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November 09, 2009
At a CGD forum last week, former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo presented the recommendations of a high-level commission he chaired, calling for far-reaching governance reforms at the World Bank. Participants in the forum mostly voiced support for the recommendations, and debate focused on the po...
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November 09, 2009
On Friday, November 6, 2009, the Center for Global Development hosted the Washington launch and discussion of this important report, with President Zedillo presenting the key recommendations. A panel discussion, moderated by CGD vice president Lawrence MacDonald, followed with CGD president Nancy Bi...
Nov
18
2009
12:30—3:00 PM
November 09, 2009
Forest clearing in developing countries is an enormous contributor to global warming, accounting for about 15% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. The Bali Action Plan seeks ways to reward countries for reducing these emissions--an agenda known as REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Fore...
Nov
6
2009
2:00—3:30 PM
November 09, 2009
The World Bank recently released the long-awaited report of a high-level commission on World Bank governance headed by former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo. The report, requested by World Bank president Robert Zoellick, offers a comprehensive blueprint for modernizing the bank. The Center for Gl...
WORKING PAPERS
November 09, 2009
The paper proposes a new narrative on climate equity that emphasize basic energy needs and the equality of access to energy opportunities rather than emissions. It advocates abandoning the setting of emissions targets and instead developing a framework where all countries contribute to maximizing te...
Blog Post
November 06, 2009
This is a joint post with Nancy Birdsall and Bill Savedoff.
During a panel discussion we hosted at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings in Istanbul last month on mutual accountability and outcomes in aid, Max Lawson from Oxfam, in referring to COD Aid, said that CGD appears to have more eff...