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Blog Post
November 23, 2021
CGD's Masood Ahmed speaks with Sida's Carin Jämtin and MCC's Alexia Latortue about their takeaways from the 2021 Development Leaders Conference, including the tensions between national and global challenges, how development agency leaders can address them, and what these decisions might mean for age...
Nov
22
2021
9:30—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
November 15, 2021
The Center for Global Development and the African Center for Economic Transformation are hosting a public event on the recently reformed policies governing the use of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT). With the world’s attention this summer on the allocation and recycling of SDRs, these ...
Sep
28
2021
9:30—11:00 AM Washington DC Time
September 21, 2021
What is the impact of IMF-supported programs on growth? Does the Fund lean too heavily towards austerity to ensure external adjustment at the expense of growth? The latest report from the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) examined how IMF-supported programs...
Blog Post
May 03, 2021
Most observers gave the IMF high marks for its initial response to the COVID-19 crisis. It responded quickly with emergency financing to 86 countries, including a fivefold increase in its concessional lending to low-income countries. And its leadership was quick to recognize that the unpreceden...
Blog Post
April 05, 2021
While those lucky enough to live in the United States or Europe fret about the extra weeks before their vaccine jab is scheduled, 6 billion people in developing countries will need to wait months, if not years. COVID-19 vaccine production lags far behind demand, and one reason why developing countri...
Mar
30
2021
9:00—10:00 AM ET
March 15, 2021
As the EBRD reaches a historic milestone this April celebrating its 30th anniversary, multilateral action has never been more important - a vital component in dealing with the global health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the climate change emergency. What lessons have b...