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Thursday, November 15, 2007
3:30 - 5:00 pm
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
The event will be followed by a wine and cheese reception
WELCOMING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute
Mr. Nangia is the World Bank Institute?s (WBI) Acting Vice President
and Director of Operations. The latter position he assumed in
September 2006 and he was appointed Acting Vice President of WBI in
March 2007. In his more than 20 years in the World Bank, Mr.
Nangia?s career has spanned a wide range of countries and positions,
including development work in Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe and
South Asia. In addition, he has also worked in the Corporate
Secretariat and Central Accounting. Immediately prior to his current
position, Mr. Nangia served as Manager, Portfolio and Country
Operations, in Vietnam. Mr. Nangia attended the Indian Institute of
Technology, the University of London, and Harvard University and
holds degrees in business administration and engineering.
PRESENTER
Jean-Eric Aubert
Lead Specialist, World Bank Institute's Knowledge for Development
Program
Mr. Aubert is Lead Specialist at WBI's Knowledge for Development
Program, which carries out knowledge economy studies and provides
policy advice for developing countries. Based in Paris, he
coordinates WBI offices in Paris and Marseilles. Prior to joining
the World Bank in 2000, Mr. Aubert worked at the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (Directorate for Science,
Technology and Industry), leading Science and Technology country
reviews and flagship publications. He has also been a consultant for
a number of international organizations including the European
Commission and UN bodies (including UNIDO, UNESCO, UNCTAD, and UNU).
He has been an author or editor of more than 30 publications and
published a number of articles on science and technology policy,
social sciences and cultural issues.
COMMENTARY
Shahid Yusuf
Economic Adviser, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank
Mr. Yusuf is the Team Leader for the World Bank-Japan project on
East Asia?s Future Economy. He was the Director of the World
Development Report 1999/2000, Entering the 21st Century. Prior to
that, he was Economic Adviser to the Senior Vice President and Chief
Economist (1997-98), Lead Economist for the East Africa Department
(1995-97) and Lead Economist for the China and Mongolia Department
(1989-1993). Mr. Yusuf has also served the World Bank in several
other capacities. Mr. Yusuf has written extensively on development
issues, with a special focus on East Asia. His most recent
publications include: How Universities Promote Economic Growth,
co-edited with Kaoru Nabeshima (World Bank 2007); Dancing with
Giants, co-edited with Alan Winters (World Bank 2007); China?s
Development Priorities, co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima (World Bank
2006); Post-Industrial East Asian Cities, co-authored with Kaoru
Nabeshima (Stanford University Press 2006);
and Under New Ownership, co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima and Dwight
H. Perkins (Stanford University Press 2005). He has also published
widely in various academic journals.
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