Please join us for the Opening Reception with Ambassador Amina Salum Ali of the African Union Mission - Friday, September 14 at noon

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The Africa Series, organized and hosted by the InfoShop, is a
comprehensive series of events that highlight a variety of topics on
Africa. The goal is to discuss and increase the awareness of development
issues related to the region. Currently, the program includes the
Congressional Black Caucus, a screening of a Liberian film, and a
presentation of an IFC report on Tanzania. Additional events will be
added to this outreach initiative throughout the fall, with some
co-produced with African Embassies. The InfoShop welcomes comments and
suggestions for upcoming events.

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

Please join us for the Opening Reception with Ambassador Amina Salum Ali of the African Union Mission - Friday, September 14 at noon

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The Africa Series, organized and hosted by the InfoShop, is a
comprehensive series of events that highlight a variety of topics on
Africa. The goal is to discuss and increase the awareness of development
issues related to the region. Currently, the program includes the
Congressional Black Caucus, a screening of a Liberian film, and a
presentation of an IFC report on Tanzania. Additional events will be
added to this outreach initiative throughout the fall, with some
co-produced with African Embassies. The InfoShop welcomes comments and
suggestions for upcoming events.

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: Seminar and Book Launch on Globalization's Impact on Labor and Capital discussed at the InfoShop on September 13 at 12:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop & PRMED (Economic Policy and Debt Department)

Invite you to a seminar on
Globalization's Impact on Labor and Capital

Why should the development community concern itself with what happens to workers
in rich countries as a result of globalization? The answer is that if workers in
these countries are perceived to be hurt by globalization this could catalyze a
protectionist backlash. This could in turn slow down the process of
globalization and impede developing country access to developed country markets
and immigration with adverse welfare and growth consequences in developing
countries. The April 2007 World Economic Outlook of the IMF devotes a chapter
to the impact of globalization on workers in rich countries, the results of
which will be presented by Florence Jaumotte of the IMF's Research Department.
Professor Robert Reich's new book, "Supercapitalism", discusses the emerging
conflict between capitalism (enlarging the economic pie) and democracy (caring
for all the citizens) in the US. And Professor Chamley will revisit his seminal
contribution to the taxation of capital, which appears to be the clear winner in
our globalized world. Would the result that the optimal rate of taxation on
capital is zero still stand?

Featuring also a recent publication
Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
by Robert B. Reich
From one of our most valued voices on politics, business, and the economy,
best-selling author of Locked in the Cabinet and The Work of Nations - a
breakthrough book on the clash between capitalism and democracy.

Our economy has become more efficient than ever, with turbocharged, Web-based
global capitalism morphing into supercapitalism. But as Robert B. Reich makes
clear in this eye-opening book, while supercapitalism is working well to enlarge
the economic pie, democracy - charged with caring for all its citizens - is
becoming less and less effective under its influence. A highly important book -
timely, impassioned, and persuasive.

Thursday September 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served at 11:30 am

For non Bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org

Chaired by
Shantayanan Devarajan
Chief Economist, South Asia Region (SARVP), World Bank
Shantayanan Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank?s South Asia
Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist
and Research Manager for Public Economics in the Development Research Group, as
well as the Chief Economist of the Human Development Network. He was the
Director of the World Development Report 2004, Making Services Work for Poor
People. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University?s John F.
Kennedy School of Government. The author or co-author of over 100 publications,
Mr. Devarajan?s research covers public economics, trade policy, natural
resources and the environment, and general-equilibrium modeling of developing
countries.

Presented by
Florence Jaumotte
Senior Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
Ms. Jaumotte, after obtaining her PhD in Economics from Harvard University in
2000, joined the Economist Program of the IMF for two years. She subsequently
worked at the OECD in Paris, doing cross-country analyses in the areas of female
labor market participation and determinants of innovation. She rejoined the Fund
in 2005 as part of the Research Department team which produces the World
Economic Outlook and worked, among other things, on chapters looking at the
impact of globalization on inflation, labor markets, and more recently
inequality.

Robert B. Reich
Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of
California, Berkeley
Mr. Reich is Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy
at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national
administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill
Clinton. In 2003, Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Havel Foundation
Prize for his pioneering work in economic and social thought. As Secretary of
Labor, Mr. Reich implemented the Family and Medical Leave Act, led a national
fight against sweatshops in the U.S. and illegal child labor around the world,
headed the administration?s successful effort to raise the minimum wage, secured
worker?s pensions, and launched job-training programs, one-stop career centers,
and school-to-work initiatives. In 2003, Mr. Reich was awarded the prestigious
Vaclav Havel Foundation Prize for his pioneering work in economic and social
thought.

Christophe Chamley
Professor, Boston University and Directeur d'Etude EHESS, Paris School of
Economics
Mr. Chamley has been Professor of Economics at Boston University since 1988. He
is also Directeur d?Etude EHESS, Paris (Paris School of Economics). He received
his PhD in economics from Harvard University and taught at Yale University from
1978 to 1986. From 1986-88, he worked at the World Bank. Mr. Chamley is known
for his seminal papers on the optimal taxation of capital, which have been
published in the top economic journals.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: Seminar and Book Launch on Globalization's Impact on Labor and Capital discussed at the InfoShop on September 13 at 12:00pm in J1-050

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&
PRMED (Economic Policy and Debt Department)

Invite you to a seminar on
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| Globalization's | |
| Impact on Labor | |
| and Capital | |
| | |
| Why should the | |
| development | |
| community concern | |
| itself with what | |
| happens to | |
| workers in rich | |
| countries as a | |
| result of | |
| globalization? | |
| The answer is | |
| that if workers | |
| in these | |
| countries are | |
| perceived to be | |
| hurt by | |
| globalization | |
| this could | |
| catalyze a | |
| protectionist | |
| backlash. This | |
| could in turn | |
| slow down the | |
| process of | |
| globalization and | |
| impede developing | |
| country access to | |
| developed country | |
| markets and | |
| immigration with | |
| adverse welfare | |
| and growth | |
| consequences in | |
| developing | |
| countries. The | |
| April 2007 World | |
| Economic Outlook | |
| of the IMF | |
| devotes a chapter | |
| to the impact of | |
| globalization on | |
| workers in rich | |
| countries, the | |
| results of which | |
| will be presented | |
| by Florence | |
| Jaumotte of the | |
| IMF's Research | |
| Department. | |
| Professor Robert | |
| Reich's new book, | |
| "Supercapitalism" | |
| , discusses the | |
| emerging conflict | |
| between | |
| capitalism | |
| (enlarging the | |
| economic pie) and | |
| democracy (caring | |
| for all the | |
| citizens) in the | |
| US. And | |
| Professor Chamley | |
| will revisit his | |
| seminal | |
| contribution to | |
| the taxation of | |
| capital, which | |
| appears to be the | |
| clear winner in | |
| our globalized | |
| world. Would the | |
| result that the | |
| optimal rate of | |
| taxation on | |
| capital is zero | |
| still stand? | |
| | |
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Featuring also a recent publication
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| | |
| | Supercapitalism: The Transformation of |
| (Embedded image | Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life |
| moved to file: | by Robert B. Reich |
| pic22104.jpg) | From one of our most valued voices on |
| | politics, business, and the economy, |
| | best-selling author of Locked in the Cabinet |
| | and The Work of Nations - a breakthrough |
| | book on the clash between capitalism and |
| | democracy. |
| | |
| | Our economy has become more efficient than |
| | ever, with turbocharged, Web-based global |
| | capitalism morphing into supercapitalism. |
| | But as Robert B. Reich makes clear in this |
| | eye-opening book, while supercapitalism is |
| | working well to enlarge the economic pie, |
| | democracy - charged with caring for all its |
| | citizens - is becoming less and less |
| | effective under its influence. l;A highly |
| | important book - timely, impassioned, and |
| | persuasive. |
| | |
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------|

Thursday September 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served at 11:30 am

Chaired by
Shantayanan Devarajan
Chief Economist, South Asia Region (SARVP), World Bank
Shantayanan Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank?s
South Asia Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been
a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in
the Development Research Group, as well as the Chief Economist of
the Human Development Network. He was the Director of the World
Development Report 2004, Making Services Work for Poor People.
Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University?s John F.
Kennedy School of Government. The author or co-author of over 100
publications, Mr. Devarajan?s research covers public economics,
trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and
general-equilibrium modeling of developing countries.

Presented by
Florence Jaumotte
Senior Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
Ms. Jaumotte, after obtaining her PhD in Economics from Harvard
University in 2000, joined the Economist Program of the IMF for two
years. She subsequently worked at the OECD in Paris, doing
cross-country analyses in the areas of female labor market
participation and determinants of innovation. She rejoined the Fund
in 2005 as part of the Research Department team which produces the
World Economic Outlook and worked, among other things, on chapters
looking at the impact of globalization on inflation, labor markets,
and more recently inequality.

Robert B. Reich
Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy,
University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Reich is Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of
Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has
served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary
of labor under President Bill Clinton. In 2003, Reich was awarded
the prestigious Vaclav Havel Foundation Prize for his pioneering
work in economic and social thought. As Secretary of Labor, Mr.
Reich implemented the Family and Medical Leave Act, led a national
fight against sweatshops in the U.S. and illegal child labor around
the world, headed the administration?s successful effort to raise
the minimum wage, secured worker?s pensions, and launched
job-training programs, one-stop career centers, and school-to-work
initiatives. In 2003, Mr. Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclav
Havel Foundation Prize for his pioneering work in economic and
social thought.

Christophe Chamley
Professor, Boston University and Directeur d'Etude EHESS, Paris
School of Economics
Mr. Chamley has been Professor of Economics at Boston University
since 1988. He is also Directeur d?Etude EHESS, Paris (Paris School
of Economics). He received his PhD in economics from Harvard
University and taught at Yale University from 1978 to 1986. From
1986-88, he worked at the World Bank. Mr. Chamley is known for his
seminal papers on the optimal taxation of capital, which have been
published in the top economic journals.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes: Struggle for Justice in the Amazon" discussed at the InfoShop on September 13 at 3:30pm in J1-050

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We invite you to the inspiring story of courageous labor and
environmental activist Chico Mendes, who led Brazil?s rubber tappers
until his assassination in 1988.
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| | |
| | Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes |
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| | |
| | A close associate of Chico Mendes, |
| | Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle |
| | between Brazil?s rubber tappers and local |
| | ranchers?a struggle that led to the murder |
| | of Mendes. Rodrigues?s memoir of his years |
| | with Mendes has never before been translated |
| | into English from the Portuguese. Now, |
| | Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes makes |
| | this important work available to new |
| | audiences, capturing the events and trends |
| | that shaped the lives of both men and the |
| | fragile system of public security and |
| | justice within which they lived and worked. |
| | In a rare primary account of the celebrated |
| | labor organizer, Rodrigues chronicles |
| | Mendes?s innovative proposals as the Amazon |
| | faced wholesale deforestation. As a labor |
| | unionist and an environmentalist, Mendes |
| | believed that rain forests could be |
| | preserved without ruining the lives of |
| | workers, and that destroying forests to make |
| | way for cattle pastures threatened humanity |
| | in the long run. Walking the Forest with |
| | Chico Mendes also brings to light the |
| | unexplained and uninvestigated events |
| | surrounding Mendes?s murder. |
| | |
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
3:30 p.m.
World Bank J Building, J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Presented by author
Gomercindo Rodrigues
Gomercindo Rodrigues served as an adviser (assessor) to Chico
Mendes and the Rural Workers' Union in Xapuri, Acre, a small town
near the Bolivian-Brazilian frontier on the far western edge of the
Brazilian Amazon. Most of the rural workers in Xapuri are rubber
tappers?extractivists and sellers of natural latex from the rubber
trees indigenous to the region. During the decade following Mendes's
death, Rodrigues became a lawyer, defending the workers in the
rubber tappers' movement that Chico Mendes had led until his
untimely death.

Comments by
John Butler
Principal Social Development Specialist, IFC
John Butler is Principal Social Development Specialist in the
Environment and Social Development Department of the International
Finance Corporation (IFC). He has over 20 years of experience
working on issues related to community social development and
environment. He carried out his Ph.D. field work in Anthropology in
the area of Sao Felix do Xingu and Tucuma in the Brazilian Amazon,
and worked for 10 years with WWF-US, including 6 years in the
Brazil-Amazon program providing support to a range of conservation
efforts from extractive reserves in Amapa State to the development
of the management plan for Jau Narional Park, on the Rio Negro,
Amazonas State.

Linda Rabben
Translator
The translator and editor of Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes,
Linda Rabben made many trips to Brazil to do field research on
grassroots social movements after training as an anthropologist at
Cornell University. For more than a decade she was a human rights
activist for Amnesty International and has worked as an editor,
writer and researcher for nongovernmental organizations. Her books
include Brazil?s Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization: The
Yanomami and the Kayapó and Fierce Legion of Friends: A History of
Human Rights Campaigns and Campaigners.

Moderated by
John Garrison
Senior Civil Society Specialist, World Bank
John Garrison joined the World Bank in 1996 as a Civil Society
Specialist. He spent the first five years working in the Bank?s
office in Brasilia, Brazil where he had contact with Amazonian civil
society organizations. In 2002 he joined the Bank?s Civil Society
Team (CST) which coordinates the Bank?s civil society engagement
work at the global level. Current activities include working to
formulate Bank-wide strategy, providing advice to senior management,
reaching out to international civil society networks, and
disseminating information on the Bank.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Legal Aspects of HIV/AIDS: A Guide for Policy and Law Reform" on Wednesday, September 12 at noon in J1-050

InfoShop & The Global HIV/AIDS Program, Human Development Network
invite you to a book launch of a recent World Bank publication

Legal Aspects of HIV/AIDS:
A Guide for Policy and Law Reform

Written by a team of eminent legal scholars and practitioners, this book
summarizes key legal and policy issues for 65 wide-ranging topics related to
HIV/AIDS. The concise format will be useful for policy makers, HIV/AIDS
practitioners, lawyers, the media and others seeking clear, precise information.
The Guide shows how laws and regulations can either underpin or undermine good
public health programs and responsible personal behaviors. It provides relevant
?practice examples? (citing from actual laws and regulations) and offers
selective lists of references.

For more information or to order the book, please click on the link below:
http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=6552486
______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
12:00pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served
______________________________________________________________________________
Introduced by
JOY PHUMAPHI
Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank
Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Phumaphi worked at the World Health Organization
as the Assistant Director General for the Family and Community Health
Department. Before that, she served in the Parliament and as Minister for
Health of Botswana.

Presented by Authors
LANCE GABLE
Assistant Professor of Law , Wayne State University.
Mr. Gable is co-editor (with David Buchanan and Celia Fisher) of Ethical and
Legal Issues in Research with High Risk Populations: Addressing Threats of
Suicide, Child Abuse, and Violence (forthcoming 2007), author of numerous
professional journal articles, reports, and other publications, and was guest
editor (with Lawrence O. Gostin and Colleen Flood) of the symposium issue
Legislating and Litigating Health Care Rights Around the World.

KATHARINA GAMHARTER
Counsel
Ms. Gamharter has served as Counsel/Legal Associate in the Environment &
International Law Practice Group as well as the Latin America Operational
Practice Group, World Bank Legal Vice Presidency. She is the author of Access
to Affordable Medicines: Developing Responses under the TRIPS Agreement and EC
Law (2004), and other publications and professional journal articles related to
trade law and intellectual property. Previously she was Assistant Professor at
the Europainstitut, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

LAWRENCE GOSTIN
Associate Dean and O?Neill Professor of Global Health Law, Georgetown University
Mr. Gostin is Member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
(lifetime), Editor (Health Law and Ethics), Journal of the American Medical
Association, Co-Editor, Georgetown University Press book series, Ethics, Health,
and Public Policy, and a member of the Editorial Board or Editorial Advisory
Board of 20 professional journals. He is the author of The AIDS Pandemic:
Complacency, Injustice, and Unfulfilled Expectations, and the author, co-author,
or co-editor of over 30 other books or monographs as well as author or co-author
of well over 100 professional journal articles in the health field.

JAMES HODGE, JR.
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Executive
Director, Centers for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns
Hopkins Universities; and Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center
Mr. Hodge teaches and lectures extensively in public health law,bioethics, and
health information privacy, has authored (or co-authored)over 75 articles in
professional journals and over 50 reports and other publications on public
health law, bioethics, and human rights.

RUDOLF VAN PUYMBROECK
Independent adviser on health law and international development and Adjunct
Faculty,Georgetown University
Mr. Van Puymbroeck was formerly Lead Counsel, Public Health and HIV/AIDS, Legal
Advisory Services, World Bank Legal Vice Presidency. He is a member of the
World Bank?s Editorial Committee, former member of the World Bank?s Research
Committee (2000-2003), and co-author (with Frederick M. Abbott) of Compulsory
Licensing for Public Health: A Guide and Model Documents for Implementation of
the Doha Declaration Paragraph 6 Decision. He is former Editor of Comprehensive
Legal and Judicial Development: Toward an Agenda for a Just and Equitable
Society in the 21st Century, The World Bank Legal Review: Law and Justice for
Development, and the Law, Justice and Development series.

Comments by
DEBREWORK ZEWDIE
Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program, World Bank
Ms. Zewdie is the Director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program for the World Bank.
She was recruited to this position from the Africa Region of the Bank where she
managed the AIDS Campaign Team for Africa (ACTafrica), which is responsible for
the US$1 billion Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP I and II) for Africa.
Before joining the Bank in 1994, Ms. Zewdie was Deputy Regional Director of the
Africa Region for the AIDS Control and Prevention project (AIDSCAP) of Family
Health International in Nairobi, Kenya and worked in sixteen African countries.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Legal Aspects of HIV/AIDS: A Guide for Policy and Law Reform" on Wednesday, September 12 at noon in J1-050

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file: pic15678.jpg)
&
The Global HIV/AIDS Program, Human Development Network
invite you to a book launch of a recent World Bank publication
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
| | |
| | Legal Aspects of HIV/AIDS: |
| (Embedded image | A Guide for Policy and Law Reform |
| moved to file: | |
| pic10178.jpg) | Written by a team of eminent legal |
| | scholars and practitioners, this book |
| | summarizes key legal and policy issues |
| | for 65 wide-ranging topics related to |
| | HIV/AIDS. The concise format will be |
| | useful for policy makers, HIV/AIDS |
| | practitioners, lawyers, the media and |
| | others seeking clear, precise |
| | information. The Guide shows how laws |
| | and regulations can either underpin or |
| | undermine good public health programs |
| | and responsible personal behaviors. It |
| | provides relevant ?practice examples? |
| | (citing from actual laws and |
| | regulations) and offers selective lists |
| | of references. |
| | |
| | For more information or to order the |
| | book, please click on the link below: |
| | http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/ecomme |
| | rce/catalog/product?item_id=6552486 |
| | |
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------|

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
12:00pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served

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

Presented by Authors
LANCE GABLE
Assistant Professor of Law , Wayne State University.
Mr. Gable is co-editor (with David Buchanan and Celia Fisher) of
Ethical and Legal Issues in Research with High Risk Populations:
Addressing Threats of Suicide, Child Abuse, and Violence
(forthcoming 2007), author of numerous professional journal
articles, reports, and other publications, and was guest editor
(with Lawrence O. Gostin and Colleen Flood) of the symposium issue
Legislating and Litigating Health Care Rights Around the World.

KATHARINA GAMHARTER
Counsel
Ms. Gamharter has served as Counsel/Legal Associate in the
Environment & International Law Practice Group as well as the Latin
America Operational Practice Group, World Bank Legal Vice
Presidency. She is the author of Access to Affordable Medicines:
Developing Responses under the TRIPS Agreement and EC Law (2004),
and other publications and professional journal articles related to
trade law and intellectual property. Previously she was Assistant
Professor at the Europainstitut, Vienna University of Economics and
Business Administration.

LAWRENCE GOSTIN
Associate Dean and O?Neill Professor of Global Health Law, Georgetown University
Mr. Gostin is Member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy
of Sciences (lifetime), Editor (Health Law and Ethics), Journal of
the American Medical Association, Co-Editor, Georgetown University
Press book series, Ethics, Health, and Public Policy, and a member
of the Editorial Board or Editorial Advisory Board of 20
professional journals. He is the author of The AIDS Pandemic:
Complacency, Injustice, and Unfulfilled Expectations, and the
author, co-author, or co-editor of over 30 other books or monographs
as well as author or co-author of well over 100 professional journal
articles in the health field.

JAMES HODGE, JR.
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health; Executive Director, Centers for Law and the Public's Health
at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities; and Adjunct Faculty,
Georgetown University Law Center
Mr. Hodge teaches and lectures extensively in public health
law,bioethics, and health information privacy, has authored (or
co-authored)over 75 articles in professional journals and over 50
reports and other publications on public health law, bioethics, and
human rights.

RUDOLF VAN PUYMBROECK
Independent adviser on health law and international development and
Adjunct Faculty,Georgetown University
Mr. Van Puymbroeck was formerly Lead Counsel, Public Health and
HIV/AIDS, Legal Advisory Services, World Bank Legal Vice Presidency.
He is a member of the World Bank?s Editorial Committee, former
member of the World Bank?s Research Committee (2000-2003), and
co-author (with Frederick M. Abbott) of Compulsory Licensing for
Public Health: A Guide and Model Documents for Implementation of the
Doha Declaration Paragraph 6 Decision. He is former Editor of
Comprehensive Legal and Judicial Development: Toward an Agenda for a
Just and Equitable Society in the 21st Century, The World Bank
Legal Review: Law and Justice for Development, and the Law, Justice
and Development series.

Comments by
DEBREWORK ZEWDIE
Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program, World Bank
Ms. Zewdie is the Director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program for the
World Bank. She was recruited to this position from the Africa
Region of the Bank where she managed the AIDS Campaign Team for
Africa (ACTafrica), which is responsible for the US$1 billion
Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP I and II) for Africa. Before
joining the Bank in 1994, Ms. Zewdie was Deputy Regional Director of
the Africa Region for the AIDS Control and Prevention project
(AIDSCAP) of Family Health International in Nairobi, Kenya and
worked in sixteen African countries.

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