more improvement in the human condition than ever before. Fifty years ago, half the world lived in extreme poverty, today it is less than one in 1...
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-...
Apr
18
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
9:00—10:00 AM ET / 2:00-3:00 PM BST
March 27, 2024
In the margins of the 2024 World Bank IMF Spring Meetings, the Center for Global Development is set to convene leading development policymakers to discuss the implications of the changing landscape for Official Development Assistance (ODA) and explore how—and on what—to use it most effectively.
Apr
17
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
10:30—11:30 AM ET / 3:30-4:30 PM BST
March 19, 2024
During the 2024 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, CGD will host EIB President Nadia Calviño for an event, during which she will discuss her approach to the challenges she faces and the new EIB Group strategy recently endorsed by 27 Europe’s finance ministers.
Mar
19
2024
VIRTUAL
3:30—5:00 PM CEST
March 18, 2024
In September, the United Nations will hold the 'Summit of the Future'. This summit will debate, inter alia, the reform of global economic governance, lasting solutions on debt relief, lowering costs of sovereign borrowing, and an inclusive and equitable global tax architecture. Furthermore, the Braz...
Mar
14
2024
VIRTUAL
11:00—12:00 PM
March 14, 2024
In this conversation, Masood Ahmed, President of CGD, and Remy Rioux, CEO of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Chair of the Finance in Common Executive Board, discuss a range of ways the world can scale up development finance to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and climate targets. T...
Blog Post
May 22, 2023
This week, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will hold its annual meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This is the right moment for its shareholders and other donors to commit to allocating some of their excess Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to the hybrid capital fund that the AfDB has proposed to ...
Apr
11
2023
12:30—2:00 PM ET 5:30-7:00 PM BST In-person and Online
April 04, 2023
In the wake of COVID-19, African countries are set to receive special drawing rights to boost their economies. However, there is a need to increase African agency in development financing – including in the deployment of SDRs to best meet African development agendas such as Agenda 2063. During COVID...
Apr
13
2023
11:00—12:00 PM ET / 4:00-5:00 PM BST / In-person and online
March 22, 2023
In this conversation in the margins of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, CGD President Masood Ahmed, Mikaela Gavas, CGD Europe Managing Director and Senior Policy Fellow, EIB President Werner Hoyer, and EIB Global’s head of lending for Africa, Caribbean, Pacific, Asia and Latin America, Maria ...