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Jun
12
2023
11:30—1:30 PM EDT | 4.30 - 6.30 PM BST
June 05, 2023
Sir Masood Ahmed, CGD’s President, will be joined by Laura Frigenti, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) CEO, for a conversation on “Schooling for All: Feasible Strategies to Achieve Universal Education”. After 30 years in multilateral organizations, government and non-profits, covering senior po...
Jul
17
2020
9:00—10:30 AM EDT
June 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on almost every school system in the world. As schools start to reopen, education policy makers are faced with the dual challenge of getting children back into school and planning for the long-term consequences of the pandemic on the sector.
During th...
Blog Post
April 04, 2019
Spring has finally sprung in Washington, DC! And that also means a series of substantive discussions on today's most pressing global development issues—from private sector financing in Africa to the future of the World Bank—are springing up at the Center for Global Development. Join ...
Apr
12
2019
11:00—12:30 PM
April 02, 2019
More than ten million deaths each year are associated with consuming just three products: tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. We know that taxes are a cost-effective way to reduce consumption, save lives, and raise domestic revenues...
Blog Post
February 07, 2018
Like the mythical Roman god Janus, there are two faces to most of the economies of the MENA region. We can call them the young and the old. And that the choice for MENA governments to make is not which face of Janus to support, but rather how to ensure that both can co-exist and prosper. ...
Blog Post
December 05, 2017
I was recently invited to participate in a panel discussion, titled “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Human Labor” at the 10th edition of World Policy Conference. Preparing for this panel provided me with an opportunity to think more deeply about the ways in which artificial intelligence (A...