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World Bank Caribbean Country Management Unit and the Knowledge and
Learning Team of the Latin American and Caribbean region
Invite you to a book launch featuring a recent publication
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| (Embedded image | Crime, Violence and Development |
| moved to file: | Trends, Costs and Policy Options in the |
| pic13388.jpg) | Caribbean |
| | by Andrew Morrison, Bernice van Bronkhorst, |
| | Gabriel Demombynes and Ted Leggett |
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| | Many Caribbean governments spend between one |
| | and four percent of their GDP fighting crime |
| | and violence in their country. At the core |
| | of these high rates of crime lies narcotics |
| | trafficking, which accounts for many crimes |
| | perpetrated in the Caribbean and makes the |
| | region number one in terms of murder rates |
| | globally. |
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| | Caribbean countries are not producers of |
| | cocaine, but constitute major transit points |
| | in the global narcotics trade. Hence, many |
| | of the issues of crime and violence faced by |
| | Caribbean countries transcend national |
| | boundaries and require a strong coordinated |
| | regional and international response. |
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Monday, September 10, 2007
12:00 p.m.
World Bank J Building, J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served
Moderated by
Caroline Anstey
Country Director, Caribbean Country Management Unit, World Bank
Ms. Anstey joined the World Bank in 1995. Since then, she has held
various positions including Assistant and Speechwriter to the
President, James D. Wolfensohn, Director of Media, and Chief
Spokesperson for the World Bank. In her current position, Ms.
Anstey is responsible for leading the Bank's policy dialogue,
assistance strategy, program delivery and overall relationship in
the countries of the Caribbean, in close collaboration with sector
and country colleagues. Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Anstey
worked for six years as editor of the BBC flagship weekly current
affairs program "Analysis." Before joining the BBC, Ms. Anstey
worked as a political assistant to the Rt. Hon James Callaghan MP.
She has served for over 20 years as Secretariat member of the
InterAction Council.
Presented by
Gabriel Demombynes
Economist, Poverty and Gender Group, Latin American and the
Caribbean Region, World Bank
Gabriel Demombynes is an Economist in the Poverty and Gender Group
in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region. He has published
journal articles on poverty mapping, poverty and growth analysis,
and risk factors for crime. At the Bank, his work has included
research on crime in Jamaica, along with contributions to studies on
informal labor and on rural poverty in Argentina. Previous to his
current position, he was economy policy advisor to Howard Dean
during his U.S. presidential campaign in 2003-04.
Bernice K. van Bronkhorst
Urban Specialist, Latin and the Caribbean Region, World Bank
Bernice van Bronkhorst is an urban specialist in the urban and water
cluster in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region. She has also
worked in various sectors and country units at the World Bank,
including the private sector and infrastructure unit and the poverty
reduction and economic management sector. Prior to coming to the
World Bank, she was a lecturer in gender studies at Regent's College
in London, U.K.
Ambassador Curtis A. Ward
Former Ambassador of Jamaica
Ambassador Curtis Ward was appointed in May 2002 to serve as an
Expert Advisor to the UN?s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). The
CTC is a unique body created by the UN Security Council post- 9/11
and tasked with monitoring all states in establishing the mandatory
measures of SCR 1373 to prevent and suppress international
terrorism. Prior to joining the CTC, Mr. Ward served as Ambassador
of Jamaica and as Alternate Representative of Jamaica at the United
Nations Security Council from 1 Jan. 2000 to 31 Dec. 2001. Prior to
his appointment in 1999 as Ambassador to the UN, Mr. Ward engaged in
private practice law in Washington, DC for a period of nineteen
years. Mr Ward holds and LLM in International Economic Law from
Georgetown University, a J.D. in International and Commercial Law
and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Howard
University.
For more information or to order the report, please visit:
http://web.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=146736&theSitePK=258554&contentMDK=21320843&noSURL=Y
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