Events

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Events

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Aug

2

9:30—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 1:30 - 3:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 2:30 - 4:00pm British Summer Time (BST)

Where is the Money for Women’s Economic Empowerment?

In recent years, donors and governments have given more attention to promoting women's economic empowerment as a development priority, but the extent to which rhetoric has translated into increased financing remains unclear.

Jul

28

9:00—10:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 1:00 - 2:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 2:00 - 3:00pm British Summer Time (BST)

Lessons Learned from COVAX: Implications for Future Pandemic Preparedness and Response

When COVID-19 first emerged, leaders scrambled to design and implement a mechanism to facilitate the global vaccine rollout with urgency and without precedent. In April 2020, the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparednes...

Jul

19

10:00—11:15 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) / 2:00 - 3:15pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 3:00 - 4:15pm British Summer Time (BST)

There’s Nothing Micro About a Billion Women – Actions to Drive Financial Inclusion

Beyond microfinance, there is a wide range of interventions and policies that financial actors can take to reach and benefit women in low- and middle-income countries, as well as promote sustainable, inclusive economic development

Jun

30

9:00—10:00 AM Eastern Time, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM British Summer Time

A Grand Bargain for Antimicrobial Procurement

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest global public health threats facing humanity. Over 1 and a quarter million people die every year from a drug-resistant infection as a direct result of antimicrobial resistance. That’s more deaths t...

Jun

28

12:00—1:00 PM Eastern Time/ 4:00-5:00PM GMT/ 5:00-6:00PM BST

The Time Travelling Economist

Author of the new book, The Time-Travelling Economist: Why Education, Electricity, and Fertility are Key to Escaping Poverty, Charlie Robertson joins Gyude Moore to make the case that escaping poverty requires progress on education, electricity, and ...

Jun

27

9:30—10:30 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) / 1:30 - 2:30pm Greenwich Mean Time / 2:30 - 3:30pm British Summer Time

Global 70% COVID-19 Vaccine Target Has Just Been Missed – Time for a Rethink?

In June 2021, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) offered a challenge to the world, at a speech to the G7 summit: “To truly end the pandemic, our goal must be to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s popula...

Jun

22

11:00—12:00 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Mobilising Private Capital for a Just Transition

This is an external event hosted by the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) at the European Development Days and features CGD expert Mikaela Gavas.

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