Next week Center for Global Development will host Nadia Calviño for a fireside chat with Masood Ahmed and Mikaela Gavas in the margins this year’s #SpringMeetings to discuss the new European Investment Bank Group strategy! Join us in DC or online cgdev.org/event/fireside…

How can the MDBs mobilize private finance at the needed scale? 🤔

Join Center for Global Development for a panel discussion with key leaders as they tackle this question and more. Ft: Irene Arias Hofman, Alexia Latortue, Frannie Leautier, Ahmed M. Saeed, & Masood Ahmed.

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'Together w/ rising interest rates, this raised the cost of servicing debt, where the capacity to service debt wasn't.'

Sanjeev Gupta discusses the impact of increasing public health spending-causing a surge in budget deficits-with DEVE Committee Press.
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On Monday, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health Atul Gawande will join Center for Global Development to discuss the scope & challenge of global #leadpoisoning and highlight #USAID ’s commitment to accelerating the international response.

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📅Alongside the #SpringMeetings , Center for Global Development is convening leading #globaldev policymakers to discuss the role of #ODA in a changing global landscape.🌍

Ft: Bård Vegar Solhjell, Amanda Glassman, Antón Leis García, Rémy Rioux, & Mikaela Gavas.

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Delighted that @cgdev will this year be cohosting the World Bank’s long standing annual flagship research conference. Bring your ideas and questions.

Is IDA poised to break the $100bn mark? How much progress have #MDBs made on the reform agenda? And when will the IMF determine if special drawing rights can be recycled as intended? Read on to see what we're watching at this year's meetings:

.World Health Organization (WHO) has published new guidance aiming to help governments negotiate & manage international health worker agreements. Will it work?

Helen Dempster & Agya Mahat look into the guidance, and share how it can help shape future #migration partnerships ⬇
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🌟 ICYMI: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva joined Masood Ahmed to reflect on lessons learned from previous evolutions of the #IMF , how the institution can respond to new challenges, and more.

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Next week, @Gavi’s board will convene to discuss its next five-year strategy—Gavi 6.0.

Today, we’re excited to share a new body of Center for Global Development research proposing five areas for reform for Gavi to ensure continued impact in a changing global landscape🧵⬇
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'Pledges are not mobilization, and mobilization is not realization.'

Mark Plant discusses the journey from a pledge to mobilization when recycling #SDRS + EU leadership in the recycling process during a DEVE Committee Press workshop.

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📢Excited to share a new body of Center for Global Development research & analysis on how Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance can adapt to ensure continued impact 💉in a changing 🌎

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Proud to say that since the pandemic, the IMF has provided more than $300 billion in lending to emerging market economies and increased five-fold its life- saving loans to low-income member countries at zero interest.

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Center for Global Development European Investment Bank Nadia Calviño Masood Ahmed Mikaela Gavas Speakers include Bård Vegar Solhjell from Norad, Amanda Glassman from Inter-American Development Bank and Mikaela Gavas. Join us cgdev.org/event/navigati…

.Center for Global Development's Ian Mitchell recently joined the International Development Committee for a session on “Alternative Financing” for international development’s biggest challenges, from food insecurity 🍲 to climate change⛈️.

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🌟 ICYMI: Center for Global Development & Vinod Thomas's recently discussed his new book, 'Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change.' Experts explored key findings, lessons, & more.

Ft: Nancy M. Birdsall, Jyotsna Puri, Shahid Yusuf, & Masood Ahmed.

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As countries face new economic challenges, they will need to adapt and so will the IMF if it is to remain fit for purpose. How ready is it to make those changes? Join my conversation with Kristalina Georgieva and find out.

On April 2, the IMF's Kristalina Georgieva will sit down with Masood Ahmed to discuss the IMF's past lessons & future goals, including tackling climate change, fostering global cooperation, and aiding low-income and vulnerable states. Watch the livestream: bit.ly/3vqn1Vy

The recycling of SDRs to MDBs has hit a roadblock at the Executive Board of the IMF . My blog explains that there is no good technical reason for the delay. Politicians need to push.

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Questions -some straightforward and some not so straightforward- on The International Monetary Fund. See my interview in The Hundred. thehundred.substack.com/p/interview-th…