cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring
World Food Security
A History since 1945
by D. John Shaw
This book provides the first comprehensive history of the numerous attempts made
since the Second World War to provide food security for all. It shows not only
the many ways in which attempts to achieve food and nutrition security unfolded,
and the sequence in which they occurred, but also why they did not succeed, and
what lessons can be drawn for the future. The book provides a point of reference
for all those interested and involved in food security issues.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
3:00 - 5:00 pm
(a reception will follow the presentation)
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Welcoming Remarks and Chair
Roger Morier
Senior Communications Officer, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank
Presented by the author
D. John Shaw
John Shaw was associated with the United Nations World Food Programme for over
thirty years, most recently as Economic Adviser and Chief of its Policy Affairs
Service. He was also a Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Bank.
Previously, he was a postgraduate in Agricultural Economics at the University of
Oxford, UK, Senior Lecturer in Rural Economy at the University of Khartoum,
Sudan, and Fellow in Agricultural Economics and a founding member of the
Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.
Panelists
Dr. Marc Cohen
Research Fellow, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, International Food
Policy Research Institute
Dr. Marc Cohen is the interim leader of IFPRI's research program on policy
processes in food security and nutrition, and a Research Fellow in the Food
Consumption and Nutrition Division. His current research focuses on global and
national institutions and policy processes related to food security and
nutrition, global humanitarian aid policy, conflict and food security,
post-crisis reconstruction, the right to adequate food, and the impact of food
aid on community empowerment. He is a professorial lecturer in international
development at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns
Hopkins University.
Christopher Delgado
Adviser, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank
Christopher Delgado joined the World Bank in April 2006 as the Rural Strategy
and Policy Adviser, located in the central Agriculture and Rural Development
Department. He came to the Bank from nearly 27 years at the International Food
Policy Research Institute, where he co-founded IFPRI?s Global Research Program
on High Value Agriculture. He has worked extensively in Africa and Asia. From
2003 until joining the Bank, he was also a joint appointee of the International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi Kenya, where he directed ILRI?s
Markets division. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a
forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted
many internationally recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama,
Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, and Carly Fiorina.
The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible space at headquarters and
provides internal and external audiences with over 15,000 titles published by
the World Bank, international organizations, and other publishers on development
issues.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop
Comments about the events program: http://go.worldbank.org/TDG9T8O9K0
No comments:
Post a Comment