Events

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Events

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Oct

17

9:30—10:30 AM ET

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

The AIIB in the MDB System

Please join CGD president Masood Ahmed in conversation with Jin Liqun, the founding president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Earlier this summer, the AIIB reached the milestone of 100 members, making it the second largest multila...

Oct

12

9:30—11:00 AM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Stitching Together the New Silk Road: How Governments and Institutions Can Make the Belt and Road Initiative a Success for Developing Countries

China's Belt and Road Initiative aims to connect countries that account for 60 percent of the world's people and 30 percent of global GDP. How can we make sure it produces real and lasting benefits for developing countries that are involved?&...

Sep

29

9:30—11:00 AM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Rohingya Crisis: How Can the US and Humanitarian Groups Respond?

Long-simmering conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has exploded in recent weeks, leading to the rapid flight of more than 400,000 members of the country’s Rohingya population into neighboring Bangladesh. The pace of this flight has few pr...

Jun

3

10:30—12:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street

- Fifth Floor

Enter the Dragon: Assessing Risks from China’s Financial Sector for Latin America

A slowdown in China’s growth is a serious concern for Latin America, especially for those countries that have benefited from a record-setting boom in commodity prices since 2003. Much of the slowdown is due to structural reforms in China, partl...

May

30

9:00—11:00 AM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street, NW

- Fifth Floor

Can REDD+ Save Indonesia’s Forests?

Indonesia is a prominent test case in global efforts to reduce tropical deforestation—a necessary component in the global effort to avert runaway climate change. As part of the global climate negotiations, rich countries have agreed in princ...

May

8

2:00—3:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L ST NW

- Fifth Floor

The Precocious Indian Development Model and its Future

Despite being one of the fastest-growing economies, India has hit a turbulent patch in recent years with declining growth and increasing macro-economic instability. India's emphasis on skill-intensive manufacturing and services over unskilled manufac...

Jun

7

10:00—11:30 AM

Westin Georgetown

2350 M Street NW

Washington Ballroom

Indian Democracy's Mid-Life Crises

The Republic of India is the world's most reckless political experiment. It was born amidst a background of partition, civil war, economic scarcity and territorial fragmentation. The decision to yet promote a democratic political system, and promote ...

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