Events
All Topics (September 8 through November 30)
Wednesday, September 22
- 9:00 AM
Brady-bond-like transactions could be considered for today’s distressed debt resolution. The general principles applied in 1990s, such as granting debt relief in exchange for greater collectability, linking
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Thursday, September 23
- 7:00 AM
Over the past four decades, Bangladesh has built up its domestic productive capacity in the pharmaceutical sector and in the process, generated manufacturing capacity and employment to provide access to
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Monday, September 27
- 10:00 AM
The Biden administration recently shared an ambitious vision for a ‘worker-centered’ trade policy to tackle the global race-to-the-bottom, build resilience in domestic supply chains and strengthen
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Wednesday, September 29
- 4:00 PM
Exposing voters to non-state-provisioned information is presumed to counter incumbents’ efforts to keep voters uninformed in order to remain in power. In a new study, Ceren Baysan estimates the effect
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Tuesday, October 5
- 9:00 AM
As the only multilateral, rules-based institution charged with promoting the stability of the international financial and monetary system to enable longer-run growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a
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Wednesday, October 20
- 9:00 AM
In a chapter for a World Bank September 2021 publication, Justin Lin and Yan Wang argue African countries should adopt development strategies around their comparative advantages and have credible and
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- 4:00 PM
Appointments are ubiquitous in developed-country healthcare systems for logistical reasons. In a new study, Laura Derksen, University of Toronto, Rotman and coauthors assess whether appointments also help address
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Thursday, October 28
- 9:00 AM
Comprising an estimated total population of nearly 3.21 billion people, the BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa constitute the world’s five major emerging economies and are
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Monday, November 1
- 12:30 PM
The failure of the 1960s developmental states causes Sudanese political and economic thought to take on an increasingly regional and international perspective. Intellectuals from across the political spectrum come
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Wednesday, November 10
- 1:30 PM
Climate change poses significant risks that could exacerbate poverty and inequality, and threatens the financial stability and long-run growth prospects of the world economy. Recent extreme weather events,
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Wednesday, November 17
- 9:00 AM
Energy investment is crucial to accelerating a global sustainable energy transition. Nevertheless, not all investments are successful. From her research of Chinese overseas investments in the power sector over
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- 4:00 PM
Children starting school at younger ages have more potential years of education before they age out of compulsory schooling. However, early-starters also progress through school as the youngest in their
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Thursday, November 18
- 9:30 AM
As the only multilateral, rules-based institution charged with promoting the stability of the international financial and monetary system, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a central role to play in
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Friday, November 19
- 10:00 AM
Consisting of one multilateral trade agreement, more than 300 preferential free trade agreements and almost 3,000 bilateral investment treaties, the global trading system seeks to establish a stable regulatory
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