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March 6, 2019

Economics
A Conversation With Abhijit Banerjee

Although the global rate of extreme poverty is at a historic low, the pace of poverty reduction is slowing and the World Bank estimates that more than 700 million people still live on less than $1.90…

Play Menschel

May 20, 2019

Wars and Conflict
Development Redefined--The Battles We Choose to Avoid Wars We Can’t Win

Conflicts, crises in fragile states, and violent extremism are on the rise and a record number of people were forced from their homes last year. Short-term security interventions and humanitarian res…

Play A girl in Dollow, Somalia.

December 12, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Workplace Discrimination

This panel discusses how legal and policy reform in the workplace can promote women’s economic empowerment and broader growth.

Podcast Workplace Discrimination

November 27, 2001

Defense and Security
Preserving Open Borders in the Post-September 11 World

  presented before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) “Study of North American Inte…

November 19, 2021

Climate Change
After Glasgow: The Good, the Bad, and the Hopeful

Our panelists review the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, including climate action since the Paris Accords and how governments and businesses can step up to address the complex challenges of c…

Play Delegates talk during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland