Events

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Events

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Dec

18

2:30—4:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Health-Wealth Trade-offs: Effects of Mineral Mining in Developing Countries

Please join us for a brown-bag lunch event featuring Jan von der Goltz’s presentation of his recent paper with Prabhat Barnwal assessing the health and wealth effects of mines on nearby communities. Their paper is the first extensive analysis t...

Dec

17

6:30—8:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Global Health Market Shaping Forum: Discussion of the Practice and Potential

Global health is inextricably linked to the health of the marketplace that delivers lifesaving products to low-income populations. A well-functioning health care market requires manufacturers to produce high-quality products, distributors to deliver ...

Dec

16

12:00—1:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Roadblocks, Recovery, and Relapse: A Conversation with Tendai Biti, Former Finance Minister of Zimbabwe

Please join us for a conversation with Tendai Biti about his experience as the finance minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He will talk about the successes, challenges, and frustrations of trying to turn his country’s economy around in the ...

Dec

9

2:00—3:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St NW

- Fifth Floor

Winners and Losers of Globalization: Political Implications of Inequality

The last quarter century of globalization has witnessed the largest reshuffle of global incomes since the Industrial Revolution. Branko Milanovic finds that the main factor behind the reshuffle was the rise of China and, to a slightly lesser extent, ...

Dec

8

10:00—12:00 AM

Casa Andina Miraflores

Av. La Paz 463, Miraflores

Why Forests? Why Now? Events at the 20th UNFCCC Conference of Parties

The Center for Global Development hosted two side events in Lima during the 20th UNFCCC Conference of Parties. On December 3rd and December 5th, CGD experts Frances Seymour and Jonah Busch presented findings from their forthcoming book...

Dec

3

5:00—6:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Predicting Partnerships: Which Countries Will the Millennium Challenge Corporation Select This Year?

CGD senior policy analyst Sarah Rose will forecast which countries the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s board of directors is likely to select for FY2015 compact and threshold program eligibility at its December 10th board meeting. Drawing on...

Nov

25

2:00—3:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Mexico’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Progresa/Oportunidades

Human capital and its relation to poverty are central areas of study in development economics. The Mexican conditional cash transfer (CCT) program Progresa/Oportunidades is a particularly innovative human capital development program that was rigorous...

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