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CGD NOTES
June 09, 2022
As one of the only truly global institutions, the World Bank is uniquely positioned to be the world’s premier source funding for global public goods. But despite its global coverage, the World Bank has never truly been oriented towards global challenges. Its mission has been defined primarily by ind...
Blog Post
June 09, 2022
At a time when governments seem able to agree on very little, the consensus around the Bank’s need to scale up its engagement on climate and other global public goods is striking. But “scaling up ambition” is vague, and there remains a great deal of work to do to pin down what it means in practice f...
Oct
30
2020
11:15—12:15 PM EDT
October 23, 2020
Please join us for a conversation on global economic prospects and the COVID-19 response and recovery with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and CGD President Masood Ahmed. Less than two weeks after the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, Ms. Georgie...
Apr
2
2020
10:00—11:30 AM ET
April 02, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is on track to take a global human and economic toll unprecedented in modern times. The overriding imperative of implementing effective health measures in each affected country, along with the need to address the damaging economic effects of the pandemic, point to a pressing ne...