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Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector: Ten Years after the Great Crash

October 15, 2019

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks at the 2019 IMF Annual Meetings Curtain Raiser on October 8, 2019. (IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe)

Will the IMF Provide Stability in the Face of a "Synchronized Slowdown"?

October 15, 2019

Kevin Carmichael

Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Agreements

October 8, 2019

The Gender Road Project, a cooperative forming in Cameroon, will grant women farmers easier access to bigger markets to sell their produce. (UN Women/Ryan Brown)

The Importance (and Complexity) of Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Agreements

October 10, 2019

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 8:39 AM

Data and technology will play a significant role in reducing the impact of human trafficking – learn more at this free Communitech event, hosted in partnership with CIGI: Follow us on Facebook

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 8:24 AM

At another time, the IMF or the World Bank could have been counted on to provide stability. Not now, or at least not yet, writes CIGI's @CarmichaelKevin: @CIGIonline

Latest Publications

The Global Interplay between Trade, Geopolitical and Commodity Shocks

October 16, 2019

Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector: Ten Years after the Great Crash

October 15, 2019

The Role of Technology in Addressing the Global Migration Crisis

October 15, 2019

Jonathan Kent

Multimedia

Trade Equality: Women's Economic Empowerment

In the past, most trade experts assumed trade was gender neutral and that gender-based human rights and international trading systems should never mix — until now.

April 11, 2018

Oonagh Fitzgerald

Photo By Pierre Jean Durieu, Shutterstock - Rice fields in Madagascar

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Upcoming Events

17 Oct

Schism: China, America and the Fracturing of the Global Trading System

Thursday October 17, 2019 - 9:00 AM

Lindner Family Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington D.C.

18 Oct

Current Issues on Systemic Risk: Discussion on Remedies

Friday October 18, 2019 - 10:00 AM

International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, United States

18 Oct

Systemic Risk Conference: Lessons Learned and Missed

Friday October 18, 2019 - 3:00 PM

George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, United States

From Our Partners

Canada-India Track 1.5 Dialogue on Innovation, Growth and Prosperity

An Initiative by CIGI and Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

This three year initiative will explore areas for closer cooperation between Canada and India, and opportunities to work jointly on multilateral issues.

https://www.cigionline.org/activity/canada-india-track-15-dialogue-innovation-g…

Six Steps Canada Must Take to Win a UN Security Council Seat

With just over a year left before the vote, Canada needs to kick its campaign for a UNSC seat into high gear.

OpenCanada.org

Balsillie School of International Affairs

The Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) is an institute for advanced research, education, and outreach in the fields of global governance and international public policy.

BSIA