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.

Mar

22

10:00—11:00 AM EDT / 14:00-15:00 UTC

Putting Aid in its Place

Health aid has contributed to historic gains in global health, but it can also be volatile, fragmented, and even displace domestic finances. What’s more, it can prevent countries from setting their own priorities, which is worsened by a lack of equit...

Mar

28

10:00—11:30 AM ET , 3:00-4:30 PM BST

The Future of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)

The 2021 allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided a vital lifeline for the global economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world moves towards a post-pandemic future, SDRs could play a vital ro...

Events

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Dec

17

2:00—3:00 PM EST

Online

Excise Taxes on Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Fuel: Lessons from Chile

Excise taxes have traditionally been reliable sources of government revenue, but they are also used as a means of discouraging the consumption of products that harm health or the environment—tobacco, alcohol, fuel products and, more recently, su...

Dec

8

8:30—10:00 AM ET

Online

Tackling 2Pandemics through World Bank Operations: Addressing Gender-Based Violence & COVID

This year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign comes at a time like no other, as countries are working hard to respond to COVID 19 and are implementing restrictions and lockdown measures to prevent the spreading of the virus. Respon...

Dec

4

10:00—11:00 AM ET

Online

COVID-19, Supply Chain Resilience and Global Trade

Supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19 are twin threats, both to lives and livelihoods. We have focused some of our past discussions on COVID-19 and medical supply chains. Supply chain disruptions are also aggravating to the economic effects of the...

Dec

3

2:00—2:00 PM Geneva Time

Online

More Money for Health Services: What is the Role of PFM in the New Normal?

Historically, public financial management (PFM) has been overlooked in academic and policy discussions on the availability of domestic resources. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that shows the impact of PFM processes on the quality a...

Dec

2

11:00—12:15 PM ET

Online

Join us on Dec. 2 for the Annual Birdsall House Conference Series on Women!

The Birdsall House Conference on Women identifies and highlights leading research and scholarly findings on women’s empowerment in the field of development economics. Past conferences have focused on contraception as a tool for economic empowerment, ...

Dec

2

9:30—11:15 AM ET

Online

IMF Collaboration with the World Bank on Macro-Structural Issues

This evaluation is the first by the IEO to focus squarely on how the IMF partners with its Bretton Woods sister institution, the World Bank. The report assesses the IMF’s collaboration with the World Bank as the Fund worked to raise the quality and i...

Dec

1

9:00—10:15 AM ET

Digital Agriculture

The rapid spread of mobile phones in developing countries, coupled with recent advances in our ability to analyze big data through tools such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, has generated considerable excitement about the potential o...

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