Events

Thursday, November 14

• 9:00 AM
  
  China’s Global Energy Finance Database – Data Update, 2000-2023

  At the recent Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China committed an estimated $50 billion for Africa from 2024-2027, including $30 billion in credit lines. While specific allocation details were not

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Saturday, November 16

• 6:00 AM
  
  Scaling Up Zero-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Financing Between China, Central Asia, and Beyond

  At the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, countries agreed on a historic pact to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 to accelerate progress

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Wednesday, November 20

• 12:30 PM
  
  Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil

  Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) primarily afflict the poorest people in developing economies and often lead to chronic health issues. Therefore, combating them could reduce inequality, the intergenerational

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Monday, December 2

• 11:30 AM
  
  Avoiding the Climate-Debt Spiral: The Role of the IMF and FfD4

  Public debt levels and situations of debt distress have significantly increased since the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, with the growing impacts of climate change on debt one

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  How to Make Crisis Finance Work for Development: Crafting a Global Financial Safety Net Fit for Purpose

  In recent years, emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have faced successive waves of external shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, interest rate hikes in developed countries and commodity price

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• 3:00 PM
  
  A Proposal for a Principled and Pragmatic Approach to Dealing with Market Debt of Low-Income Countries in Debt Distress

  What is the feasibility and desirability of a proposal for dealing with the international bonds of low-income countries in distress? At the Financing for Development Dialogues: From Evidence to Action,

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  Global Tax Reform to Produce Financing for Development

  Global tax reform designed to serve developing states could unlock revenue for Small Island Developing States and others needing investment for climate resilience, health and education.

  In the 1950s,

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Thursday, December 5

• 4:00 PM
  
  Research on Tap: Climate Change and Clean Energy

  Fossil fuels have provided major benefits to populations in affordability and well-being but also created large impacts on the health of people and the planet. In the face of climate

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Wednesday, January 8

• 9:30 AM
  
  Public Webinar on Climate and Development: New Research from the Journal of Globalization and Development

  The biggest developmental challenge facing the world today is climate change. Keeping the world below the 1.5C threshold of global warming requires an end to rising emissions - and an

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