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Sep
8
2020
9:00—10:30 AM EDT
September 01, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating debt vulnerabilities across Sub-Saharan Africa at a time when the continent needs a massive surge in financing to fight the pandemic and its economic effects. In response, the G20 announced the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) in April to grant bilatera...
Jun
17
2020
10:00—10:00 AM ET
June 17, 2020
United Nations Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, joins CGD President Masood Ahmed to discuss the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 in Africa and the international response. They will discuss lockdown exit strategies, debt standstills,...
Oct
17
2019
11:00—12:30 PM
September 26, 2019
Rising levels of external debt among developing countries has raised concerns about debt risks and revealed the degree to which the debt picture has grown increasingly complex. As developing country borrowers have gained greater access to a diverse array of creditors in recent years, so have they be...
Mar
12
2012
1:00—2:30 PM
March 07, 2012
CGD's William Cline will serve as a discussant for this World Bank InfoShop event
Ascent after Decline: Regrowing Global Economies after the Great Recession
Monday, March 12, 2012
1:00pm - 2:30 pm
**Light Lunch Will Be Provided**
CHAIR:
Marcelo Giugale
Sector Director
Poverty Reduction ...
CGD in the News
January 15, 2010
Sir, Although I usually agree with Arvind Panagariya, I believe he is wrong in his diagnosis that global free agricultural trade would be harmful to the least developed countries ("Tide of free trade will not float all boats", August 3, 2004). He is correct that elimination of industrial country sub...
CGD in the News
January 04, 2010
Sir, The Stern review on climate economics may well achieve a long-overdue shift in the burden of proof towards those who argue that it is uneconomic to cut the rising path of carbon emissions by anything more than trivial amounts ("Benefits of climate action outweigh costs", November 7 - subscripti...