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

10

5:00—6:30 PM

The Center for Global Development at COP 21

The Center for Global Development is hosting several side events in Paris during the 21st UNFCCC Conference of Parties. Frances Seymour, Jonah Busch and Michele de Nevers will be sharing ongoing research from the forthcoming book, Why Forests? Why No...

Dec

10

2:30—4:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

When the Money Runs Out: Evaluating the longer-term impacts of a two-year cash transfers program

Can short–term unconditional cash transfers (UCT) create longer-term impacts? In a new paper, Berk Özler and co-authors study a group of young women in Malawi, who participated in a two-year cash transfer experiment as adolescents, in orde...

Dec

9

7:30—10:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Film Screening: Every Last Child

EVERY LAST CHILD is the dramatic story of five people impacted by the current polio crisis in Pakistan. Taking place on the front line of the fight against the disease, it is a story of sacrifice, fearless determination and sorrow in the face of mist...

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

18

2:30—4:00 PM

CGD Europe

54 Wilton Road

Pimlico

CGD Europe Sandwich Seminar: The Effects of Immigration on NHS Waiting Times (London, UK)

 In this CGD Europe Sandwich Seminar, Osea Giuntella presents results from a paper with Catia Nicodemo and Carlos Vargas Silva on the effects of immigration on waiting times in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Linking administrative...

Nov

18

11:00—8:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street, NW

- Fifth Floor

Small Changes, Big Impact: Creating Conditions for Women and Girls to Thrive

How can we bridge the gap between what we know and what we do when investing in women and girls? The Birdsall House Conference Series on Women brings leading researchers on women’s empowerment in the fields of development economics, behavioral econom...

Nov

17

6:00—7:30 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Food Security and Scarcity: Why Ending Hunger is So Hard

“Sustainability” is not just an environmental concept. It also applies to market outcomes. No society has figured out how to allocate scarce economic resources efficiently on behalf of society’s needs without using market processes....

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