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Mar
26
2009
4:30—6:00 PM
March 16, 2009
Why is the private sector yet to take off in much of sub-Saharan Africa? In Africa's Private Sector, Vijaya Ramachandran and her co-authors identify the biggest obstacles: inadequate infrastructure (especially unreliable electricity and crumbling roads) and burdensome regulations. The authors sugges...
Apr
22
2009
1:00—5:00 PM
March 11, 2009
The New Ideas in Development After the Financial Crisis Conference, sponsored by CGD and the Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism, will examine the implications of the global financial crisis on existing development strategies. Panels of distinguished academics and policy practitione...
Feb
5
2009
2:00—3:45 PM
January 28, 2009
The recently published China into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence sheds new light on the well studied but still poorly understood emerging relationship by drawing in the perspectives of African, Chinese, and American scholars. Robert Rotberg, volume editor, argues that China’s current thrust into...
Press Release New from CGD
January 27, 2009
WASHINGTON,D.C.(January 27, 2009)- John Simon, a leader in promoting private investment in low-income countries, will join the Center for Global Development as a visiting fellow starting February 2. Simon is the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the African Union and former executive vice president of the...