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Blog Post
December 09, 2019
Caroline Atkinson and I recently posted a blog summarizing our main takeaways from a year-long study group that CGD hosted on technology, comparative advantage, and development prospects. A notable reaction I got to this piece is why there seemed to be such a wide divergence of views about...
Blog Post
November 08, 2019
In July 2018, we set up a CGD study group to discuss the impact on developing countries of automation, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and the global governance of data. Let's step back and summarize some of what we've heard and read, and where we think the conversation might be head...
Nov
5
2019
3:00—3:00 PM
October 21, 2019
Please join us for this event featuring David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group. He will sit down for a conversation with CGD President Masood Ahmed and set out his vision for the World Bank Group’s activities in development. David Malpass was selected as the 13th President of the Wor...
Oct
22
2019
3:00—5:00 PM
October 04, 2019
Global development is increasingly intertwined with state fragility. Poverty is becoming concentrated in fragile states, and conflict, violent extremism, and environmental stresses can emerge from and be exacerbated by fragility. As a result, many donors, including the United States, are reflecting ...
Oct
17
2019
2:00—3:30 PM
September 30, 2019
As countries grow to middle-income status and gain access to commercial lending, the development community is increasingly at odds as to if and how multilateral development banks (MDBs) should continue to lend to middle-income countries (MICs). Part of the community is of the view that MDB lending a...
Oct
18
2019
12:30—2:00 PM
September 30, 2019
For OECD-DAC countries who still provide substantial volumes of aid, do we agree on and still care about principles, measures and comparisons of what makes development aid “effective”? The context has changed significantly since donor countries agreed principles in a series of high-level...
Oct
17
2019
9:30—10:30 AM ET
September 23, 2019
Please join CGD president Masood Ahmed in conversation with Jin Liqun, the founding president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Earlier this summer, the AIIB reached the milestone of 100 members, making it the second largest multilateral development bank (MDB) by membership after t...