Events
All Topics (November 19 through January 31)
Wednesday, November 20
- 12:30 PM
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
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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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
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 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
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
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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