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.

Jun

11:30—1:30 PM EDT | 4.30 - 6.30 PM BST

IN PERSON in London

Schooling for All: A Conversation with GPE’s Laura Frigenti

Sir Masood Ahmed, CGD’s President, will be joined by Laura Frigenti, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) CEO, for a conversation on “Schooling for All: Feasible Strategies to Achieve Universal Education”. After 30 years in multilateral organizatio...

Jun

12:30—7:00 PM ET

Get the Lead Out! A Day Connecting Local and Global Action for a World Free of Lead Poisoning

Leaded gasoline is now history. Yet from Flint, Michigan, to Dhaka, Bangladesh—and almost everywhere in between—the silent scourge of lead poisoning is still with us. Join the Center for Global Development and Pure Earth for a comprehensive half-day ...

Jun

10:00—11:15 AM ET / 3:00-4:15 PM BST

Strategic Investments in Surveillance for Pandemic Preparedness

Senior Fellow Victoria Fan will speak with Gina Samaan from the WHO and Ole Norheim from the University of Bergen and Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health about possible investments of three kinds of surveillance for preparing for the next pande...

Events

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Dec

9:00—9:45 AM ET

A Conversation with DFC CEO Scott Nathan and Mastercard EVP Tara Nathan

Please join the Center for Global Development for a conversation on mobilizing private sector investment in Africa to support development priorities. On the heels of the second US-Africa Leaders’ Summit and COP27, US International Development Finance...

Dec

8:30—9:30 AM ET, 1:30-2:30 GMT

CANCELLED: A Conversation with AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina

Please join the Center for Global Development for a virtual conversation on the margins of the US-Africa Leaders Summit featuring Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. President Adesina will deliver brief remarks on the imp...

Dec

9:30—11:00 AM Eastern Time

Accelerating Public Service Leadership in Africa

This event will explore collaboration between African and US institutions in the areas of education, training, and professional development to accelerate public service leadership in Africa. While there are longstanding US-Africa education and exchan...

Dec

3:00—4:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Championing Evidence Use for Policy Impact

US foreign aid agencies have long been at the forefront of evidence-based policymaking—tracking and measuring the impact of assistance programs on well-being and prosperity around the world. As part of the White House Year of Evidence for Action, th...

Nov

2:00—3:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)/ 7:00—8:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Inter-American Development Bank Presidential Candidate Forum

Last month, the Center for Global Development convened experts to lay out the major issues and challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean region and to discuss priorities for the next President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In...

Oct

1:00—2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada), 5:00 -6:00pm GMT/ 6:00 – 7:00pm British Summer Time (BST)

Conversation with Ann Bernstein

South Africa’s economy has underperformed during the past decade. The COVID‑19 crisis has weakened an already fragile economy, hobbled by endemic power rationing. Incomes have been declining, unemployment remains high, at around 35% and income inequa...

Oct

9:30—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)/ 1:30 -3:00pm GMT/ 2:30 – 4:00pm British Summer Time (BST)

Latin America and the Caribbean at a Crossroads

COVID-19 and related economic shocks have had important but heterogeneous impact across the Latin American and Caribbean region, which also faces elevated climate risks, increasing rates of poverty, declining life expectancy in some countries, and un...

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