"Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands" discussed at the InfoShop on April 19, 2007, 12:00 noon in J1-050

InfoShop, Sustainable Development Department, Africa Region, and the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication from the World Bank,
the International Food Policy Research Institute, the International Livestock
Research Institute, and the World Agroforestry Centre

Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands
Edited by John Pender, Frank Place, and Simeon Ehui

Deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable methods of cultivation are
threatening agriculture and food security in East Africa. In response,
economists and other development professionals have turned their attention to
combating the problem of land degradation in the region. This book, which brings
together experts in natural resource management policy, offers an array of
strategies for overcoming land degradation.

Drawing on careful empirical studies, and taking into account the diversity of
local environments and economies, the book?s contributors discuss options for
protecting both livelihoods and land management in East Africa. These include
securing access to markets, using improved seeds and inorganic fertilizer, and
shifting to nonfarming activities such as raising livestock or planting trees.
This book will be useful not only to policy analysts and practitioners seeking
to address problems of natural resource degradation in East Africa, but also to
those facing such challenges elsewhere.

Free copies of the book will be available in the InfoShop bookstore after the
event.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007 from 12:00 - 1:30pm
World Bank J Building ? J1 ? 050
(701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)

For non-bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org.
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Chaired by
Karen Brooks
Sector Manager, Rural Development, Environment, and Social Development, Africa
Region, World Bank
Karen Brooks? unit has done work in East Africa encompassing interventions in
agriculture, forestry, and environmental management.

Presented by Authors
Simeon Ehui
Lead Economist and Cluster Leader for the agriculture, environment, and social
sectors, Nigeria Country Department, World Bank
Simeon Ehui?s research has concentrated on agricultural development policy,
international trade, and natural resource management. Before joining the Bank,
he served as Program Leader for Livestock Policy Analysis at the International
Livestock Research Institute.

John Pender
Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI
John Pender leads the research program on Land Resource Management for Poverty
Reduction at IFPRI. His research focuses on the impacts of policies,
institutions, and technologies on livelihood strategies, agricultural
production, poverty, and natural resource sustainability in developing
countries.

Discussed by
Stephen Mink
Lead Economist, Sustainable Development Department, Africa Region, World Bank
Stephen Mink?s work focuses on the agriculture, rural development, and natural
resource policy and strategy issues facing countries across the sub-continent.

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About IFPRI
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was established in 1975
to provide sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI is one of
15 agricultural research centers that receive their principal funding from
governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations,
most of which are members of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research.
For more information, please visit the website:
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/oc53.asp

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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"Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands" discussed at the InfoShop on April 19, 2007, 12:00 noon in J1-050

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and
Sustainable Development Department, Africa Region and
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication from the World Bank,
the International Food Policy Research Institute,
the International Livestock Research Institute, and the World Agroforestry
Centre

Strategies for Sustainable Land Management
in the East African Highlands
Edited by John Pender, Frank Place, and Simeon Ehui
Deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable methods of cultivation
are threatening agriculture and food security in East Africa. In
response, economists and other development professionals have turned
their attention to combating the problem of land degradation in the
region. This book, which brings together experts in natural resource
management policy, offers an array of strategies for overcoming land
degradation.

Drawing on careful empirical studies, and taking into account the
diversity of local environments and economies, the book?s
contributors discuss options for protecting both livelihoods and
land management in East Africa. These include securing access to
markets, using improved seeds and inorganic fertilizer, and shifting
to nonfarming activities such as raising livestock or planting
trees. This book will be useful not only to policy analysts and
practitioners seeking to address problems of natural resource
degradation in East Africa, but also to those facing such challenges
elsewhere.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, April 19, 2007 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm
World Bank J Building - J1- 050 (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St.
and Pennsylvania Ave.)

Free copies of the book will be available in the InfoShop bookstore
after the event.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chaired by
Karen Brooks
Sector Manager, Rural Development, Environment, and Social Development
Department, World Bank
Karen Brooks is Sector Manager for Rural Development, Environment,
and Social Development for the World Bank's programs in East Africa.
Ms. Brooks unit's work has encompassed interventions in agriculture,
forestry, and environmental management.
Presented by Authors
Simeon Ehui
Lead Economist and Cluster Leader, Agriculture, Environment, and
Social Sectors, World Bank
Simeon Ehui is a Lead Economist and Cluster Leader for the
agriculture, environment, and social sectors of the World Bank's
Nigeria Country Department. Mr. Ehui research has concentrated on
agricultural development policy, international trade, and natural
resource management. Before joining the Bank, Dr. Ehui served as
Program Leader for Livestock Policy Analysis at the International
Livestock Research Institute.

John Pender
Senior Research Fellow, Environment, Production Technology Division,
IFPRI
John Pender is a senior research fellow in the Environment and
Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy
Research Institute, where he leads the research program on Land
Resource Management for Poverty Reduction. Mr. Pender research
focuses on the impacts of policies, institutions, and technologies
on livelihood strategies, agricultural production, poverty, and
natural resource sustainability in developing countries.

Discussed by
Stephen Mink
Lead Economist, Sustainable Development Department, World Bank
Stephen Mink is a Lead Economist in the World Bank?s Sustainable
Development Department, Africa Region. His work focuses on the
agriculture, rural development, and natural resource policy and
strategy issues facing countries across the sub-continent.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
About IFPRI
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was
established in 1975 to provide sustainable solutions for ending
hunger and poverty. IFPRI is one of 15 agricultural research centers
that receives its principal funding from governments, private
foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of
which are members of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research.
For more information, please visit the website:

http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/oc53.asp

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

Reminder "Understanding Poverty and Social Impacts of Policy Reforms" - featuring 3 recent publications at the InfoShop, April 10, 2007, 12:00pm in JB1-080

InfoShop, ESMAP, Social Development (World Bank), PREM Network cordially invite
you to a panel discussion featuring 3 recent World Bank publications

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms:
Lessons and Examples from Implementation
Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is an approach used increasingly by
governments, civil society organizations, the World Bank, and other development
partners to examine the distributional impacts of policy reforms on the
well-being of different stakeholders groups, particularly the poor and
vulnerable. PSIA has an important role in the elaboration and implementation of
poverty reduction strategies in developing countries because it promotes
evidence-based policy choices and fosters debate on policy reform options.

People and Power:
Electricity Sector Reforms and the Poor in Europe and Central Asia
Empirical insights on household behavior and electricity consumption patterns in
this book reveal that, in Europe and Central Asia, the erosion of tariff based
subsidies has disproportionately affected the poor, while direct transfers
through social benefit systems have often been inadequately targeted. The book
suggests alternative strategies for achieving cost-recovery in the electricity
sector in a socially and politically acceptable manner, providing lessons that
are equally relevant for other utilities and regions

Tools for Institutional, Political, and Social Analysis of Policy Reform:
A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners
The Sourcebook introduces a framework for social analysis in Poverty and Social
Impact Analysis along with a set of practical tools that address the
institutional, political, and social dimensions of policy design and
implementation and how these impact poverty and distributional equity. It is
designed for country practitioners working in policy analysis in a range of
areas, including macroeconomic, sectoral, and public sector policy.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - JB1- 080 (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and
Pennsylvania Ave.- Lower Auditorium)
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Chair:
Eckhard Karl Deutscher
Executive Director for Germany, The World Bank

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms: Lessons and Examples from
Implementation
Presenters:
Anis Dani
Operations Adviser, Quality Assurance Group, The World Bank
Prior to this, Anis Dani, was Lead Social Scientist, coordinating the Social
Analysis & Policy team and then Adviser, Social Policy in the Social
Development Department, where he was instrumental in developing the work
program on PSIA of policy reforms.

Aline Coudouel
Senior Economist, Social Protection, Latin America and Caribbean Region, The
World Bank
Prior to this, Aline Coudouel, led the team working on poverty analysis,
monitoring, and impact evaluation, coordinating the Poverty Group?s work on
PSIA.

People and Power: Electricity Sector Reforms and the Poor in Europe and Central
Asia
Presenter:
Julian Lampietti
Lead Country Sector Coordinator, West Balkans (ECCU4), Europe and Central Asia,
The World Bank
Julian Lampietti is author or co-author of five PSIAs and a regional study of
the demand for heating and power sector reform.

Tools for Institutional, Political and Social Analysis of Policy Reforms: A
Sourcebook for Development Practitioners
Presenter:
Andrew Norton
Lead Social Development Specialist and coordinator of the Social Analysis &
Policy team, Social Development Department, The World Bank.
Prior to this Andrew Norton was Head of Profession, Social Development in the
Department for International Development (DFID), U.K.

Discussants:
Johannes Linn
The Brookings Institution

Jamal Saghir, Director
Energy Transport and Water Department, The World Bank

Luca Barbone
Poverty Reduction Group, The World Bank

Steen Lau Jorgensen
Social Development Department, The World Bank
____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

Reminder "Understanding Poverty and Social Impacts of Policy Reforms" - featuring 3 recent publications at the InfoShop, April 10, 2007, 12:00pm in JB1-080

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You are cordially invited to a panel discussion featuring 3 recent
World Bank publications
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| | society organizations, the World Bank, and other |
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| | implementation of poverty reduction strategies |
| | in developing countries because it promotes |
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| | Electricity Sector Reforms and the Poor in |
| | Europe and Central Asia |
| | Empirical insights on household behavior and |
| | electricity consumption patterns in this book |
| | reveal that, in Europe and Central Asia, the |
| | erosion of tariff based subsidies has |
| | disproportionately affected the poor, while |
| | direct transfers through social benefit systems |
| | have often been inadequately targeted. The book |
| | suggests alternative strategies for achieving |
| | cost-recovery in the electricity sector in a |
| | socially and politically acceptable manner, |
| | providing lessons that are equally relevant for |
| | other utilities and regions |
| | |
| | Tools for Institutional, Political, and Social |
| | Analysis of Policy Reform: |
| | A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners |
| | The Sourcebook introduces a framework for social |
| | analysis in Poverty and Social Impact Analysis |
| | along with a set of practical tools that address |
| | the institutional, political, and social |
| | dimensions of policy design and implementation |
| | and how these impact poverty and distributional |
| | equity. It is designed for country practitioners |
| | working in policy analysis in a range of areas, |
| | including macroeconomic, sectoral, and public |
| | sector policy. |
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - JB1- 080 (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St.
and Pennsylvania Ave.- Lower Auditorium)

____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chair:
Eckhard Karl Deutscher
Executive Director for Germany, The World Bank

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms: Lessons and Examples
from Implementation
Presenters:
Anis Dani
Operations Adviser, Quality Assurance Group, The World Bank
Prior to this, Anis Dani, was Lead Social Scientist, coordinating
the Social Analysis & Policy team and then Adviser, Social Policy in
the Social Development Department, where he was instrumental in
developing the work program on PSIA of policy reforms.

Aline Coudouel
Senior Economist, Social Protection, Latin America and Caribbean
Region, The World Bank
Prior to this, Aline Coudouel, led the team working on poverty
analysis, monitoring, and impact evaluation, coordinating the
Poverty Group?s work on PSIA.

People and Power: Electricity Sector Reforms and the Poor in Europe
and Central Asia
Presenter:
Julian Lampietti
Lead Country Sector Coordinator, West Balkans (ECCU4), Europe and
Central Asia, The World Bank
Julian Lampietti is author or co-author of five PSIAs and a regional
study of the demand for heating and power sector reform.

Tools for Institutional, Political and Social Analysis of Policy
Reforms: A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners
Presenter:
Andrew Norton
Lead Social Development Specialist and coordinator of the Social
Analysis & Policy team, Social Development Department, The World
Bank.
Prior to this Andrew Norton was Head of Profession, Social
Development in the Department for International Development (DFID),
U.K.

Discussants:
Johannes Linn
The Brookings Institution

Jamal Saghir, Director
Energy Transport and Water Department, The World Bank

Luca Barbone
Poverty Reduction Group, The World Bank

Steen Lau Jorgensen
Social Development Department, The World Bank
____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

POSTPONED and a new date will be announced shortly - "Inexcusable Absence" discussed at the InfoShop

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and
Human Development Network Vice Presidency, World Bank
Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication from the
Center for Global Development
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| | Girls' education, indisputably crucial to |
| | development, has received a lot of |
| | attention-but surprisingly little |
| | hardheaded analysis to inform practical |
| | policy solutions. In Inexcusable Absence, |
| | Maureen Lewis and Marlaine Lockheed |
| | propose new strategies for reaching the |
| | 70 percent of out-of-school girls who are |
| | "doubly disadvantaged" by their |
| | ethnicity, language, or other factors. |
| | The book will be an important tool for |
| | policymakers, informing interventions |
| | that can make a profound impact on the |
| | lives of the 60 million out-of-school |
| | girls. |
| | |
| | Contact: Jan-Marie Hopkins, HDN, |
| | 202-473-8071 or jhopkins@worldbank.org |
| | for further information |
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Chair:
Joy Phumaphi
Vice President and Head of Human Development Network, The World Bank
Prior to this, Joy Phumaphi was Assistant Director General for
Family and Community Health at the World Health Organization and was
the Director General's Representative on Gender Equality. She was
also Health Minister of Botswana.

Presenters:
Maureen Lewis
Acting Chief Economist, Human Development Network, The World Bank.
Prior to this, Maureen Lewis was Chief Economist of the Human
Development Network of the World Bank.

Marlaine Lockheed
Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development
Prior to this Marlaine Lockheed was Education Sector Manager and
Acting Director for Education at the World Bank and head of WBI's
Evaluation Group. She currently teaches education policy at
Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public
Policy.

Discussants:
Maurya Buvenic
Gender Director, The World Bank
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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

Reminder: "Atlas of Global Development" discussed at the InfoShop on April 3, 2007, 12:00pm in J1-050

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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 |
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| | facing our world today. Social, economic, and |
| | environmental issues drawn on data from the |
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| | comparisons of social indicators like life |
| | expectancy, infant mortality, safe water, |
| | population, growth, poverty and energy |
| | efficiency. |
| | |
| | also featuring.... |
| | |
| | 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

"The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857" discussed at the InfoShop on April 3, 2007, at 3:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop and South Asia Region, External Affairs, World Bank
Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
by William Dalrymple
On a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by
a small group of British soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosure.
As the British Commissioner in charge insisted, "No vestige will remain to
distinguish where the last of the Great Moghuls rests."

Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was a mystic, an accomplished
poet and a skilled calligrapher. But while his Mughal ancestors had controlled
most of India, the aged Zafar was king in name only. Deprived of real political
power by the East India Company, he nevertheless succeeded in creating a court
of great brilliance, and presided over one of the great cultural renaissances of
Indian history.

Then, in 1857, Zafar gave his blessing to a rebellion among the Company??s own
Indian troops, thereby transforming an army mutiny into the largest uprising any
empire had to face in the entire course of the nineteenth century. The Siege of
Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad: one of the most horrific events in the history
of Empire, in which thousands on both sides died. And when the British took the
city-securing their hold on the subcontinent for the next ninety years-tens of
thousands more Indians were executed, including all but two of Zafar's sixteen
sons. By the end of the four-month siege, Delhi was reduced to a battered, empty
ruin, and Zafar was sentenced to exile in Burma. There he died, the last Mughal
ruler in a line that stretched back to the sixteenth century.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050, 701 18th Street, NW

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?William Dalrymple?s captivating book is not only great reading, it contributes
very substantially to our understanding of the remarkable history of the Mughal
empire in its dying days, and also to the history of Delhi, of India, of
Hindu-Muslim collaboration, and of Indo-British relations in a critically
important phase of imperialism and rebellion. It is rare indeed that a work of
such consummate scholarship and insight could also be so accessible and such fun
to read.? ?Amartya Sen

Introduction by
Dale Lautenbach
Communications Advisor, South Asia Region, External Affairs

Presented by author
William Dalrymple
Author
William Dalrymple is the author of five acclaimed works of history and travel,
including City of Djinns,which won the Young British Writer of the Year Prize
and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award; the best-selling From the Holy Mountain;
and White Mughals, which won Britain's most prestigious history prize, the
Wolfson. The Last Mughal was awarded the 2007 Duff Cooper Prize for History and
Biography. He divides his time between New Delhi and London, and is a
contributor to The New Yorker Review of Books, The New Yorker and The Guardian.
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In Praise of The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

?A riveting account . . . It is neither wholly a biography of Zafar, nor solely
the story of the siege and capture of Delhi. Instead Mr. Dalrymple charts the
course of the uprising and the siege, weaving into his story the unfolding
tragedy of Zafar?s last months. The animating spirit of the book is Delhi itself
. . . It is here that the originality of [Dalrymple?s] new book lies.? ?The
Economist

?Dalrymple brings out the poignancy and pathology of a Mughal Lear with the ease
and élan of a master storyteller . . . In The Last Mughal, history is human
drama at its elemental best . . . History ceases to be a dead abstraction on his
pages. And the lost Delhi becomes an enduring enchantment.? ?S. Prasannarajan,
India Today

?[A] towering achievement . . . Dalrymple brilliantly evokes the tense
equilibrium on the eve of the Indian Mutiny and, with pace and panache, leads to
the explosion.? ?Michael Binyon, The Times

?Brilliant . . . A magnificent, multi-dimensional work which shames the
simplistic efforts of previous writers . . . With both empathy and sympathy the
author portrays the last years of a decadent empire.? ?David Gilmour, The
Spectator

"Atlas of Global Development" discussed at the InfoShop on April 3, 2007, 12:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop  and 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
Atlas of Global Development
A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges
Published in association with Harper Collins, the Atlas of Global Development
vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today.
Social, economic, and environmental issues drawn on data from the World Bank's
authoritative World Development Indicators, are presented with easy-to read,
colorful world maps, tables, graphs, text and photographs. This book brings to
life country comparisons of social indicators like life expectancy, infant
mortality, safe water, population, growth, poverty and energy efficiency.

also featuring....

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.

click here to access the Online Atlas of Millennium Development Goals
http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg/
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.)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
Indicatorsand 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.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

INFOSHOP Book Launch Event - Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers, ed. by Robin Boadway and Anwar Shah, Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

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and
The Poverty Reduction & Economic Management, World Bank Institute
invite you to a discussion featuring a new World Bank publication on
intergovernmental fiscal transfers
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 from 12:30pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050
701 18th St. NW (corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers
Edited by Robin Boadway and Anwar Shah
Intergovernmental fiscal transfers are a dominant feature of
sub-national finance in most countries. They are used to ensure
that revenues roughly match the expenditure needs of various orders
(levels) of sub-national governments. They are also used to advance
national, regional and local area objectives such as fairness and
equity and in creating a common economic union. The structure of
these transfers creates incentives for national, regional and local
governments that have a bearing on fiscal management, macroeconomic
stability, distributional equity, allocational efficiency, public
service delivery and government accountability. This book reviews
the conceptual, and empirical literature to distill lessons for
policy makers looking to design fiscal transfers in a manner that
creates incentives for prudent fiscal management and effective
service delivery. The book covers new ground in providing practical
guidance on the design of (a) performance-oriented (output-based)
transfers that emphasize bottom-up client-focused and results-based
government accountability and (b) equalization transfers for
regional fiscal equity and the institutional arrangements for
implementation of such transfers.

This book advances the World Bank Institute agenda on knowledge
sharing and learning from cross-country experiences with a view to
supporting public governance better. It is intended to assist
policy makers in making more informed choices on strengthening
public sector governance and on improving social outcomes for their
citizens. The book has received plaudits from leading practitioners
e.g. Alan Morris, Chairman of the Commonwealth Grants Commission in
Australia writes, " This book should be required reading for anyone
interested in importance of intergovernmental fiscal arrangements in
contributing to better outcomes for citizens."
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chaired by
Samy Watson
Executive Director, World Bank

Commentary by
Robin Boadway
Professor, Queen's University Canada

Anwar Shah
Lead Economist and Program Leader, Public Sector Governance, World
Bank Institute

Remarks by
Paul Boothe
Director, Institute for Public Economics, Edmonton, Canada and
Former Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, Canada and Deputy
Minister of Finance, Saskatchewan
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

For more information and to order this title, please visit
Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers

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: http://www.worldbank.org/infoshop

==========================================
Anwar Shah
Lead Economist and Program Leader, Public Sector Governance
World Bank Institute, Room J4-153
World Bank, MSN J4-403
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Tel: (202) 473-7687;Fax: (202) 676-9810
E-mail: ASHAH@WORLDBANK.ORG
www.worldbank.org/wbi/publicfinance
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"The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857" discussed at the InfoShop on April 3, 2007, at 3:00pm in J1-050

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and
South Asia Region, External Affairs, World Bank
Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication
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| | The Last Mughal: |
| | The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 |
| (Embedded image moved | by William Dalrymple |
| to file: | On a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, |
| pic11258.jpg) | 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by |
| | a small group of British soldiers to an |
| | anonymous grave in a prison enclosure. |
| | As the British Commissioner in charge |
| | insisted, "No vestige will remain to |
| | distinguish where the last of the Great |
| | Moghuls rests." |
| | |
| | Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last Mughal |
| | Emperor, was a mystic, an accomplished |
| | poet and a skilled calligrapher. But |
| | while his Mughal ancestors had |
| | controlled most of India, the aged Zafar |
| | was king in name only. Deprived of real |
| | political power by the East India |
| | Company, he nevertheless succeeded in |
| | creating a court of great brilliance, |
| | and presided over one of the great |
| | cultural renaissances of Indian history. |
| | |
| | |
| | Then, in 1857, Zafar gave his blessing |
| | to a rebellion among the Company??s own |
| | Indian troops, thereby transforming an |
| | army mutiny into the largest uprising |
| | any empire had to face in the entire |
| | course of the nineteenth century. The |
| | Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad: |
| | one of the most horrific events in the |
| | history of Empire, in which thousands on |
| | both sides died. And when the British |
| | took the city-securing their hold on the |
| | subcontinent for the next ninety |
| | years-tens of thousands more Indians |
| | were executed, including all but two of |
| | Zafar's sixteen sons. By the end of the |
| | four-month siege, Delhi was reduced to a |
| | battered, empty ruin, and Zafar was |
| | sentenced to exile in Burma. There he |
| | died, the last Mughal ruler in a line |
| | that stretched back to the sixteenth |
| | century. |
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050, 701 18th Street, NW

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

?William Dalrymple?s captivating book is not only great reading, it
contributes very substantially to our understanding of the
remarkable history of the Mughal empire in its dying days, and also
to the history of Delhi, of India, of Hindu-Muslim collaboration,
and of Indo-British relations in a critically important phase of
imperialism and rebellion. It is rare indeed that a work of such
consummate scholarship and insight could also be so accessible and
such fun to read.? ?Amartya Sen

Introduction by
Dale Lautenbach
Communications Advisor, South Asia Region, External Affairs

Presented by author
William Dalrymple
Author
William Dalrymple is the author of five acclaimed works of history
and travel, including City of Djinns,which won the Young British
Writer of the Year Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award; the
best-selling From the Holy Mountain; and White Mughals, which won
Britain's most prestigious history prize, the Wolfson. The Last
Mughal was awarded the 2007 Duff Cooper Prize for History and
Biography. He divides his time between New Delhi and London, and is
a contributor to The New Yorker Review of Books, The New Yorker and
The Guardian.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

In Praise of The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

?A riveting account . . . It is neither wholly a biography of Zafar,
nor solely the story of the siege and capture of Delhi. Instead Mr.
Dalrymple charts the course of the uprising and the siege, weaving
into his story the unfolding tragedy of Zafar?s last months. The
animating spirit of the book is Delhi itself . . . It is here that
the originality of [Dalrymple?s] new book lies.? ?The Economist

?Dalrymple brings out the poignancy and pathology of a Mughal Lear
with the ease and élan of a master storyteller . . . In The Last
Mughal, history is human drama at its elemental best . . . History
ceases to be a dead abstraction on his pages. And the lost Delhi
becomes an enduring enchantment.? ?S. Prasannarajan, India Today

?[A] towering achievement . . . Dalrymple brilliantly evokes the
tense equilibrium on the eve of the Indian Mutiny and, with pace and
panache, leads to the explosion.? ?Michael Binyon, The Times

?Brilliant . . . A magnificent, multi-dimensional work which shames
the simplistic efforts of previous writers . . . With both empathy
and sympathy the author portrays the last years of a decadent
empire.? ?David Gilmour, The Spectator

Reminder "Atlas of Global Development" discussed at the InfoShop on April 3, 2007, 12:00pm in J1-050

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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
|---------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| | Atlas of Global Development |
| | A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest |
| (Embedded | Challenges |
| image moved | Published in association with Harper Collins, |
| 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. |
| | |
| | also featuring.... |
| | |
| | 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. |
|---------------+--------------------------------------------------|

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.)

____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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