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Dec

16

4:00—6:00 PM

SEIU, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room1026/28 (Lobby Level), Washington, DC

If It Doesn’t Get Counted, Does It Count? New Measures of Aid Quality for Microfinance, Humanitarian Aid, and Everything Else

The last decade has seen a growing number of efforts to measure the quality of foreign aid, including part of CGD's own Commitment to Development Index (CDI). This event will showcase three new projects of this kind—projects that dramatize how the qu...

Dec

15

6:00—7:30 PM

SEIU, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room1026/28 (Lobby Level), Washington, DC

How Much Do Demographic Factors Influence Infrastructure Demand in Developing Countries?

Countries have tough choices to make over investing in different types of infrastructure. Do schools come first? What about irrigation and other agricultural needs so that populations can be fed? And they can't ignore the importance of roads, bridges...

Dec

11

12:00—1:30 PM

2172 Rayburn House Office Building (Independence Ave. & S. Capitol St., SW), Washington, DC

Foreign Assistance Reform in the 111th Congress: A Look Ahead

During the recent campaign, President-elect Barack Obama pledged to "double our annual investments in foreign assistance to $50 billion by 2012 and ensure that these new resources are invested wisely with strong accountability measures and directed t...

Dec

10

5:00—7:00 PM

Briefing for Members of ECOSOC on the report of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, Closing the Gap in a Generation

The Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) is a global network of policy makers, researchers and civil society organizations brought together by the World Health Organization (WHO) to give support in tackling the social causes of poo...

Dec

10

12:00—1:30 PM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

The Fate of Young Democracies

Why do some young democracies fail? Drawing on a unique data set of every democratization episode since 1960, The Fate of Young Democracies explores the underlying reasons for backsliding and reversal in the world’s fledgling democracies and offers p...

Dec

9

12:00—1:15 PM

Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Ambassador Room, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

A Conversation with Henrietta Fore

Join us for an intimate conversation with Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore as she prepares to pass her torch of elevating development and modernizing foreign assistance to a new Administration. In a dialo...

Dec

4

2:00—3:30 PM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment

Abstract: Identifying the effect of parental incomes on child outcomes is difficult due to the correlation of unobserved ability and income. This study investigates this effect in a developing country that happens to lie within the United States -- t...

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16

4:00—6:00 PM

SEIU, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room1026/28 (Lobby Level), Washington, DC

Dec

15

6:00—7:30 PM

SEIU, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room1026/28 (Lobby Level), Washington, DC

Dec

11

12:00—1:30 PM

2172 Rayburn House Office Building (Independence Ave. & S. Capitol St., SW), Washington, DC

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10

5:00—7:00 PM

Dec

10

12:00—1:30 PM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

Dec

9

12:00—1:15 PM

Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Ambassador Room, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Dec

4

2:00—3:30 PM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

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16

4:00—6:00 PM

SEIU, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room1026/28 (Lobby Level), Washington, DC

Dec

15

6:00—7:30 PM

SEIU, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room1026/28 (Lobby Level), Washington, DC

Dec

11

12:00—1:30 PM

2172 Rayburn House Office Building (Independence Ave. & S. Capitol St., SW), Washington, DC

Dec

10

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Dec

10

12:00—1:30 PM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

Dec

9

12:00—1:15 PM

Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Ambassador Room, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

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4

2:00—3:30 PM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

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