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Feb
28
2024
IN PERSON
11:00—12:15 PM
February 28, 2024
In recent years, countries have imposed restrictions on the cross-border movement of data as a means of protecting privacy and encouraging the growth of domestic tech sectors. The impacts of such measures on consumers, particularly those living below the international poverty line, have garnered lit...
May
10
2023
9:00—10:15 AM ET / 2:00-3:15 p.m. BST
April 24, 2023
For most of human existence, space has been unreachable and mysterious. Today, however, satellites are launched into space about every three days- underpinning telecommunications, utilities, financial institutions, and other elements of global daily life. Satellites also offer the potential to accel...
Apr
12
2023
10:00—11:30 AM ET / 3:00-4:30 PM BST / In-person and Online
March 22, 2023
"Driving Digital Transformation: Lessons from Seven Developing Countries" documents the experiences of implementing the Digital Economy Kit developed by the Pathways for Prosperity Commission and the Digital Pathways at Oxford program. The book was written in the name of Benno Ndulu, a former non-re...
Jul
28
2021
9:00—9:00 AM EDT
July 23, 2021
Over 1 billion adults are digitally financially excluded Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan. Further, in most emerging and developing economies, more than 50 percent of the population remain excluded. Ambitious national strategies have tried to advance financial inclusion, especially t...
May
27
2021
10:30—12:00 PM Washington DC Time
May 18, 2021
The World Bank’s 2021 World Development Report “Data for Better Lives” calls for a new social contract that enables the use and reuse of data to create economic and social value, promotes equitable opportunities to benefit from data, and fosters citizens’ trust that they will not be harmed by misuse...
Mar
18
2021
3:00—4:00 PM ET
March 11, 2021
How can we continue to improve access to information while addressing the “epistemic emergency” raised by the spread of disinformation? Katherine Maher, CEO and Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and CGD Policy Fellow Michael Pisa will explore this question and Wikimedia’s evolving role...
Jun
11
2020
10:00—11:00 AM EDT
June 10, 2020
Developing countries are being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. As governments impose strict lockdowns to contain the spread of the coronavirus, families and small businesses are finding it difficult to earn enough to tide these difficult times. This has created a vast number of ‘new poor’ who wil...
Dec
3
2019
4:00—5:30 PM ET
November 15, 2019
Amolo will talk about the demographics now shaping the future of work in Africa—where the young bulge is just starting—and middle-income Asian countries which are now facing challenges of supporting an aging population. With that in mind, she will discuss how the reality that most people...
Nov
13
2019
12:30—2:00 PM
October 30, 2019
India’s remarkable digital transformation has encompassed a wide variety of programs and services and is ushering in a new era of digital governance. Reforms include a wide range of subsidies and social benefit programs using the JAM (Aadhaar, mobiles and financial accounts), as well as struct...
Oct
16
2019
10:00—2:00 PM ET
October 07, 2019
New technologies continue to challenge traditional paths to industrialization, such as export-led manufacturing. But at the same time, they may offer new routes for development in services and the knowledge economy. Over the last 18 months, CGD has convened a group of experts to assess how...