Annual Conferences

The GDN’s annual conferences provide the venue for an exciting exchange on issues of sustainable development and poverty reduction. Participants include Nobel Laureates and other internationally renowned researchers, researchers representing every region in the developing and transition world, heads of government, representatives of national and international organizations and sponsors of research. GDN conferences are typically by invitation.

2021 | Online | Evidence for Development: What Works Global Summit 2021

2020 | Online | Assessing the Development Impacts of Private Sector Impact Investments

2019 | Bonn, Germany | Knowledge for Sustainable Development: The Research-Policy Nexus

2018 | New Delhi, India | Science, Technology and Innovation for Development

2016 | Lima, Peru | Education for Development: Quality and Inclusion for Changing Global Human Capital Needs

2015 | Casablanca, Morocco | Agriculture for Sustainable Growth: Challenges and Opportunities for a new ‘Green Revolution'

2014 | Accra, Ghana | Structural Transformation in Africa and Beyond

2013 | Manila, The Philippines | Inequality, Social Protection & Inclusive Growth

2012 | Budapest, Hungary | Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus

2011 | Bogota, Colombia | Financing Development in a Post-Crisis World

2010 | Prague, Czech Republic | Regional & Global Integration: Quo Vadis?

2009 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | Natural Resources & Development

2008 | Brisbane, Australia | Security for Development: Confronting Threats to Survival & Safety

2007 | Beijing, China | Shaping a New Global Reality: The Rise of Asia and its Implications

2006 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Institutions & Development: At the Nexus of Global Change

2005 | Dakar, Senegal | Developing & Developed Worlds: Mutual Impact

2004 | New Delhi, India | Understanding Reform

2002 | Cairo, Egypt | Globalization & Equity

2001 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Blending Local & Global Knowledge

2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Beyond Economics: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Development

1999 | Bonn, Germany | Bridging Knowledge & Policy