CSIS Project on U.S. Leadership in Development

06/08/2020

Texas A&M University Press has released a free ebook on pandemic preparedness and biosecurity!

Preparing for Pandemics in the Modern World, written by Dr. Christine Crudo Blackburn

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Preparing for Pandemics in the Modern World Ebook Texas A&M University Press has made available to the public a free and downloadable ebook edition of Preparing for Pandemics in the Modern World. The book, which will be formally published later this fall, was already in development before the outbr...

03/02/2020

Registration for the Sixth Annual Global Development Forum (GDF) is live!

The GDF highlights some of the world’s most pressing challenges and brings stakeholders together to develop policy recommendations and solutions.

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The Project on U.S. Leadership in Development is hosting its sixth annual Global Development Forum (GDF) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on April 16, 2020. This half-day conference explores how the United States can work with the private sector, civil society, allies, an...

02/21/2020

How can governments and the private sector work together to close the global infrastructure gap? What sorts of infrastructure investments are needed to produce sustainable economic growth? Join us on Wednesday, February 26th at for a conversation on RSVP here:

The event will be webcast live from this page. Please join us for a conversation on Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, which seeks to increase connectivity and productivity of developing countries’ industries and build resilient infrastructure systems to bols...

01/10/2020

Interested in learning how can influence ? Join us on Tuesday, 1/14 for an expert panel discussion on the global demand for enterprise and . RSVP here:

The event will be webcast live from this page. Please join us for a public event that will explore how the U.S. can lead the world in meeting the global demand for entrepreneurship and innovation. To remain competitive in a 21st-century workforce, youth must have strong backgrounds in STEM (Science,...

01/08/2020

The Program at CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies is seeking highly motivated and experienced individuals to fill the Senior Fellow and Program Coordinator/Research Assistant positions! These positions will lead and support research on how a just transition can be achieved to address . Visit here and search “energy” if interested:

CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Center’s 220 full-time staff and large network of affiliated scholars conduct research and analysis and develop policy initiatives that look to the future and anticipate change.

12/18/2019

Have you heard? Today is ! In 2019, the estimated global number of migrants was 272 million. Check out some of our work over the years on .➡ https://bit.ly/2sBstV1



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12/18/2019

Experts from CSIS Project on U.S. Leadership in Development & CSIS International Security Program collaborate on an insightful piece on in . Find out what they learned about the Lebanese governance system and what actions the U.S. should take.

The Lebanese people have mobilized in historic and unprecedented protests across confessional lines, united in their belief that their current government is corrupt, predatory, and outdated. Protesters are not interested in stabilizing Lebanon if that means a perpetuation of the status quo system. A...

12/10/2019

785 million people around the world lack basic drinking water services, resulting in 485,000 deaths by contaminated water each year. The Csis Usld team provides recommendations for U.S. agencies to meet No. 6 in our latest brief.

Download the Brief THE ISSUE Providing clean water and sanitation will be one of the greatest global challenges over the next decade due to population growth and urbanization. Today, 785 million people lack access to clean drinking water, and over 2 billion lack access to a toilet.1,2 Additional sou...

12/02/2019

Our newest report "Lessons for Building Creative Economies" examines how industries drive economic growth in countries like & . Join us tomorrow for a discussion w/ experts on the industries role in job creation & sustainability. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2r7YLpZ

The event will be webcast live from this page. Please join us on December 3 for a public event focused on the building creative economies in developing countries. Many countries around the world have large populations of impoverished people and high unemployment rates. In order to improve conditions...

12/02/2019

Did you know that six percent of the world’s population is predicted to live in extreme poverty in 2030? How can we work towards ending this epidemic and promoting global sustainability? Learn more at our public tomorrow w/ experts from USAID - US Agency for International Development, Lutheran World Relief, CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, and Walmart :

The event will be webcast live from this page. Please join us on Tuesday, December 3rd for a public event focused on Sustainable Development Goal #1, which aims to decrease poverty and ensure social protections for the poor and vulnerable, increase access to basic needs and services, and support peo...

11/21/2019

During its G20 presidency, created a T20 Task Force that developed recommendations on enhancing the future of work while promoting a healthy economic and social society. Join us on 11/25 along w/ Minister Dante Sica, Ministerio de Producción y Trabajo to discuss these efforts further. RSVP:

The event will be webcast live from this page. With the fourth industrial revolution set to disrupt labor markets, global stability is contingent on developing countries' ability to transform their economies and create jobs to meet the economic aspirations of their people. Argentina, during its pres...