Events

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Events

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May

10

11:00—12:30 PM ET

Book Talk with Brad Parks

Author of the new book Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program, Dr. Brad Parks will deliver a new dataset of international development finance from China that captures 13,427 projects worth $843 billion across...

Jun

28

1:00—1:45 PM Washington DC Time

Crafting an Affirmative Initiative for Infrastructure in the Developing World

In the Biden Administration’s Interim National Security Guidance of March 2021, the United States declared its intent to “provide foreign assistance to promote global stability and offer an alternative to predatory development models” through U.S. de...

Jun

24

9:00—10:15 AM Washington DC time

The Future of Development: Lessons from China

In the Future of Development series, the Center for Global Development and the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de) bring together development experts, scholars, and policymakers to address the big quest...

Apr

16

9:00—10:00 AM ET

Online

How China Lends: A Rare Look into 100 Debt Contracts with Foreign Governments

China is the world’s largest official creditor, but basic facts about the terms and conditions of its lending were—until recently—obscured. On March 31, 2021, the Center for Global Development, in collaboration with AidData at William & Mary, the...

Aug

11

9:00—10:00 AM ET

Online

Debates in Development: Is China Good for Developing Countries?

The West may have woken up to China’s role in developing countries with the advent of the Belt and Road initiative in 2015, but China’s economic relationships with these countries had already been rapidly expanding earlier in the decade. Now, in the ...

Jan

24

10:30—4:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

The Economics of Belt and Road: Policy Implications of New and Emerging Research

The Chinese government’s Belt and Road initiative, now entering its 7th year, has generated a great deal of attention globally. The visibility of the initiative reflects its priority among China’s senior leadership, the consideration of t...

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...

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