"Energy for Development: Twenty-First Century Challenges of Reform and Liberalization in Developing Countries" discussed at the InfoShop on May 24, 2007, at 12:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop and Energy Transport and Water Department, World Bank
Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication

ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT
Twenty-First Century Challenges of Reform
and Liberalization in Developing Countries
By Rangaswamy Vedavalli
A rare and insightful investigation into the energy sector of the developing
world, Energy for Development provides comparative case studies of countries
going through the reform process(China, India, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan,
South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa), evaluates reform experience, discusses the
lessons which can be learned and identifies the challenges at the national and
global level which these developing countries face.

A topical and timely book that seeks to explore the anxiety and insecurities
felt by, and toward the energy sector.

?A book that should be mandatory reading for all government, industry and other
stakeholder interests in global energy policy development and implementation?
Jack Siegel - Former Assistant Acting Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy, and Chair Fossil Fuel Working Party, International Energy
Agency

Thursday, May 24, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050, 701 18th Street, NW
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chaired by
Jamal Saghir
Director, Energy, Transport and Water, in the Sustainable Vice Presidency
(SDNVP), World Bank
Jamil Saghir is the chair of the Energy and Mining Sector Board, Transport
Sector Board, and Water Sector Board. Mr. Saghir joined the Bank in 1990 and
worked on a variety of private sector development, privatization and
restructuring assignments in Africa, Latin America, the CIS countries and the
Middle East and North Africa. In 1994, Mr. Saghir joined the Middle East Country
Department then transferred to the Private Sector Development and Infrastructure
Division in 1995. In 1999, Mr. Saghir was appointed Sector Manager, in the
Infrastructure Development Group in MENA.

Moderated by
Moeen Qureshi
Chairman and Managing Partner of EMP Global L.L.C
Mr. Qureshi is the Chairman and Managing Partner of asset management company EMP
Global L.L.C. He served as Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1993.
From 1980 to 1991 he was with the World Bank, first as Senior Vice President for
Finance and Chief Financial Officer, then as Senior Vice President for
Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Qureshi served at the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) as Vice President between 1974-1977, and as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer from 1977-1981. He was with the
International Monetary Fund from 1958 to 1970 and served both at headquarters
and in the field in a variety of senior economic and operations assignments
before joining the IFC.
He is a member of the Board of the AIG Global Trade and Political Risk Insurance
Company, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the American
International Group (AIG). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of
The Education for Employment Foundation, and a Trustee of the Bibliotheca
Alexandria in Egypt.

Presented by Author
Rangaswamy Vedavalli
Rangaswamy Vedavalli is former Principal Economist and Manager of Energy
Operations of the World Bank and former Director of Energy Facilitation
Program of the World Energy Council. At the World Bank Vedavalli worked in
several countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East as
Manager of oil, gas, power, energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy sector
adjustment and restructuring and promotion of private investment in energy
operations. Vedavalli prepared policy papers for the World Bank board on
petroleum, power and energy efficiency to reform energy sector to promote
private investment in developing countries. Vedavalli was the World Bank
representative for the World Energy Council focusing on energy issues of
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

About Anthem Press
Anthem Press is an independent and dynamic cross-market publisher specializing
in cutting edge academic and trade non-fiction titles in history, politics,
literature, business, economics and many other subjects in the humanities and
social sciences. For more information visit: www.anthempress.com

Press is an
independent and dynamic cross-market publisher specializing
in cutting edge

"Energy for Development: Twenty-First Century Challenges of Reform and Liberalization in Developing Countries" discussed at the InfoShop on May 24, 2007, at 12:00pm in J1-050

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| | ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT |
| | Twenty-First Century Challenges of Reform |
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| | A rare and insightful investigation into |
| | the energy sector of the developing |
| | world, Energy for Development provides |
| | comparative case studies of countries |
| | going through the reform process(China, |
| | India, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, |
| | South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa), |
| | evaluates reform experience, discusses |
| | the lessons which can be learned and |
| | identifies the challenges at the national |
| | and global level which these developing |
| | countries face. |
| | |
| | A topical and timely book that seeks to |
| | explore the anxiety and insecurities felt |
| | by, and toward the energy sector. |
| | |
| | ?A book that should be mandatory reading |
| | for all government, industry and other |
| | stakeholder interests in global energy |
| | policy development and implementation? |
| | Jack Siegel - Former Assistant Acting |
| | Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. |
| | Department of Energy, and Chair Fossil |
| | Fuel Working Party, International Energy |
| | Agency |
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050, 701 18th Street, NW

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chaired by
Jamal Saghir
Director, Energy, Transport and Water, in the Sustainable Vice
Presidency (SDNVP), World Bank
Jamil Saghir is the chair of the Energy and Mining Sector Board,
Transport Sector Board, and Water Sector Board. Mr. Saghir joined
the Bank in 1990 and worked on a variety of private sector
development, privatization and restructuring assignments in Africa,
Latin America, the CIS countries and the Middle East and North
Africa. In 1994, Mr. Saghir joined the Middle East Country
Department then transferred to the Private Sector Development and
Infrastructure Division in 1995. In 1999, Mr. Saghir was appointed
Sector Manager, in the Infrastructure Development Group in MENA.

Moderated by
Moeen Qureshi
Chairman and Managing Partner of EMP Global L.L.C
Mr. Qureshi is the Chairman and Managing Partner of asset management
company EMP Global L.L.C. He served as Prime Minister of Pakistan in
1993.
From 1980 to 1991 he was with the World Bank, first as Senior Vice
President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, then as Senior
Vice President for Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Qureshi served at
the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as Vice President
between 1974-1977, and as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer from 1977-1981. He was with the International
Monetary Fund from 1958 to 1970 and served both at headquarters and
in the field in a variety of senior economic and operations
assignments before joining the IFC.
He is a member of the Board of the AIG Global Trade and Political
Risk Insurance Company, and a member of the International Advisory
Board of the American International Group (AIG). He is also a
member of the Board of Directors of The Education for Employment
Foundation, and a Trustee of the Bibliotheca Alexandria in Egypt.

Presented by Author
Rangaswamy Vedavalli
Rangaswamy Vedavalli is former Principal Economist and Manager of
Energy Operations of the World Bank and former Director of Energy
Facilitation Program of the World Energy Council. At the World Bank
Vedavalli worked in several countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America
and the Middle East as Manager of oil, gas, power, energy
efficiency, renewable energy, energy sector adjustment and
restructuring and promotion of private investment in energy
operations. Vedavalli prepared policy papers for the World Bank
board on petroleum, power and energy efficiency to reform energy
sector to promote private investment in developing countries.
Vedavalli was the World Bank representative for the World Energy
Council focusing on energy issues of 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

About Anthem Press
Anthem Press is an independent and dynamic cross-market publisher
specializing in cutting edge academic and trade non-fiction titles
in history, politics, literature, business, economics and many other
subjects in the humanities and social sciences. For more information
visit:

www.anthempress.com

Press is an independent and dynamic
cross-market publisher specializing
in cutting edge

2007 MMMF Recipients Forum in the InfoShop on Monday, May 14 at noon

Please find the invitation attached.

(See attached file: MMMFinvitation.doc)

2007 MMMF Recipients Forum, Monday May 14 at noon in J1-050

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InfoShop Event on May 15 at 3:00pm "India Case Study: From Competition at Home to Competing Abroad"

InfoShop and the South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
cordially invite you to a discussion of a recent publication:

From Competition At Home to Competing Abroad: A Case Study of India?s
Horticulture
by Aaditya Mattoo, Deepak Mishra, and Ashish Narain

A new World Bank and OUP report examines the paradox that while India is a
large, low cost agricultural producer, its share in global agriculture exports
is minuscule. India produces nearly 11 per cent of all the world?s vegetables
and 15 per cent of all fruits, yet its share in global exports of vegetables is
only 1.7 per cent and in fruits a meager 0.5 per cent. Based on an integrated
analysis of the sector?from farm to market?on the basis of primary surveys of
farmers, agents, and exporters across fifteen Indian states, the report lists
three major factors that are undermining India?s potential for reaching
supermarkets across the globe: (i) The high delivery costs of getting
agricultural produce from farm to market; (ii) The existence of a huge gap
between the health, safety, and quality standards required abroad and the weak
standards and assessment mechanisms in India; and (iii) Pernicious forms of
trade protection and a system of special safeguards that is a source of
considerable uncertainty for successful exporters.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
3:00 - 4:30pm
World Bank J Building J1 - 050
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)

Chair
Praful Patel
Vice President, South Asia Region
Praful Patel is the Vice President of South Asia Region in the World Bank. He is
a Ugandan national, who joined the Bank in January 1974 as a part of the Young
Professional Program. Since then he has held several positions and has worked on
almost all regions of the World Bank. He was promoted to his current position as
Regional Vice President, South Asia Region in 2003. Mr. Patel's academic
qualifications include Bachelors Degree in Architecture (1st Class Hons)
University of Nairobi, with a final year program at Royal Academy of Fine Arts,
Copenhagen (1971); M.A.A.S. (Thesis on Urban Settlement Design in Developing
Countries), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1973) and General Manager
Program - Harvard Business School (1996).

Authors
Aaditya Mattoo
Lead Economist, DECRG
Aaditya Mattoo is Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World
Bank. He is leading a project on international trade in services, specializes in
trade policy analysis and the operation of the WTO, and is helping enhance
policy-making and negotiating capacity in developing countries. Prior to
joining the Bank in 1999, Mr. Mattoo was Economic Counsellor at the Trade in
Services Division, WTO, Geneva. He also served as Economic Affairs Officer in
the Economic Research and Analysis and Trade Policy Review Divisions of the WTO.
Mr. Mattoo has lectured in economics at the University of Sussex and was lector
at Churchill College, Cambridge University. Mr. Mattoo is an Indian national
and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from King?s College, University of Cambridge, and
an M.Phil in Economics from St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.

Deepak Mishra
Senior Economist, South Asia PREM
Deepak Mishra is Senior Economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic
Management Unit in the South Asia region of the World Bank. He has been leading
a World Bank project to help the Government of India to develop an informed
strategy for reform and negotiations in trade in services and agriculture. He
also specializes in sub-national issues?as the task manager of policy-based
budget support operations to Andhra Pradesh and Bihar and as one of the leading
authors of sub-national economic reports on Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Sindh
(Pakistan). Prior to joining the Bank, he worked for the Federal Reserve Board
and Tata Motors in various capacities. Mr. Mishra is an Indian national and
holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Maryland, College Park, and an
M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics

Discussant
Will Martin
Lead Economist, DECRG
Will Martin specializes in analysis of trade policy reforms in developing
countries, with an emphasis on reforms related to the WTO, and a regional focus
on East and South Asia. He has written extensively on policy reforms in
agricultural trade, textiles and clothing, and non-agricultural trade generally.
Mr. Martin has a particular interest in using detailed data on trade barriers to
build up a complete picture of the effects of trade barriers on trade and
welfare. Mr. Martin has published widely in journals, and several books,
including recent studies of global trade reform and of China?s accession to the
WTO.

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 Event on May 15 at 3:00pm in J1-050; India Case Study: From Competition At Home to Competing Abroad

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South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
cordially invite you to a discussion of a recent publication:

From Competition At Home to Competing Abroad:
A Case Study of India?s Horticulture
Aaditya Mattoo, Deepak Mishra, and Ashish Narain

A new World Bank and OUP report examines the paradox that while
India is a large, low cost agricultural producer, its share in
global agriculture exports is minuscule. India produces nearly 11
per cent of all the world?s vegetables and 15 per cent of all
fruits, yet its share in global exports of vegetables is only 1.7
per cent and in fruits a meager 0.5 per cent. Based on an integrated
analysis of the sector?from farm to market?on the basis of primary
surveys of farmers, agents, and exporters across fifteen Indian
states, the report lists three major factors that are undermining
India?s potential for reaching supermarkets across the globe: (i)
The high delivery costs of getting agricultural produce from farm to
market; (ii) The existence of a huge gap between the health, safety,
and quality standards required abroad and the weak standards and
assessment mechanisms in India; and (iii) Pernicious forms of trade
protection and a system of special safeguards that is a source of
considerable uncertainty for successful exporters.

Tuesday, May 15 2007
3:00 - 4:30pm
World Bank J Building J1 - 050
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)

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________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chair
Praful Patel
Vice President, South Asia Region
Praful Patel is the Vice President of South Asia Region in the World
Bank. He is a Ugandan national, who joined the Bank in January 1974
as a part of the Young Professional Program. Since then he has held
several positions and has worked on almost all regions of the World
Bank. He was promoted to his current position as Regional Vice
President, South Asia Region in 2003. Mr. Patel's academic
qualifications include Bachelors Degree in Architecture (1st Class
Hons) University of Nairobi, with a final year program at Royal
Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (1971); M.A.A.S. (Thesis on Urban
Settlement Design in Developing Countries), Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (1973) and General Manager Program - Harvard Business
School (1996).

Authors
Aaditya Mattoo
Lead Economist, DECRG
Aaditya Mattoo is Lead Economist in the Development Research Group
of the World Bank. He is leading a project on international trade in
services, specializes in trade policy analysis and the operation of
the WTO, and is helping enhance policy-making and negotiating
capacity in developing countries. Prior to joining the Bank in
1999, Mr. Mattoo was Economic Counsellor at the Trade in Services
Division, WTO, Geneva. He also served as Economic Affairs Officer
in the Economic Research and Analysis and Trade Policy Review
Divisions of the WTO. Mr. Mattoo has lectured in economics at the
University of Sussex and was lector at Churchill College, Cambridge
University. Mr. Mattoo is an Indian national and holds a Ph.D. in
Economics from King?s College, University of Cambridge, and an
M.Phil in Economics from St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.

Deepak Mishra
Senior Economist, South Asia PREM
Deepak Mishra is Senior Economist in the Poverty Reduction and
Economic Management Unit in the South Asia region of the World Bank.
He has been leading a World Bank project to help the Government of
India to develop an informed strategy for reform and negotiations in
trade in services and agriculture. He also specializes in
sub-national issues?as the task manager of policy-based budget
support operations to Andhra Pradesh and Bihar and as one of the
leading authors of sub-national economic reports on Andhra Pradesh,
Punjab and Sindh (Pakistan). Prior to joining the Bank, he worked
for the Federal Reserve Board and Tata Motors in various capacities.
Mr. Mishra is an Indian national and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from
University of Maryland, College Park, and an M.A. in Economics from
Delhi School of Economics

Discussant
Will Martin
Lead Economist, DECRG
Will Martin specializes in analysis of trade policy reforms in
developing countries, with an emphasis on reforms related to the
WTO, and a regional focus on East and South Asia. He has written
extensively on policy reforms in agricultural trade, textiles and
clothing, and non-agricultural trade generally. Mr. Martin has a
particular interest in using detailed data on trade barriers to
build up a complete picture of the effects of trade barriers on
trade and welfare. Mr. Martin has published widely in journals, and
several books, including recent studies of global trade reform and
of China?s accession to the WTO.

_____
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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: Benjamin Barber at the InfoShop Today at noon in JB1-080

The InfoShop cordially invites you to a book launch for:

"CONSUMED: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow
Citizens Whole"

Disturbing, provocative, and compelling, Consumed examines phenomena as
seemingly disparate to show how the freedoms of the free market have undermined
the freedoms of the deliberative adult citizen. With brilliance and depth,
Barber confronts the likely consequences for our children, our liberty, and our
citizenship, and shows finally how citizens can resist and overcome the "civic
schizophrenia" in which our impulses as consumers are forever in conflict with
our convictions as citizens.

Monday, May 7, 2007 from 12:00 - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building
Lower Level JB1 - 080
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)

RSVP REQUIRED * PICTURE I.D. REQUIRED
infoshopevents@worldbank.org

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Author
Benjamin Barber
Benjamin Barber is a Professor at the University of Maryland, as well as
president and director of the international NGO CivWorld, and its annual
Interdependence Day event, and distinguished senior fellow at Demos. An
internationally renowned political theorist, Mr. Barber brings an abiding
concern for democracy and citizenship to issues of politics, culture and
education in America and abroad. Mr. Barber consults regularly with political
and civic leaders in the United States and around the world.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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