ODI Day at the Spring Meetings
On 17 April, during the week of the World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., we are holding a series of events to "think forward" on some of the world's most pressing challenges in development finance.
Join us online or at the historic DACOR-Bacon House, at 1801 F St NW, just a few minutes' walk from the World Bank and other Spring Meetings venues.
Our events programme
Click on the events to watch back the video recordings. Our full agenda is available here.
Our speakers
Across the day we will hear from a range of leading thinkers on development finance, climate resilience and more.
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Andrew Herscowitz
Executive Director, ODI North America
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Frederique Dahan
Director, Development and Public Finance programme
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Chris Humphrey
Senior Research Associate
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Emily Wilkinson
Senior Research Fellow and Director, Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative
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Shandelle Steadman
Senior Research Officer
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Bianca Getzel
Research Officer
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Eamonn White
Director, Ardhill Advisory
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Chris McHugh
Senior advisor, International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers
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Margaret Kuhlow
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Finance and Policy at the U.S. Treasury
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Hassatou Diop N’Sele
Vice-President for Finance & CFO African Development Bank Group
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Ivan Oliveira
Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Finance, Brazil Ministry of Finance
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Daniela Re Fraschini
Vice President – Senior Analyst, Moody’s Ratings
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Gail Hurley
Independent Advisor and Senior Researcher on Debt and Development Finance
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Raju Singh
Sector Leader and Lead Economist - Haiti, The World Bank
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Arjoon Suddhoo
Deputy Secretary-General, Commonwealth Secretariat
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Dr Pepukaye Bardouille
Director of Bridgetown Initiative and Special Adviser on Climate Resilience, Barbados Prime Minister's Office
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Mark Flanagan
Deputy Director, Strategy Policy and Review Department at International Monetary Fund
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Sarah Howard
Executive Producer, Twenty Twenty Studios
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Lori Kerr
Chief Executive Officer, FinDev Canada
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Colin Buckley
Managing Director and General Counsel, British International Investment
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Adama Mariko
Secretary General, Finance in Common
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César Buenadicha
Head of the Discovery Unit, IDB Lab
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Alice Carr
Head of Public Policy and JETPs, GFANZ
Meet our team at the Spring Meetings
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Andrew Herscowitz
Executive Director, ODI North America
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Sara Pantuliano
Chief Executive
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Hans Peter Lankes
Deputy Chief Executive and Managing Director
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Annalisa Prizzon
Principal Research Fellow
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Frederique Dahan
Director, Development and Public Finance programme
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Cathal Long
Senior Research Fellow
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Emily Wilkinson
Senior Research Fellow and Director, Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative
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Sasha Kapadia
Director, Global Advisory
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Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou
Director, Politics and Governance programme
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Tegan Rogers
Director of Communications
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Andrew Yavinsky
Chief of Staff, ODI North America
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Shandelle Steadman
Senior Research Officer
Our partners
Get in touch
If you have any questions about our events programme or are interested in exploring partnership opportunities with our North America office in Washington D.C., please email [email protected].