REMINDER: Presentation and discussion -- "Mongolia at a Crossroad" at the InfoShop on July 19 at 12:30pm in J1-050

InfoShop & East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
cordially invite you to an information and knowledge exchange session on
Mongolia and its new phase of development

Mongolia at a Crossroad

The landlocked, 18th largest country, sandwiched between Russia and China, is at
the cusp of major change. Large mineral deposits suggest the potential of a
natural resources-based boom. How should the Government make the most of this
possibility? What are some lessons learned from other countries? How does it
balance its past nomadic culture and herder lifestyle, with almost 60% of its
population moving to urban areas? What should the government's strategy be in
providing services with such a dispersed population -- about 1.5 per sq km --
that is often on the move? And what should the role of the World Bank and other
donors be in such a situation?

The Bank's country team welcomes your views in an informal discussion to be
joined by Jim Adams, Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region, Dr.
Joong-Kyung Choi, Executive Director for Mongolia, among others. For nature
enthusiasts, eco-tourists, or those who want to experience the beauty of
Mongolia and the surrounding areas, the country team will be glad to provide
tips and practical information for visiting Mongolia.

Including a multimedia presentation:
Sights and Sounds of Mongolia

Thursday, July 19, 2007
12:30 - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
A light lunch will be served
*PHOTO ID AND RSVP REQUIRED*
Please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

Opening remarks
JIM ADAMS
East Asia Vice President
In his capacity as Vice President, Mr. Adams has overall responsibility for
World Bank operations in one of the world?s most dynamic regions, covering more
than a dozen states ranging from the world?s most populous country, China, to
the smallest and most remote Pacific Islands states.

JOONG-KYUNG CHOI
Executive Director for Mongolia, World Bank
Mr. Choi, a Korean national, also represents Australia, Cambodia, Kiribati,
Republic of Korea, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia,
New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Presentation
ARSHAD SAYED
Mongolia Country Manager

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

REMINDER: Presentation and discussion -- "Mongolia at a Crossroad" at the InfoShop on July 19 at 12:30pm in J1-050

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&
East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank

cordially invite you to an information and knowledge exchange session on
Mongolia
and its new phase of development
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| | |
| | |
| (Embedded | Mongolia at a Crossroad |
| image moved to file: | |
| pic29704.jpg) | The landlocked, 18th largest |
| | country, sandwiched between Russia |
| | and China, is at the cusp of major |
| Including a multimedia | change. Large mineral deposits |
| presentation: | suggest the potential of a natural |
| Sights and Sounds of | resources-based boom. How should |
| Mongolia | the Government make the most of this |
| | possibility? What are some lessons |
| | learned from other countries? How |
| | does it balance its past nomadic |
| | culture and herder lifestyle, with |
| | almost 60% of its population moving |
| | to urban areas? What should the |
| | government's strategy be in |
| | providing services with such a |
| | dispersed population -- about 1.5 |
| | per sq km -- that is often on the |
| | move? And what should the role of |
| | the World Bank and other donors be |
| | in such a situation? |
| | |
| | The Bank's country team welcomes |
| | your views in an informal discussion |
| | to be joined by Jim Adams, Vice |
| | President, East Asia and Pacific |
| | Region, Dr. Joong-Kyung Choi, |
| | Executive Director for Mongolia, |
| | among others. For nature |
| | enthusiasts, eco-tourists, or those |
| | who want to experience the beauty of |
| | Mongolia and the surrounding areas, |
| | the country team will be glad to |
| | provide tips and practical |
| | information for visiting Mongolia. |
| | |
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------|

Thursday, July 19, 2007
12:30 - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
A light lunch will be served

Opening remarks
JIM ADAMS
East Asia Vice President
In his capacity as Vice President, Mr. Adams has overall
responsibility for World Bank operations in one of the world?s most
dynamic regions, covering more than a dozen states ranging from the
world?s most populous country, China, to the smallest and most
remote Pacific Islands states.

JOONG-KYUNG CHOI
Executive Director for Mongolia, World Bank
Mr. Choi, a Korean national, also represents Australia, Cambodia,
Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Marshall Islands, Federated States of
Micronesia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa,
Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Presentation
ARSHAD SAYED
Mongolia Country Manager

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

Reminder: "Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us" discussed at the InfoShop on July 18 at 3:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop & The Development Research Group
Invite you to a book launch of a recent WW Norton publication
The Elephant and the Dragon
The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
by Robyn Meredith

A compelling look at the major changes in store as America faces increasing
competition from two emerging Asian giants.

Not since the United States rose to prominence a century ago have we seen such
tectonic shifts in global power; but India and China are vastly different
nations, with opposing economic and political strategies?strategies we must
understand in order to survive in the new global economy. The Elephant and the
Dragon tells how these two Asian nations, each with more than a billion people,
have spurred a new ?gold rush,? and what this will mean for the rest of the
world.

Wednesday July 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Moderated by
Will Martin
Lead Economist in the Trade Research Team, World Bank
Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Martin worked as a researcher and manager at
the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and as a Senior
Research Fellow at the Australian National University. He has published
extensively on trade policy and developing countries, with a particular focus on
the World Trade Organization and economic development; global trade reform in
textiles and clothing; and agricultural trade reform. Quantitative analysis of
trade policies is a particular interest. He has published widely using
quantitative models such as the Global Trade Analysis Project, and has a
particular interest in using detailed data to build up a complete picture of the
effects of trade barriers on trade and welfare. He teaches frequently in World
Bank training courses, and is manager of a number of large Bank research
projects.

Presented by Author
Robyn Meredith
Senior Editor, Asia for Forbes Magazine
Robyn Meredith has written cover stories on General Motors, Microsoft, Toyota,
Li & Fung and Infosys. Ms. Meredith joined Forbes as its Detroit Bureau Manager
in April, 2000 to write about the auto industry. One of her Forbes articles was
included in the 2002 Edition of the book "The Best Business Stories of the
Year." From January, 1996 until April, 2000, Ms. Meredith was a Detroit
correspondent for The New York Times, where she covered the auto industry and
other Midwestern news. She spent the 1998-1999 academic year as a
Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan Business School. Ms.
Meredith wrote for USA Today as a business reporter in 1995. She spent the
previous two years as a reporter in the Washington bureau of the American Banker
newspaper, where her reporting exposed a pattern of insider deals at savings and
loans that led to four Congressional hearings and an overhaul of U.S. banking
regulations governing initial public offerings.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

REMINDER - "Elephant and the Dragon:The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us" discussed at the InfoShop on July 18 at 3:00pm in J1-050

(Embedded image moved to file: pic13829.jpg)

&
The Development Research Group
Invite you to a book launch of a recent WW Norton publication
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------|
| | |
| | |
| | The Elephant and the Dragon |
| | The Rise of India and China and What |
| (Embedded image | It Means for All of Us |
| moved to file: | by Robyn Meredith |
| pic30900.jpg) | |
| | A compelling look at the major |
| | changes in store as America faces |
| | increasing competition from two |
| | emerging Asian giants. |
| | |
| | |
| | Not since the United States rose to |
| | prominence a century ago have we |
| | seen such tectonic shifts in global |
| | power; but India and China are |
| | vastly different nations, with |
| | opposing economic and political |
| | strategies?strategies we must |
| | understand in order to survive in |
| | the new global economy. The Elephant |
| | and the Dragon tells how these two |
| | Asian nations, each with more than a |
| | billion people, have spurred a new |
| | ?gold rush,? and what this will mean |
| | for the rest of the world. |
| | |
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------|

Wednesday July 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Moderated by
Will Martin
Lead Economist in the Trade Research Team, World Bank
Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Martin worked as a researcher and
manager at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, and as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian
National University. He has published extensively on trade policy
and developing countries, with a particular focus on the World Trade
Organization and economic development; global trade reform in
textiles and clothing; and agricultural trade reform. Quantitative
analysis of trade policies is a particular interest. He has
published widely using quantitative models such as the Global Trade
Analysis Project, and has a particular interest in using detailed
data to build up a complete picture of the effects of trade barriers
on trade and welfare. He teaches frequently in World Bank training
courses, and is manager of a number of large Bank research projects.

Presented by Author
Robyn Meredith
Senior Editor, Asia for Forbes Magazine
Robyn Meredith has written cover stories on General Motors,
Microsoft, Toyota, Li & Fung and Infosys. Ms. Meredith joined
Forbes as its Detroit Bureau Manager in April, 2000 to write about
the auto industry. One of her Forbes articles was included in the
2002 Edition of the book "The Best Business Stories of the Year."
From January, 1996 until April, 2000, Ms. Meredith was a Detroit
correspondent for The New York Times, where she covered the auto
industry and other Midwestern news. She spent the 1998-1999
academic year as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of
Michigan Business School. Ms. Meredith wrote for USA Today as a
business reporter in 1995. She spent the previous two years as a
reporter in the Washington bureau of the American Banker newspaper,
where her reporting exposed a pattern of insider deals at savings
and loans that led to four Congressional hearings and an overhaul of
U.S. banking regulations governing initial public offerings.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

REMINDER: "The Global Family Planning Revolution: Three Decades of Policies and Programs" and "Population Issues in the 21st Century: The Role of the World Bank" discussed in the H Auditorium on Wednesday, July 18 at noon

InfoShop and Health, Nutrition & Population Team, World Bank cordially invite to
a panel discussion featuring two recent publications

The Global Family Planning Revolution:
Three Decades of Policies and Programs
Edited by Warren Robinson and John Ross

The striking upsurge in population growth rates in developing countries after
the close of World War II gave birth to the first national programs designed to
reduce fertility rates. The new technologies of the IUD and the pill armed
these programs with methods that made birth control easier, both for couples and
for large-scale administration. By the late 1960s and early 1970s national
programs covered much of the developing world. Since then they have continued to
spread: contraception is now used by over 60 percent of couples, and fertility
rates have fallen by half. This new volume sets forth the remarkable record of
this success. Its unique contribution lies in the 23 country case studies that
document the diverse forms the programs took, how they were administered and
funded, how they educated the public, how they were evaluated, and how they were
made to fit local conditions. The analyses provide valuable guidance to
emerging health-related policy objectives and responses to global challenges.

Population Issues in the 21st Century:
The Role of the World Bank

The objective of this paper is to discuss some obstacles and opportunities
presented by population processes in order to prioritize areas for investment
and analytical work as background information for the 2007 HNP Sector Strategy.
Fertility has declined in most of the low- and middle-income countries, with
TFRs converging toward replacement level, except in 35 countries, mainly in
Sub-Saharan Africa, where a broad-based decline in fertility has not occurred.
As the priorities of donors and development agencies have shifted toward other
issues, and global funds and initiatives have largely bypassed funding of family
planning, less attention is being focused on the consequences of high fertility.
Reproductive health is conspicuously absent from the MDGs, and assistance to
countries to meet the demand for family planning and related services is
insufficient.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
12:00 pm
World Bank H Building, Eugene R. Black Auditorium
600 19th Street, NW
A light lunch will be served
*PHOTO ID AND RSVP REQUIRED* infoshopevents@worldbank.org

CO-CHAIRS
Joy Phumaphi
Vice President, Human Development Network
Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Phumaphi worked at the World Health Organization
as the Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health Department.
Before that, she served in the Parliament and as Minister for Health of
Botswana.

Praful Patel
Vice President, South Asia Region
Since joining the Bank in January 1974 as part of the Young Professionals
Program, Mr. Patel has held various technical and managerial positions. In
2003, he was promoted to his current position as Regional Vice President, South
Asia. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Patel worked in Kenya in private practice
and for the Housing Research and Development Unit at the University of Nairobi,
and as Instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

PRESENTERS
Steven Sinding
Former Director-General, IPPF

Rama Lakshminarayanan
Senior Health Specialist, HDNHE

DISCUSSANT
Peter Donaldson
President, Population Council

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

REMINDER: "The Global Family Planning Revolution: Three Decades of Policies and Programs" and "Population Issues in the 21st Century: The Role of the World Bank" discussed in the H Auditorium on Wednesday, July 18 at noon

(Embedded image moved to file: pic01723.gif)
and
Health, Nutrition & Population Team, World Bank
cordially invite to a panel discussion featuring two recent
publications
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------|
| | |
| | The Global Family Planning |
| | Revolution: |
| (Embedded image moved to | Three Decades of Policies and |
| file: pic21363.jpg) | Programs |
| | Edited by Warren Robinson and John |
| | Ross |
| | |
| (Embedded image moved to | The striking upsurge in population |
| file: pic00028.jpg) | growth rates in developing countries |
| | after the close of World War II gave |
| | birth to the first national programs |
| | designed to reduce fertility rates. |
| | The new technologies of the IUD and |
| | the pill armed these programs with |
| | methods that made birth control |
| | easier, both for couples and for |
| | large-scale administration. By the |
| | late 1960s and early 1970s national |
| | programs covered much of the |
| | developing world. Since then they |
| | have continued to spread: |
| | contraception is now used by over 60 |
| | percent of couples, and fertility |
| | rates have fallen by half. This new |
| | volume sets forth the remarkable |
| | record of this success. Its unique |
| | contribution lies in the 23 country |
| | case studies that document the |
| | diverse forms the programs took, how |
| | they were administered and funded, |
| | how they educated the public, how |
| | they were evaluated, and how they |
| | were made to fit local conditions. |
| | The analyses provide valuable |
| | guidance to emerging health-related |
| | policy objectives and responses to |
| | global challenges. |
| | |
| | Population Issues in the 21st |
| | Century: |
| | The Role of the World Bank |
| | |
| | The objective of this paper is to |
| | discuss some obstacles and |
| | opportunities presented by |
| | population processes in order to |
| | prioritize areas for investment and |
| | analytical work as background |
| | information for the 2007 HNP Sector |
| | Strategy. Fertility has declined in |
| | most of the low- and middle-income |
| | countries, with TFRs converging |
| | toward replacement level, except in |
| | 35 countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan |
| | Africa, where a broad-based decline |
| | in fertility has not occurred. As |
| | the priorities of donors and |
| | development agencies have shifted |
| | toward other issues, and global |
| | funds and initiatives have largely |
| | bypassed funding of family planning, |
| | less attention is being focused on |
| | the consequences of high fertility. |
| | Reproductive health is conspicuously |
| | absent from the MDGs, and assistance |
| | to countries to meet the demand for |
| | family planning and related services |
| | is insufficient. |
| | |
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------|

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
12:00 pm
World Bank H Building, Eugene R. Black Auditorium
600 19th Street, NW
A light lunch will be served

CO-CHAIRS
Joy Phumaphi
Vice President, Human Development Network
Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Phumaphi worked at the World Health
Organization as the Assistant Director General for Family and
Community Health Department. Before that, she served in the
Parliament and as Minister for Health of Botswana.

Praful Patel
Vice President, South Asia Region
Since joining the Bank in January 1974 as part of the Young
Professionals Program, Mr. Patel has held various technical and
managerial positions. In 2003, he was promoted to his current
position as Regional Vice President, South Asia. Prior to joining
the Bank, Mr. Patel worked in Kenya in private practice and for the
Housing Research and Development Unit at the University of Nairobi,
and as Instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT).

PRESENTERS
Steven Sinding
Former Director-General, IPPF

Rama Lakshminarayanan
Senior Health Specialist, HDNHE

DISCUSSANT
Peter Donaldson
President, Population Council

______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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