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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Mar

14

4:00—5:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Ten Trillion Dollars Deserves Transparency: Government Contracts, Commercial Confidentiality and the Public Interest Test

Every year, governments worldwide sign contracts worth trillions of dollars. Citizens should know what is in those contracts, so that they can hold governments accountable. They can only do so if the contracts are published. However, there are cases ...

Nov

15

11:30—1:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

The Myth of Capitalism: Global Implications of Market Concentration

Evidence from US-based firms like Google, Facebook, and Amazon shows that market concentration and the failure of competition policy has had grim effects on productivity and inequality. Indeed, across a handful of industries, only a couple of massive...

May

2

4:00—5:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

World Bank Investigation & Prevention: Global Systemic Impact

Pascale Hélène Dubois will discuss the global impact of World Bank investigation and prevention activities and then join a panel with Kathrin Frauscher, Deputy and Program Director, Open Contracting Partnership and Hasan Tuluy, Partners...

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...

Jun

20

4:30—5:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St NW

- Fifth Floor

Corruption and Development: Counting Results Not Receipts

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Charles Kenny's latest book, Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and Corruption. This work illustrates a growing problem: an important and justified focus on corruption as a b...

Nov

3

9:30—12:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Women's Economic Empowerment: What Works and How to Measure It

Co-hosted by Data2X/UN Foundation, the International Development Research Centre, and CGD, the session will discuss, first, new evidence on what works to empower women economically and, second, how to measure the subjective dimension of economic...

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