Click to RSVP This is an in-person event, and the RSVP is only for the internal use of the co-sponsoring organizations: Center for Economic and Policy Research, Public Citizen, and the Institute for Policy Studies' Global Economy Project. We look forward to seeing you at Busboys and Poets. Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion […]
The Center for Economic and Policy Research is pleased to invite you to live stream a panel discussion at Georgetown University featuring CEPR’s Director of International Programs, Deborah James: Rethinking the Global Trading System: What is Working and What is Not Working?Thursday, April 1310:45 am - 11:55 am EDTIn-person or virtual registration Panelists:Deborah James, Center for […]
Watch the recording of this event here The IMF’s 2021 Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocation provided swift, indispensable crisis relief for developing countries around the world, without harmful conditions or additional debt, and at zero cost to any IMF member country. But while this issuance proved critical, the global economic situation remains dire. In addition to […]
Watch the recording of this event here Middle and low-income countries in the global south are the most impacted countries by climate change in the world. The session aims to open the debate on the climate crisis and access to energy in MENA, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, highlighting the impact of debt and austerity policies on […]
Virtual or in-person registration here. As the world continues to deal with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the unequitable spill-overs from the war in Ukraine, as well as rising inequality and global debt, tensions between the need for coordinated international action and deepening geopolitical competition will likely worsen, with the increased use of development finance […]
This is an in-person event, and the RSVP is only for the internal use of the co-sponsoring organizations: Center for Economic and Policy Research, Americans for Financial Reform, Public Citizen, and Private Equity Stakeholder Project. We look forward to seeing you at Busboys and Poets. CLICK TO RSVP Join us for a riveting conversation with […]
The Relevance of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Today: A Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the March for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 2023, will mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It is often forgotten that Dr. King’s dream was not only to have legal […]
Host: Center for Economic and Policy Research and LATINDADD CEPR and LATINDADD recently co-published a new report, more SDRs for Latin America and the Caribbean: an opportunity in times of multiple crises, (Spanish version here, English version forthcoming) in which co-authors Andrés Arauz and Francisco Amsler look at the impact and uses of the International Monetary […]
Host: Our World Is Not for Sale Global Network, East African Trade Union Confederation, OISIA - UNTREF, Observatorio de Impactos Sociales de Inteligencia Artificial Read Deborah James' Commentary“Implications of the US Withdrawal of Support for Extreme Big Tech “Trade” Provisions for Developing Countries” Get Registered Here Governments around the world are expanding regulatory […]
Register Today Private equity firms have become major players in the healthcare industry. How has this happened and what are the results? What is private equity’s ‘value proposition’ to the industry and to the American people — at a time when healthcare is under constant pressure to cut costs and prices? How can PE firms […]
Register Today Large numbers of American households feel financially insecure, because their incomes vary month to month, quarter to quarter over the course of a year. Such economic volatility is linked to adverse health outcomes, financial, housing, and food insecurity. It can impact children who grow up in these families, including being vulnerable to falling […]
Register Today Haiti has been called “The Republic of NGOs,” but this understates the case. More broadly, many social functions normally carried out by an elected government are controlled and executed by forces other than the Government of Haiti. This domination by external institutions, resulting from, but more fundamentally causing, the weak and impoverished state […]
