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Jan
14
2016
9:30—11:00 AM
January 07, 2016
Last month, the MCC Board of Directors made its annual decisions about which developing countries are eligible to receive the agency’s large-scale assistance. In the end, they selected five countries for MCC support: Cote d’Ivoire, Kosovo, and Senegal for compact programs, and Sri ...
Sep
28
2015
IN PERSON
Washington, DC
12:00—1:30 PM
September 22, 2015
600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity and millions more have only minimal, sporadic access. This energy poverty has deadly consequences for health outcomes and inhibits economic growth, including by discouraging American and other foreign investment. Recognizing this challenge, ...
Sep
16
2015
9:00—10:30 AM
September 02, 2015
Recent research suggests a stark mismatch between ordinary Africans’ most pressing development priorities and the agendas of US foreign aid agencies. To address this, US aid agencies have taken further steps to promote country-led approaches and foster direct engagement with and garner feedbac...
Jul
20
2015
3:00—5:00 PM
July 01, 2015
Why development matters more than ever in US foreign policy and what the next administration can do about it. The panel discussion marked the launch of CGD’s 2016 presidential campaign briefing book The White House and the World: Practical Proposals on Global Development for the Next US Presid...
Jun
10
2015
4:00—6:00 PM
May 22, 2015
Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse with Cash Transfers proposes a radical new policy option for countries facing the daunting challenges of natural resource windfalls: citizen dividends. Authors Todd Moss, Caroline Lambert, and Stephanie Majerowicz make the case for every citizen to receive a ...
Mar
3
2015
12:00—1:30 PM
February 23, 2015
In recent years, open data and open government have quickly risen in popularity among transparency advocates and innovative international development practitioners. Beyond theory and buzzwords, how much demand actually exists from citizens on-the-ground for this movement? What kind of impact can we ...
Dec
3
2014
3:00—4:30 PM
November 19, 2014
CGD senior policy analyst Sarah Rose will forecast which countries the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s board of directors is likely to select for FY2015 compact and threshold program eligibility at its December 10th board meeting. Drawing on a new MCC Monitor Analysis released earlier in th...
Jan
28
2014
8:00—10:00 PM
January 23, 2014
Bingo. The State of the Union. You and your friends from the Center for Global Development. It’s that time of year again for CGD’s annual State of the Union Bingo! Please join us for the 2014 State of Union address, where we’ll be listening to discover what global issues are on President Obama’s age...
Jan
15
2014
10:00—11:30 AM
January 03, 2014
Last June, President Obama announced a new initiative which aims to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, a region where nearly 600 million people do not have access to electricity. The Center for Global Development is pleased to host an intragovernmental discussion of the Power Africa...
Dec
5
2013
2:00—3:00 PM
November 26, 2013
CGD senior policy analyst Sarah Rose will forecast which countries the Millennium Challenge Corporation's board of directors is likely to select for FY2014 compact and threshold program eligibility at its December 10th board meeting. Drawing on a new MCA Monitor analysis released earlier in the week...