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Nov
22
2021
9:30—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
November 15, 2021
The Center for Global Development and the African Center for Economic Transformation are hosting a public event on the recently reformed policies governing the use of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT). With the world’s attention this summer on the allocation and recycling of SDRs, these ...
Nov
10
2021
HYBRID
Washington, DC
4:00—4:00 PM GMT
November 08, 2021
COVID-19 will likely be a forerunner of future catastrophic pandemics, fueled by global warming and biodiversity losses, unless significant new investments and reforms are urgently made to bolster capacities and resilient adaptative systems for pandemic preparedness and rapid response. This session ...
Blog Post
October 28, 2021
With COP26 about to get underway, many of the opportunities and tensions inherent in the international community’s approach to supporting climate change transformation are rising to the surface. Within the rich body of work which is ongoing within this area, CGD’s focus is on shaping and improving c...
Op-Ed
October 25, 2021
G20 leaders must recognize that pandemics are a national and global security threat, and expend some political capital to shift the international health-security machinery from its current equilibrium. Their forthcoming summit in Rome is the right moment to establish a new vision of global public he...
Blog Post
October 08, 2021
Amidst the debate, fears, political polarization, and regrets surrounding globalization, we cannot ignore a central reality: much of it is not reversible or even resistable. As in other periods of human history where new connections are forged between geographies and civilizations—whether driven by ...
Blog Post
October 06, 2021
Anyone who follows the media on development finance will not be surprised if the corridor talk at the upcoming Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) is affected by the recent World Bank decision to discontinue the Doing Business Index. These discussions will invaria...
Oct
12
2021
9:00—10:30 AM Washington DC time
September 29, 2021
COVID-19 has produced an enormous global economic shock and ongoing risks to economic growth, poverty reduction progress, and sustainable development in many middle- and low-income countries (MICS and LICs). The fiscal consequences of the shock for many MICs and LICs are profound, often coming on to...
Oct
5
2021
11:00—12:15 PM Washington DC time
September 29, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed up to 40 million Africans into extreme poverty and the continent experienced its first recession in half a century. Global vaccination efforts have left Africa behind: less than two percent of the African population has been vaccinated compared to over 70 percent in ...
Sep
28
2021
9:30—11:00 AM Washington DC Time
September 21, 2021
What is the impact of IMF-supported programs on growth? Does the Fund lean too heavily towards austerity to ensure external adjustment at the expense of growth? The latest report from the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) examined how IMF-supported programs...