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Dec

13

9:30—11:30 PM

RFD, 810 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC

CGD Meet Up: Development Diamonds

Join CGD staff and other members of the development community on Wednesday, December 13th, for an informal meet-up in to discuss the role of diamonds in development, the topic at the heart of the new movie, Blood Diamond. You can catch the movie firs...

Oct

11

2:00—3:30 PM

Peter G. Peterson Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Diamonds and Development: The Botswana Story

Botswana is often cited as a model developing country. A stable democracy since independence in 1966, the southern African country has also managed to leverage its substantial diamond production to bring broader development to its people and avoid so...

Oct

11

9:30—11:00 AM

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

How to Build Homes--and Housing Markets--in Africa: OPIC and the Lilayi Estates Project in Zambia

As in much of the rest of Africa, in Zambia formal land titles are often impossible to obtain and mortgage finance is usually available only to the very rich. Lilayi Estates, an innovative public-private partnership in Lusaka, offers people of ordina...

Sep

14

2:00—4:00 PM

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

The African Development Bank: Which Way Forward?

A year ago Donald Kaberuka became the president of the African Development Bank, the sixth-largest source of aid to the continent and the only major African-owned donor. The AfDB, which very nearly collapsed in the mid 1990s, has bounced back in rec...

Sep

6

2:00—4:00 PM

Peter G. Peterson Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

The Prospects of Bringing a Green Revolution to Africa

Starting in the 1950s, Norman Borlaug led an international effort to develop short, fertilizer-responsive grain varieties that became the basis of the Green Revolution, more than doubling harvests and helping to avert famines in much of the developin...

Apr

27

10:30—12:30 PM

The Millennium Challenge Account: From Start-up to Grown-up?

Ambassador John J. Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, will offer opening remarks at this CGD event. A moderated discussion with Janet Ballantyne, Vice President for International Development, Abt Associates Inc. an...

Apr

26

12:00—1:30 PM

Predictability of Budget Aid: Experiences in Eight African Countries

Oya Celasun, Macroeconomic Studies, Research Department, International Monetary Fund presented "Predictability of Budget Aid: Experiences in Eight African Countries" at this CGD seminar. Steve Radelet, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, ch...

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13

9:30—11:30 PM

RFD, 810 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Oct

11

2:00—3:30 PM

Peter G. Peterson Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Oct

11

9:30—11:00 AM

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

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14

2:00—4:00 PM

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

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6

2:00—4:00 PM

Peter G. Peterson Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

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13

9:30—11:30 PM

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11

2:00—3:30 PM

Peter G. Peterson Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Oct

11

9:30—11:00 AM

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

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14

2:00—4:00 PM

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

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Peter G. Peterson Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

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26

12:00—1:30 PM

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