Events

CGD is committed to building an organization that embraces diversity and fosters inclusivity. We value diversity across intersectional dimensions, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, geographic location, and gender. As such, our public events aim to bring together relevant expertise and a balance of perspectives. Read our diversity commitments for public events here.

Events

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Dec

7

3:30—4:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Better Hospitals for Better Health

Hospitals are central to building and maintaining healthy populations around the world. They serve as the first point of care for many, offer access to specialized care, act as loci for medical education and research, and influence standards for nati...

Nov

17

12:30—2:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Latin America: Back to the 80s or Heading for Rebound?

Multiple crises in the Latin American past, including severe banking crises, have been accompanied by sharp and persistent devaluations. This time around, the impressively large currency depreciations (over 50 percent in some countries) resulting fro...

Nov

12

6:00—7:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Anti–Money Laundering Policies, De-Risking, and Challenges for Emerging Markets

Countering terrorism is and must remain a critical national security priority for the United States and countries around the world. Anti–money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) laws are key tools in these efforts. ...

Nov

11

4:00—5:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

LGBT Rights in the Developing World: What Can Washington Do?

President Obama’s trip to Kenya earlier this year elicited charges from within the country that the United States was seeking to impose LGBT rights on unwilling Kenyans. This sentiment has found support among political leaders in many developin...

Nov

9

12:00—1:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street, NW

- Fifth Floor

Doing Cash Differently: How Cash Transfers Can Transform Humanitarian Aid

What is the best way to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable? The current humanitarian aid system - based around the delivery of physical supplies to those in need - is in dire need of change to reflect a simple reality: more peopl...

Nov

5

10:45—4:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Girl Summit 2015: A Focus on Solutions to End Child Marriage Globally

At the first-ever Girl Summit last year in London, governments, organizations, and advocates from around the world promised to end child marriage globally. The U.S. joined other governments in pledging to step up efforts.

Nov

3

5:00—6:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Identity and the SDGs: How Finding the Missing Millions Can Help Achieve Development Goals

A legal identity is the first step to claiming many basic rights. Yet 750m children around the world do not even have a birth certificate. They are denied the chance to play an active and productive role – and to raise themselves and their fami...

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