Events

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Events

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Nov

4

11:00—12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Online

Progress and Challenges in the Quest for Transparency to Ensure Equity in the COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment

After earlier calls for transparency in the global deployment of COVID-19 vaccine, we’ve seen progress: in addition to UNICEF’s COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard launched in December 2020, the Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics –...

Jun

8

10:00—10:00 AM Washington DC Time

Online

Talking to Kids About Global Progress, Challenges, and What's Next

Many kids are increasingly depressed about the state of the world and its future, with some good reason. But (along with many adults) they are less aware of the progress we have made, and what that suggests about the potential to fix the problems we ...

Apr

15

10:00—11:00 AM ET

In Conversation with Rory Stewart

Join CGD for a discussion with Rory Stewart on issues including the new UK Defense Security and Foreign Policy Review, the moves to reduce the UK’s ODA commitment from 0.7 percent of GDP, the merger of the UK’s Department for International Developmen...

Mar

18

3:00—4:00 PM ET

Online

Information, Innovation, and Promoting the Common Good

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 e...

Jan

26

1:00—2:00 PM ET

Online

The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease

Join Judy Woodruff and Charles Kenny as they discuss Kenny’s new book, The Plague Cycle, a history of mankind’s battles with infectious disease. The Plague Cycle examines the relationship between civilization, globalization, prosperity, and infectiou...

Mar

10

12:30—2:00 PM ET

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Capitalism, Alone

In Capitalism, Alone, Branko Milanovic argues that capitalism has triumphed because it works. It delivers prosperity and gratifies human desires for autonomy. But it comes with a moral price, pushing us to treat material success as the ultimate goal....

Oct

16

10:00—2:00 PM ET

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Technology and Development Conference

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 c...

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