Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Reminder: "Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us" discussed at the InfoShop on July 18 at 3:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop & The Development Research Group
Invite you to a book launch of a recent WW Norton publication
The Elephant and the Dragon
The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
by Robyn Meredith

A compelling look at the major changes in store as America faces increasing
competition from two emerging Asian giants.


Not since the United States rose to prominence a century ago have we seen such
tectonic shifts in global power; but India and China are vastly different
nations, with opposing economic and political strategies?strategies we must
understand in order to survive in the new global economy. The Elephant and the
Dragon tells how these two Asian nations, each with more than a billion people,
have spurred a new ?gold rush,? and what this will mean for the rest of the
world.

Wednesday July 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Moderated by
Will Martin
Lead Economist in the Trade Research Team, World Bank
Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Martin worked as a researcher and manager at
the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and as a Senior
Research Fellow at the Australian National University. He has published
extensively on trade policy and developing countries, with a particular focus on
the World Trade Organization and economic development; global trade reform in
textiles and clothing; and agricultural trade reform. Quantitative analysis of
trade policies is a particular interest. He has published widely using
quantitative models such as the Global Trade Analysis Project, and has a
particular interest in using detailed data to build up a complete picture of the
effects of trade barriers on trade and welfare. He teaches frequently in World
Bank training courses, and is manager of a number of large Bank research
projects.

Presented by Author
Robyn Meredith
Senior Editor, Asia for Forbes Magazine
Robyn Meredith has written cover stories on General Motors, Microsoft, Toyota,
Li & Fung and Infosys. Ms. Meredith joined Forbes as its Detroit Bureau Manager
in April, 2000 to write about the auto industry. One of her Forbes articles was
included in the 2002 Edition of the book "The Best Business Stories of the
Year." From January, 1996 until April, 2000, Ms. Meredith was a Detroit
correspondent for The New York Times, where she covered the auto industry and
other Midwestern news. She spent the 1998-1999 academic year as a
Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan Business School. Ms.
Meredith wrote for USA Today as a business reporter in 1995. She spent the
previous two years as a reporter in the Washington bureau of the American Banker
newspaper, where her reporting exposed a pattern of insider deals at savings and
loans that led to four Congressional hearings and an overhaul of U.S. banking
regulations governing initial public offerings.
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