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The Office of the Publisher, EXTOP and The Development Economics
Data Group, DECDG
cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent World
Bank and Harper Collins co-publication
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| | Atlas of Global Development |
| | A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest |
| (Embedded | Challenges |
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| to file: | the Atlas of Global Development vividly |
| pic18651.jpg) | illustrates the key development challenges |
| | facing our world today. Social, economic, and |
| | environmental issues drawn on data from the |
| (Embedded | World Bank's authoritative World Development |
| image moved | Indicators, are presented with easy-to read, |
| to file: | colorful world maps, tables, graphs, text and |
| pic26740.jpg) | photographs. This book brings to life country |
| | comparisons of social indicators like life |
| | expectancy, infant mortality, safe water, |
| | population, growth, poverty and energy |
| | efficiency. |
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| | also featuring.... |
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| | Online Atlas of Millennium Development Goals |
| | Online Atlas of Millennium Development Goals |
| | highlights progress made towards achieving the |
| | Millennium Development Goals. It is designed to |
| | make a wide range of data for over 200 economies |
| | easily accessible and visually exciting. |
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click here to access the Online Atlas of Millennium Development
Goals
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1- 050 (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St.
and Pennsylvania Ave.)
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Opening Remarks by
Shaida Badiee
Director of the Development Economics Data Group, World Bank
The Data Group maintains the World Bank's major economic and social
databases and publishes the annual World Development Indicators, the
World Bank Atlas, and Global Development Finance (volume II). The
Data Group is also the focal point for the World Bank's support for
statistical capacity building and follow up to the Marrakech Action
Plan for Statistics, which provides a road map for improving global
statistics involving many partners, users, and producers. Ms. Badiee
is a member of a number of statistical coordination groups and works
closely with key partner agencies on raising the profile of better
statistics for managing development results, harmonization of
statistical work, and support for capacity building to developing
countries. Ms. Badiee is a lead manager of the International
Comparison Program (ICP).
Demo Presentation by
Eric Swanson
Program Manager, Development Economics Data Group, World Bank
Eric Swanson's responsibilities include the production of the World
Development Indicators and World Bank Atlas and the World Bank?s
on-line database. The Data Group is the World Bank?s focal point for
measuring and monitoring the Millennium Development Goals.
Commentary by
Dita Smith
Graphics Editor, Foreign Desk, The Washington Post
Dita Smith originates the contents of graphics for the foreign
section, works on the general concept and then cooperates with the
art department in completing the piece. Some graphics accompany
stories by their overseas correspondents, in which case she also
works with the correspondents. Other graphics, particularly
full-page graphics that explain an entire country, problem or event,
stand by themselves, and for those she does the research, reporting
and writing before working with a graphic designer. Ms. Smith has
worked as the graphics editor for the foreign desk for 10 years.
Before that she was an editor at the Post and the Washington Star.
She started out as a reporter for Reuters in Europe.
Desmond Spruijt
Managing Director, Mapping Worlds
From 1993 until 2004 Desmond Spruijt worked at the Amsterdam Fund
for the Arts, advising the board on policy development, managing
communication affairs and realizing web projects and publications.
During those years Mr. Spruijt was also active as a visual artist
and he ran a small publishing company. In 2004 Desmond Spruijt
shifted to the international perspective and founded Mapping Worlds,
a map studio to strengthen communication on world affairs. Mapping
Worlds aims to blend innovative cartography, information technology
and visual design into effective applications. Clients include the
World Bank, the UN Population Division, UNFPA and Oxfam.
Closing Remarks by
Dirk Koehler
Publisher of the World Bank Group
Under Dirk Koehler?s direction the World Bank?s Office of the
Publisher launched the World Bank?s African Publishing Initiative
(1998), an effort to support capacity building in the African
publishing industry, the World Bank Online Resources (2003), a
subscription-based collection of electronic publications and data
bases, and Publishing for Impact (2005), an annual conference for
mission-driven non-profit book publishers. Mr. Koehler brought the
world?s first Espresso Book Machine for printing books on demand
into the InfoShop, the World Bank?s development book store and
information center (2006), and he recently initiated collaboration
with George Washington University to organize workshops for
publishing professionals in developing countries.
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About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center and development
bookstore of the World Bank. It functions as the only publicly
accessible space at headquarters, providing internal and external
audiences access to over 6000 titles published by the World Bank,
other international organizations, and other publishers on
development issues. It is a space where information and documents
on World Bank development operations, economic data, and strategies,
can be read easily and comfortably at workstations designed for
public use. In addition, the InfoShop hosts book launches,
exhibits, seminars, receptions, and other community outreach events,
and also carries videos, posters, CD-ROMs, and gift items.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop
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