Events

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Events

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Sep

17

4:00—5:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

The Business of Changing the World

Please join the Center for Global Development for this conversation with Devex’s president & editor-in-chief, Raj Kumar, to discuss his book The Business of Changing the World, which has been called the 'go to primer' on the people,...

Nov

13

11:00—12:30 PM

Hyatt Regency Hotel

24 Kivukoni Rd

The Next Billion Customers: Expanding Financial Services to Women through Technology

Over 1 billion women lack access to financial services due to economic and social barriers, time and mobility constraints, and discrimination Financial services delivered digitally can address these barriers. Closing the global gender gap in access t...

May

1

12:30—2:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

The Next Billion Customers: Expanding Financial Services to Women through Technology

Over 1 billion women lack access to financial services due to economic and social barriers, time and mobility constraints, and discrimination in service provision. Financial services delivered digitally can address these barriers by providing women w...

Apr

19

2:30—3:45 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

What Will Automation and Artificial Intelligence Mean for Comparative Advantage and Supply Chains in the Developing World?

Technological advances in fields such as artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to fundamentally alter prevailing economic trends. While the effects of these changes are the subject of great debate in the developed world, less disc...

Oct

23

4:00—5:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Can Digital Currencies Improve Financial Access?

As the evidence of mobile money’s ability to improve financial access continues to grow, some in the development community are exploring whether a new wave of digital innovation, including digital currencies and blockchain technology, can play ...

Oct

13

9:30—11:00 AM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Societal Platforms: Building beyond Aadhaar for Sustainable Development

CGD, in partnership with the World Bank Group, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Omidyar Network, is delighted to host Nandan Nilekani, the founding chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar), the unique identification system of India, which has enrolled more ...

Apr

18

9:30—11:00 AM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Demonetization, Digital Identity and Universal Basic Income – How Big Ideas Are Changing India and What It Means for the World

According to The Economist, India's proposal to give every citizen a cash transfer using the digital platform Aadhar could reduce absolute poverty from 22 percent to 0.5 percent. For a country that is home to a third of the world's poor, coul...

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