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Jan
13
2:00—3:30 PM
Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC
December 31, 2008
Are policies to encourage biofuels part of the solution to global warming? Or do their environmental costs outweigh their benefits? IFPRI senior research fellow Antoine Bouet uses a global trade model to examine the impact of trade, subsidy, and mandate policies that the European Union uses or could...
Jan
12
12:30—2:00 PM
Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC
December 31, 2008
The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a multisectoral initiative designed to help resource rich developing countries improve their governance. Although adherence is voluntary, participating governments are required to publish resource revenues and firms operating in these countr...
Jan
13
10:00—11:30 AM
Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Ambassador Room, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
December 29, 2008
Join us for a conversation with Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich as he prepares to pass stewardship over the MCC to a new Administration. In his introductory remarks and subsequent dialogue with CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet, Ambassador Danilovich will reflect upon his r...
Jan
8
3:15—4:15 PM
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 204C, 801 Mount Vernon Place, Washington, DC
December 23, 2008
The multifaceted nature of current and emerging global security challenges requires a judicious and balanced use of development, diplomacy and defense--the 3Ds. United States' leadership in ensuring the success of global efforts to address poverty, protect the environment and safeguard human rights ...