REMINDER - Book Launch: "The Arab Economies in A Changing World" on November 12 at 5:30pm in J1-050

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Peterson Institute for International Economics
cordially invite you to a launch of a new publication
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| | The Arab Economies in A Changing World |
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| | subsequent war in Iraq have focused |
| | international attention on a nexus of |
| | problems involving economic |
| | underperformance, problematic internal |
| | politics, and externalization of domestic |
| | dissent in the Muslim world. This book |
| | examines the economics of the Middle East, |
| | with the aim of identifying changes to |
| | economic policy that could address at |
| | least the economic component of the |
| | challenges facing this part of the globe. |
| | The authors analyze the interaction of |
| | trade, productivity growth, and the |
| | political difficulties that may ensue as |
| | these countries move towards greater |
| | openness. Relevant comparisons are drawn |
| | from the experience of the transition |
| | economies and India on potentially |
| | successful policies and those likely to |
| | exacerbate existing problems. |
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Praise for The Arab Economies in a Changing World:
". . . the only book to my knowledge that provides a comprehensive
and integrated politico-economic analysis of Arab economic
performance and prospects. It will fill a big need in college
syllabi . . . ."
--Farrukh Iqbal, World Bank

". . . a major addition to a very slim literature on an important
issue."
--Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

?This book fulfills a major gap in the literature on Middle Eastern
economies. With universities struggling to add courses on the
political economy of the Middle East, this volume will prove to be a
great resource. . . . Essential"
--Choice

Monday, November 12, 2007
5:30pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

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Presented by
Marcus Noland
Senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Mr. Noland's work encompasses a wide range of topics including the
political economy of US trade policy and the Asian financial crisis.
His areas of geographical knowledge and interest include Asia and
Africa where he has lived and worked. In the past he has written
extensively on the economies of Japan, Korea, and China, and is
unique among American economists in having devoted serious scholarly
effort to the problems of North Korea and the prospects for Korean
unification. He won the 2000?01 Ohira Memorial Award for his book
Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas.He was
educated at Swarthmore College (BA), and the Johns Hopkins
University (PhD). He was a Senior Economist at the Council of
Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President of the
United States and has held research or teaching positions at Yale
University, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Southern
California, Tokyo University, Saitama University (now the National
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies), the University of Ghana, the
Korea Development Institute, and the East-West Center. He has
received fellowships sponsored by the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council
for the International Exchange of Scholars, and the Pohang Iron and
Steel Corporation (POSCO).

Howard Pack
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Mr. Pack has been a professor of economics and professor of business
and public policy at the Wharton School since 1986, and professor of
management there since 1995. He was a consultant at a number of
institutions including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank,
the Inter-American Development Bank, the Agency for International
Development, and the Overseas Development Council. He was a fellow
at the Harry S. Truman Institute for Peace Research, the Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel
Research at the same university. He is on the editorial boards of
World Bank Research Observer, World Development, Journal of
Development Economics, and World Bank Economic Review. He is
coauthor of The Arab Economies in a Changing World (2007), Famine in
North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform (Columbia University Press,
2007), Industrial Policy in an Era of Globalization: Lessons from
Asia (2003) and author of Productivity, Technology and Industrial
Development (Oxford University Press, l987) and Structural Change
and Economic Policy in Israel (Yale University Press, 1971).
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About the InfoShop
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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:

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About the Peterson Institute
The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a
private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the
study of international economic policy. Since 1981 the Institute has
provided timely and objective analysis of, and concrete solutions
to, a wide range of international economic problems. It is one of
the very few economics think tanks that are widely regarded as
"nonpartisan" by the press and "neutral" by the Congress, and it is
cited by the quality media more than any other such institution.

"Aceh -- Three Years after the Tsunami" on Tuesday, November 13 at noon

Tasked to oversee the reconstruction of Aceh, Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has a
unique story to tell. As head of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing
Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), he was given a cabinet position and broad
mandate to see this through within four years.

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The East Asia Pacific Vice-Presidency,
and USINDO (US-Indonesia Society)

PRESENT
Aceh -- Three Years after the Tsunami
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| Tuesday, November 13 | swept clean a 500-mile |
| 12:00 pm | coastal strip of the |
| World Bank, MC5-100 | Indonesian Province of |
| 1818 H Street, NW. Washington, DC | Aceh ?equivalent to the |
| 20433 | coastline from San |
| Please use the visitor's entrance on | Francisco to San Diego. |
| 18th Street | More than 130,000 people |
| | were killed and 700,000 |
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| event to your Lotus Notes calendar | years of conflict, |
| | rebuilding Aceh has been |
| | a challenge of |
| | unprecedented scale. But |
| | the disaster in Aceh |
| | brought out the best in |
| | humanity through one of |
| | the largest mobilizations |
| | of support from across |
| | the world. |
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| | Three years on, the |
| | province is back on its |
| | feet. It is home to the |
| | world?s largest |
| | reconstruction site since |
| | World War II. The |
| | sustained peace process |
| | brought even more |
| | dividends to its people. |
| | The Bank, working along |
| | side the government and |
| | other donors, helped |
| | manage US$600 million of |
| | reconstruction programs |
| | in Aceh and Nias. All |
| | grants. |
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SPEAKER
Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
Director, Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Executing Agency for Aceh and Nias
(BRR)
Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto was actively involved in initial relief
efforts in Aceh immediately following the tsunami through his work
with the Global Rescue Network, the Indonesia Rescue Network
(IndoRescue), and Wanadri (Young Jungle Explorer and Mountaineering
Association). He has been in his current position since the BRR was
established in April, 2005. He has held a number of senior manage
ment positions in Indonesia's state-enterprise sector, as well as in
government. Dr. Kuntoro currently sits on the board of several nat
ional and multinational companies.

MODERATOR
Vikram Nehru
Director, Poverty Reduction & Economic Management (PREM), East Asia Pacific
Region, The World Bank

Link to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Aceh and Nias ?

http://www.multidonorfund.org/

Link to the Bank?s page on post-tsunami reconstruction (Indonesia Country
Website) ?

http://www.worldbank.org/id/tsunami

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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:

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"Algeria: Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future" on November 15 at 12:30pm in Preston Auditorium

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The Maghreb Center
a think-tank of North African affairs
&
The Maghreb Department, World Bank

invite you to a panel discussion on

Algeria
Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future

Thursday, November 15
12:30pm
World Bank MC Building, PRESTON Auditorium
1818 H street, NW Washington d.c. 22043

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

Chaired by
Nejib Ayachi
Founder and President of the Maghreb Center

Presented by
Miria Pigato
Sector Manager, MNSED, the World Bank
Miria Pigato will introduce Algeria?s current economic situation,
highlighting the performance of the various economic sectors.
Hugh Roberts
Director of the North Africa Project (ICG); former Senior Research
Fellow of the Development Studies Institute
at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Hugh Roberts' presentation will focus on the role and effectiveness
of the Governance structure in tackling Algeria?s social and
economic challenges, in its transition to a global market economy.

Azzedine Layachi
Associate Professor, St John?s University, New York
The third presentation will focus on Algeria?s achievements since
the beginning of its transition (in the 1990s) from a command
economy to a free-market system. Aggregate economic indices and
their social impact, as well as the changes that have occurred in
state-society relations, will be examined.

Comments by
Amor Nedjai
Minister Plenipotentiary, Economic Affairs

Mohamed Midou
First Secretary, Embassy of Algeria, Washington DC
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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:

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About the Maghreb Center
The Maghreb Center is an independent, Washington DC based non-profit
organization formed to increase understanding of the Maghreb in the
United States. In accomplishing its educational mission, the Maghreb
Center organizes Maghreb-related conferences, seminars, lectures,
round-tables, and offers a series of publicly available
publications. The Maghreb Center sponsors numerous programs open to
the public featuring U.S. and regional experts, development
practitioners, foreign policy specialists, and representatives of
Maghrebi governments, and civil society. The Mission of the Maghreb
Center is to increase understanding by US policy makers, academia,
the media, the business community and the public at large of the
five countries of North Africa, also known as the Maghreb:
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. Correspondingly,
the Center aims to improve knowledge of the United States by the
people and governments of the Maghreb. Additionally, the Center
aims to provide development related research in the areas of social,
educational and human development, trade and investment, good
governance, the rule of law, decentralization, and the development
of various forms of associational life.

International Trade and Climate Change: discussed at the InfoShop on Wednesday, November 14, at 3:00 pm in J1-050 (a Reception follows)

InfoShop & World Bank Environment Department cordially invite you to a book
launch and panel discussion featuring

International Trade and Climate Change: Economic, Legal, and Institutional
Perspectives

Climate change is a global challenge requiring international collaborative
action. Another area where countries have successfully committed to a long-term
multilateral resolution is the liberalization of international trade.
Integration into the world economy has proven a powerful means for countries to
promote economic growth, development, and poverty reduction.

This book is one of the first comprehensive attempts to look at the synergies
between climate change and trade objectives from economic, legal, and
institutional perspectives. It addresses important policy questions and
explores opportunities for aligning development and energy policies in such a
way that they could stimulate production, trade, and investment in cleaner
technology options.
Wednesday, November 14
3:00 - 5:00 pm
a reception will follow the presentation
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
For non bank staff, please rsvp to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org

Welcoming Remarks and Chair
James Warren Evans
Director, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Evans oversees the implementation of the World Bank?s Environment Strategy,
in particular, mainstreaming environmental objectives into lending and
nonlending operations. He provides leadership to the global environment agenda
with internal constituents and external stakeholders, including the expansion
and strengthening of global environmental partnerships. Mr. Evans joined the
World Bank in July 2003. From 1988 to 2003, he held technical and managerial
positions at the Asian Development Bank based in Manila, his last position was
the Director for the Environment and Social Safeguards Division.

Presented by author
Muthukumara Mani
Senior Environmental Economist, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Mani leads the World Bank's work on assessing environmental implications of
policy reforms. His work also focuses on country environmental assessments,
natural resources management, environmental institutions and governance, climate
change and adaptation and trade and environment issues. His research and
analytic work on industrial pollution, trade and environment and environmental
governance has appeared in professional economic journals. He has also
co-authored several policy research working papers for the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund.

Panelists
Jennifer Prescott
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Environment and Natural Resources,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Ms. Prescott is responsible for environment negotiations in the World Trade
Organization (WTO), including environmental goods and services market access.
She also serves as the U.S. lead negotiator for environment provisions in U.S.
Free Trade Agreements in the Middle East region, including Morocco, Bahrain,
Oman and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, her portfolio includes several
multilateral environment and health agreements and issues, most recently the
UNEP-lead negotiations for a Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management (SAICM).

Robert Bradley
Director, International Climate Policy Initiative, World Resources Institute
Mr. Bradley is the Director of International Climate Policy at the World
Resources Institute (WRI). He manages WRI's Sustainable Development Policies
and Measures (SDPAMs) project and has worked for 10 years on energy and climate
issues, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy policy and financing,
energy efficiency and international climate policy. Prior to joining WRI he
spent 10 years consulting for private, public, and NGO sector clients on issues
such as international climate policy, innovative financing for renewable energy,
solar energy marketing, market assessments for wind energy, economic impact of
environmental policy, and geopolitical aspects of energy agreements.
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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

"Building Knowledge Economies. Advanced Strategies for Development" discussed in the InfoShop on Thursday, November 15 at 3:30pm

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& The World Bank Institute cordially invite you to a book launch:

Building Knowledge Economies
Advanced Strategies for Development

In many parts of the world, knowledge is being put to work to accelerate and
deepen the development process, promoting innovation and helping to generate
wealth and jobs. This book discusses advanced development strategies that take
into account education, innovation, information and communication technology
(ICT) infrastructure, and the prerequisite economic and institutional regime.

For more information or to order the book please visit the link below:
Building Knowledge Economies: Advanced Strategies for Development

Thursday, November 15, 2007
3:30 - 5:00 pm
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
The event will be followed by a wine and cheese reception
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org

WELCOMING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute
Mr. Nangia is the World Bank Institute?s (WBI) Acting Vice President and
Director of Operations. The latter position he assumed in September 2006 and he
was appointed Acting Vice President of WBI in March 2007. In his more than 20
years in the World Bank, Mr. Nangia?s career has spanned a wide range of
countries and positions, including development work in Africa, East Asia,
Eastern Europe and South Asia. In addition, he has also worked in the Corporate
Secretariat and Central Accounting. Immediately prior to his current position,
Mr. Nangia served as Manager, Portfolio and Country Operations, in Vietnam. Mr.
Nangia attended the Indian Institute of Technology, the University of London,
and Harvard University and holds degrees in business administration and
engineering.

PRESENTER
Jean-Eric Aubert
Lead Specialist, World Bank Institute's Knowledge for Development Program
Mr. Aubert is Lead Specialist at WBI's Knowledge for Development Program, which
carries out knowledge economy studies and provides policy advice for developing
countries. Based in Paris, he coordinates WBI offices in Paris and Marseilles.
Prior to joining the World Bank in 2000, Mr. Aubert worked at the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (Directorate for Science, Technology
and Industry), leading Science and Technology country reviews and flagship
publications. He has also been a consultant for a number of international
organizations including the European Commission and UN bodies (including UNIDO,
UNESCO, UNCTAD, and UNU). He has been an author or editor of more than 30
publications and published a number of articles on science and technology
policy, social sciences and cultural issues.

COMMENTARY
Shahid Yusuf
Economic Adviser, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank
Mr. Yusuf is the Team Leader for the World Bank-Japan project on East Asia?s
Future Economy. He was the Director of the World Development Report 1999/2000,
Entering the 21st Century. Prior to that, he was Economic Adviser to the Senior
Vice President and Chief Economist (1997-98), Lead Economist for the East Africa
Department (1995-97) and Lead Economist for the China and Mongolia Department
(1989-1993). Mr. Yusuf has also served the World Bank in several other
capacities. Mr. Yusuf has written extensively on development issues, with a
special focus on East Asia. His most recent publications include: How
Universities Promote Economic Growth, co-edited with Kaoru Nabeshima (World Bank
2007); Dancing with Giants, co-edited with Alan Winters (World Bank 2007);
China?s Development Priorities, co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima (World Bank
2006); Post-Industrial East Asian Cities, co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima
(Stanford University Press 2006);
and Under New Ownership, co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima and Dwight H. Perkins
(Stanford University Press 2005). He has also published widely in various
academic journals.
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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

Launch of Two Products from the Reaching the Poor II Project. Discussed in the InfoShop J1-050 - Tuesday, November 13 at 2:00 pm

InfoShop & World Bank Institute & Human Development Network cordially invite you
to

The Launch of Two Products from the Reaching the Poor II Project:

Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data
A Guide to Techniques and their Implementation
By Adam Wagstaff
There is a growing demand from policymakers, for better and more plentiful
household data and increased computer power. But progress in quantifying and
understanding health equities would not have been possible without appropriate
analytical techniques. This book provides researchers and analysts with a
step-by-step practical guide to the measurement of a variety of aspects of
health equity, with worked examples and computer code, mostly for the computer
program Stata. The book includes chapters dealing with data issues and the
measurement of the key variables in the health equity analysis (Part I),
quantitative techniques for interpreting and presenting health equity data (Part
II), and the application of these techniques in the analysis of equity in health
care utilization and health care spending (Part III).

Reaching the Poor Policy Briefs
In a world dominated by health sector inequalities some pockets of success
exist. The Reaching the Poor Policy Brief Series aims to share with a large
policy and advocacy audience evaluated examples of health programs and projects
that have successfully made health sector spending more progressive. The
evidence of hope in attacking inequality comes from Latin America, Africa and
Asia and covers instruments that range from targeted to universal programs, from
pilots to national campaigns, and covering demand-side, supply side and mixed
approaches. There is now growing evidence that inequality, while persistent, is
not inevitable. The solutions, however, are varied as the causes of the
problem. There is not one simple solution, but a set of policy options and
operational instruments that can be adapted to country/regional conditions,
needs, and constraints. The Policy Brief Series and a companion web-based
discussion forum are designed to support a growing community of practice of
policy makers, advocates, civil society, academia, and development partners that
share an objective of addressing social injustice in the health sector.

Tuesday, November 13
2:00 - 4:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light refreshments will follow the event
For non bank staff, please rsvp to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org

OPENING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute

Julian F. Schweitzer
HNP Director, World Bank

Wijnand Marchal
First Secretary Economic, Dutch Embassy

PRESENTED BY:
Adam Wagstaff
co-author, Analyzing Health Equity; Lead Health Economist
Mr. Adam Wagstaff is a Lead Economist (Health) in the Development Research Group
(Human Development & Public Services Team). He has been an associate editor of
the Journal of Health Economics since 1989 and has published extensively on a
variety of aspects of health economics. Much of his work has involved
conceptual and empirical studies of equity, poverty and health. Outside health
economics, he has published on efficiency measurement in the public sector, the
measurement of trade union power, the redistributive effect and sources of
progressivity of the personal income tax, and the redistributive effect of
economic growth.

Abdo Yazbeck
co-author, Reaching the Poor with Health Services; Lead Health Economist
Mr. Abdo S. Yazbeck is a lead health economist and the program leader for the
World Bank Institute's Health and AIDS team. He served as a Coordinator of the
Health and Poverty Thematic Group of the Human Development Network working on
improving the poverty focus of the World Bank financed projects and on assisting
country clients in the development of Poverty Reduction Strategy papers and
programs (PRSP).

DISCUSSED BY:
Hugh Waters
Professor, Johns Hopkins
Dr. Hugh Waters is a Health Economist and Associate Professor in the Department
of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health. Dr. Waters? areas of expertise are: (1) health insurance and health
financing reforms; (2) evaluation of the effects of health financing mechanisms
on access, equity, and quality; and (3) economic evaluation of health care
interventions.

Maria Luisa Escobar
Fellow, Brookings Institute
Ms. Escobar is a Global Health Fellow at the Brookings Institute and a Senior
Advisor to the Health Financing Task Force. She has hands-on experience in the
design and implementation of health systems reform processes in developing
countries, in which she has participated in several capacities. On the
government's side, she has served the Colombian health system reform process as
a Director of Planning & Senior Advisor to the Minister on health financing
issues, priority setting and health policy.
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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: Vito Tanzi in the InfoShop on November 8 at 3:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop & PREMVP invite you to a book launch featuring a recent publication
Argentina: An Economic Chronicle
How one of the richest countries in the world lost its wealth

Argentina started the 20th Century as one of the richest ten country in the
world. For a while its economic position in the world was comparable to that of,
say, Germany today. It had a per capita income much higher than that of Japan
and Italy and comparable to that of France. However, it ended the century on the
eve of the largest default in history. How did this dramatic change come about?
In this unusual book, not based on library research but mostly on first hand and
direct observations, the author takes the reader through a fascinating ride
through time. The reader is introduced to the concept of fiscal cycles and the
economic landscape of this fascinating country. The book is written in a style
that will make it accessible and interesting to a general reader.

This book is a must reading for anyone interested in understanding the Argentina
of today and yesterday. Highly recommended. Andrés Solimano Regional Advisor
UN-ECLAC. Former Country Director at the World Bank and Executive Director at
the IDB

Thursday, November 8, 2007
3:00 pm
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

CHAIR
Luca Barbone

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Vito Tanzi
For 27 years, Vito Tanzi was a senior staff member of the International Monetary
Fund. He was the director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF. He also
was an Undersecretary for Economy and Finance in the Italian Government. A
professional economist with a PhD from Harvard, he is considered a leading
expert in fiscal policy. The author of many books and hundreds of articles in
professional journals, he has given a named "effect" to economics, the "Tanzi
Effect". He has been a consultant to many international organizations including
the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Commission, the European
Central Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank. In 1994 he was President
of the International Institute of Public Finance of which he is now Honorary
President.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania: Creating Opportunities for Women presented at the InfoShop on November 8 at 12:00 pm in J1-050

InfoShop & IFC's Gender Program
invite you to a book launch featuring a recent publication

Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania Creating Opportunities for Women

The book examines legal, regulatory, and administrative barriers that constrain
women in business and makes the case for gender informed business reform. The
books makes a number of recommendations for addressing gender inequalities and
removing obstacles to women?s entrepreneurship. One recommendation, on
increasing women's access to finance, has been already addressed through an IFC
$5 million loan to Exim Bank in Tanzania, for on-lending to women entrepreneurs.
The book is the result of a highly participatory process and extensive
consultations with public and private sector stakeholders, whose inputs helped
formulate the recommendations.

The book is one of a series of such assessments that have been carried out also
in Uganda, Kenya, and Ghana. The event will provide an opportunity to share
experiences and lessons learned with the process to-date, and will feature key
counterparts from each of the four countries in which these reports have been
completed.

We will also screen the documentary "Gender Equality as Smart Economics."

Thursday, November 8
12:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org

Moderator
Amanda Ellis
Lead Gender Specialist, World Bank

Keynote
John Page
Chief Economist, World Bank Africa Region

Discussants
Maggie Kigozi
Executive Director, Uganda Investment Authority, Uganda

Bede Lyimo
Chief Executive Officer, Better Regulation Unit, Tanzania

Eva Muraya
CEO, Color Creations Ltd., Kenya

Marjorie Abdin
Managing Director, Jack & Jill Warehouse, Ghana

Marilou Uy
Sector Director, Finance and Private Sector Development, Africa Region
___________________________________________________________________________________________
About the IFC's Gender Program
IFC is a social enterprise, fostering sustainable economic growth in developing
countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the
international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses
and governments. Supporting women in business is an important part of this
effort. It is also an integral part of the World Bank Group?s Gender Action
Plan.

For more information, visit: www.ifc.org/gender

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

"Building Knowledge Economies. Advanced Strategies for Development" discussed in the InfoShop on Thursday, November 15 at 3:30pm

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cordially invite you to a book launch:
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| ) | being put to work to accelerate and deepen |
| | the development process, promoting innovation |
| | and helping to generate wealth and jobs. This |
| | book discusses advanced development |
| | strategies that take into account education, |
| | innovation, information and communication |
| | technology (ICT) infrastructure, and the |
| | prerequisite economic and institutional |
| | regime. |
| | |
| | For more information or to order the book |
| | please visit the link below: |
| | Building Knowledge Economies: Advanced |
| | Strategies for Development |
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
3:30 - 5:00 pm
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

The event will be followed by a wine and cheese reception

WELCOMING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute
Mr. Nangia is the World Bank Institute?s (WBI) Acting Vice President
and Director of Operations. The latter position he assumed in
September 2006 and he was appointed Acting Vice President of WBI in
March 2007. In his more than 20 years in the World Bank, Mr.
Nangia?s career has spanned a wide range of countries and positions,
including development work in Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe and
South Asia. In addition, he has also worked in the Corporate
Secretariat and Central Accounting. Immediately prior to his current
position, Mr. Nangia served as Manager, Portfolio and Country
Operations, in Vietnam. Mr. Nangia attended the Indian Institute of
Technology, the University of London, and Harvard University and
holds degrees in business administration and engineering.

PRESENTER
Jean-Eric Aubert
Lead Specialist, World Bank Institute's Knowledge for Development
Program
Mr. Aubert is Lead Specialist at WBI's Knowledge for Development
Program, which carries out knowledge economy studies and provides
policy advice for developing countries. Based in Paris, he
coordinates WBI offices in Paris and Marseilles. Prior to joining
the World Bank in 2000, Mr. Aubert worked at the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (Directorate for Science,
Technology and Industry), leading Science and Technology country
reviews and flagship publications. He has also been a consultant for
a number of international organizations including the European
Commission and UN bodies (including UNIDO, UNESCO, UNCTAD, and UNU).
He has been an author or editor of more than 30 publications and
published a number of articles on science and technology policy,
social sciences and cultural issues.

COMMENTARY
Shahid Yusuf
Economic Adviser, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank
Mr. Yusuf is the Team Leader for the World Bank-Japan project on
East Asia?s Future Economy. He was the Director of the World
Development Report 1999/2000, Entering the 21st Century. Prior to
that, he was Economic Adviser to the Senior Vice President and Chief
Economist (1997-98), Lead Economist for the East Africa Department
(1995-97) and Lead Economist for the China and Mongolia Department
(1989-1993). Mr. Yusuf has also served the World Bank in several
other capacities. Mr. Yusuf has written extensively on development
issues, with a special focus on East Asia. His most recent
publications include: How Universities Promote Economic Growth,
co-edited with Kaoru Nabeshima (World Bank 2007); Dancing with
Giants, co-edited with Alan Winters (World Bank 2007); China?s
Development Priorities, co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima (World Bank
2006); Post-Industrial East Asian Cities, co-authored with Kaoru
Nabeshima (Stanford University Press 2006);
and Under New Ownership, co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima and Dwight
H. Perkins (Stanford University Press 2005). He has also published
widely in various academic 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: Vito Tanzi in the InfoShop on November 8 at 3:00pm in J1-050

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&
PREMVP
invite you to a book launch featuring a recent publication
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| | Argentina: An Economic Chronicle |
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| pic03855.jpg) | Argentina started the 20th Century as one of |
| | the richest ten country in the world. For a |
| | while its economic position in the world was |
| | comparable to that of, say, Germany today. It |
| | had a per capita income much higher than that |
| | of Japan and Italy and comparable to that of |
| | France. However, it ended the century on the |
| | eve of the largest default in history. How did |
| | this dramatic change come about? In this |
| | unusual book, not based on library research but |
| | mostly on first hand and direct observations, |
| | the author takes the reader through a |
| | fascinating ride through time. The reader is |
| | introduced to the concept of fiscal cycles and |
| | the economic landscape of this fascinating |
| | country. The book is written in a style that |
| | will make it accessible and interesting to a |
| | general reader. |
| | |
| | This book is a must reading for anyone |
| | interested in understanding the Argentina of |
| | today and yesterday. Highly recommended. Andrés |
| | Solimano Regional Advisor UN-ECLAC. Former |
| | Country Director at the World Bank and |
| | Executive Director at the IDB |
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
3:00 pm
World Bank J Building, J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

CHAIR
Luca Barbone

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Vito Tanzi
For 27 years, Vito Tanzi was a senior staff member of the
International Monetary Fund. He was the director of the Fiscal
Affairs Department of the IMF. He also was an Undersecretary for
Economy and Finance in the Italian Government. A professional
economist with a PhD from Harvard, he is considered a leading expert
in fiscal policy. The author of many books and hundreds of articles
in professional journals, he has given a named "effect" to
economics, the "Tanzi Effect". He has been a consultant to many
international organizations including the United Nations, the World
Bank, the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the
Inter-American Development Bank. In 1994 he was President of the
International Institute of Public Finance of which he is now
Honorary President.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

Launch of Two Products from the Reaching the Poor II Project. Discussed in the InfoShop J1-050 - Tuesday, November 13 at 2:00 pm

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World Bank Institute
&
Human Development Network

cordially invite you to

The Launch of
Two Products from the Reaching the Poor II Project:
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| | Household Survey Data |
| | A Guide to Techniques and their |
| | Implementation |
| | |
| | By Adam Wagstaff |
| | |
| | There is a growing demand from |
| | policymakers, for better and more |
| | plentiful household data and increased |
| | computer power. But progress in |
| | quantifying and understanding health |
| | equities would not have been possible |
| | without appropriate analytical |
| | techniques. This book provides |
| | researchers and analysts with a |
| | step-by-step practical guide to the |
| | measurement of a variety of aspects of |
| | health equity, with worked examples |
| | and computer code, mostly for the |
| | computer program Stata. The book |
| | includes chapters dealing with data |
| | issues and the measurement of the key |
| | variables in the health equity |
| | analysis (Part I), quantitative |
| | techniques for interpreting and |
| | presenting health equity data (Part |
| | II), and the application of these |
| | techniques in the analysis of equity |
| | in health care utilization and health |
| | care spending (Part III). |
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| | In a world dominated by health |
| | sector inequalities some pockets of |
| | success exist. The Reaching the |
| | Poor Policy Brief Series aims to |
| | share with a large policy and |
| | advocacy audience evaluated |
| | examples of health programs and |
| | projects that have successfully |
| | made health sector spending more |
| | progressive. The evidence of hope |
| | in attacking inequality comes from |
| | Latin America, Africa and Asia and |
| | covers instruments that range from |
| | targeted to universal programs, |
| | from pilots to national campaigns, |
| | and covering demand-side, supply |
| | side and mixed approaches. There |
| | is now growing evidence that |
| | inequality, while persistent, is |
| | not inevitable. The solutions, |
| | however, are varied as the causes |
| | of the problem. There is not one |
| | simple solution, but a set of |
| | policy options and operational |
| | instruments that can be adapted to |
| | country/regional conditions, needs, |
| | and constraints. The Policy Brief |
| | Series and a companion web-based |
| | discussion forum are designed to |
| | support a growing community of |
| | practice of policy makers, |
| | advocates, civil society, academia, |
| | and development partners that share |
| | an objective of addressing social |
| | injustice in the health sector. |
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Tuesday, November 13
2:00 - 4:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light refreshments will follow the event

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OPENING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute

Julian F. Schweitzer
HNP Director, World Bank

Wijnand Marchal
First Secretary Economic, Dutch Embassy

PRESENTED BY:
Adam Wagstaff
co-author, Analyzing Health Equity; Lead Health Economist
Mr. Adam Wagstaff is a Lead Economist (Health) in the Development
Research Group (Human Development & Public Services Team). He has
been an associate editor of the Journal of Health Economics since
1989 and has published extensively on a variety of aspects of health
economics. Much of his work has involved conceptual and empirical
studies of equity, poverty and health. Outside health economics, he
has published on efficiency measurement in the public sector, the
measurement of trade union power, the redistributive effect and
sources of progressivity of the personal income tax, and the
redistributive effect of economic growth.

Abdo Yazbeck
co-author, Reaching the Poor with Health Services; Lead Health
Economist
Mr. Abdo S. Yazbeck is a lead health economist and the program
leader for the World Bank Institute's Health and AIDS team. He
served as a Coordinator of the Health and Poverty Thematic Group of
the Human Development Network working on improving the poverty focus
of the World Bank financed projects and on assisting country clients
in the development of Poverty Reduction Strategy papers and programs
(PRSP).

DISCUSSED BY:
Hugh Waters
Professor, Johns Hopkins
Dr. Hugh Waters is a Health Economist and Associate Professor in the
Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Waters? areas of expertise
are: (1)  health insurance and health financing reforms; (2)
evaluation of the effects of health financing mechanisms on access,
equity, and quality; and (3) economic evaluation of health care
interventions.

Maria Luisa Escobar
Fellow, Brookings Institute
Ms. Escobar is a Global Health Fellow at the Brookings Institute and
a Senior Advisor to the Health Financing Task Force. She has
hands-on experience in the design and implementation of health
systems reform processes in developing countries, in which she has
participated in several capacities. On the government's side, she
has served the Colombian health system reform process as a Director
of Planning & Senior Advisor to the Minister on health financing
issues, priority setting and health policy.

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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: Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania: Creating Opportunities for Women presented at the InfoShop on November 8 at 12:00 pm in J1-050

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&
IFC's Gender Program

invite you to a book launch featuring a recent publication
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| | Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania
| | Creating Opportunities for Women
| |
| | The book examines legal, regulatory,
| | and administrative barriers that
| | constrain women in business and makes
| | the case for gender informed business
| | reform. The books makes a number of
| | recommendations for addressing gender
| | inequalities and removing obstacles to
| | women?s entrepreneurship. One
| | recommendation, on increasing women's
| | access to finance, has been already
| | addressed through an IFC $5 million
| | loan to Exim Bank in Tanzania, for
| | on-lending to women entrepreneurs. The
| | book is the result of a highly
| | participatory process and extensive
| | consultations with public and private
| | sector stakeholders, whose inputs
| | helped formulate the recommendations.
| |
| | The book is one of a series of such
| | assessments that have been carried out
| | also in Uganda, Kenya, and Ghana. The
| | event will provide an opportunity to
| | share experiences and lessons learned
| | with the process to-date, and will
| | feature key counterparts from each of
| | the four countries in which these
| | reports have been completed.
| |
| | We will also screen the documentary
| | "Gender Equality as Smart Economics."
| |
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Thursday, November 8
12:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served

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

Moderator
Amanda Ellis
Lead Gender Specialist, World Bank

Keynote
John Page
Chief Economist, World Bank Africa Region

Discussants
Maggie Kigozi
Executive Director, Uganda Investment Authority, Uganda

Bede Lyimo
Chief Executive Officer, Better Regulation Unit, Tanzania

Eva Muraya
CEO, Color Creations Ltd., Kenya

Marjorie Abdin
Managing Director, Jack & Jill Warehouse, Ghana

Marilou Uy
Sector Director, Finance and Private Sector Development, Africa
Region
___________________________________________________________________________________________
About the IFC's Gender Program
IFC is a social enterprise, fostering sustainable economic growth in
developing countries by financing private sector investment,
mobilizing capital in the international financial markets, and
providing advisory services to businesses and governments.
Supporting women in business is an important part of this effort. It
is also an integral part of the World Bank Group?s Gender Action
Plan.

For more information, visit: www.ifc.org/gender

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

International Trade and Climate Change: discussed at the InfoShop on Wednesday, November 14, at 3:00 pm in J1-050 (a Reception follows)

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&
World Bank Environment Department
cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring
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| | Perspectives |
| | |
| | Climate change is a global challenge |
| | requiring international collaborative |
| | action. Another area where countries |
| | have successfully committed to a |
| | long-term multilateral resolution is |
| | the liberalization of international |
| | trade. Integration into the world |
| | economy has proven a powerful means for |
| | countries to promote economic growth, |
| | development, and poverty reduction. |
| | |
| | This book is one of the first |
| | comprehensive attempts to look at the |
| | synergies between climate change and |
| | trade objectives from economic, legal, |
| | and institutional perspectives. It |
| | addresses important policy questions |
| | and explores opportunities for aligning |
| | development and energy policies in such |
| | a way that they could stimulate |
| | production, trade, and investment in |
| | cleaner technology options. |
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Wednesday, November 14
3:00 - 5:00 pm
a reception will follow the presentation
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

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Welcoming Remarks and Chair
James Warren Evans
Director, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Evans oversees the implementation of the World Bank?s
Environment Strategy, in particular, mainstreaming environmental
objectives into lending and nonlending operations. He provides
leadership to the global environment agenda with internal
constituents and external stakeholders, including the expansion and
strengthening of global environmental partnerships. Mr. Evans joined
the World Bank in July 2003. From 1988 to 2003, he held technical
and managerial positions at the Asian Development Bank based in
Manila, his last position was the Director for the Environment and
Social Safeguards Division.

Presented by author
Muthukumara Mani
Senior Environmental Economist, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Mani leads the World Bank's work on assessing environmental
implications of policy reforms. His work also focuses on country
environmental assessments, natural resources management,
environmental institutions and governance, climate change and
adaptation and trade and environment issues. His research and
analytic work on industrial pollution, trade and environment and
environmental governance has appeared in professional economic
journals. He has also co-authored several policy research working
papers for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Panelists
Jennifer Prescott
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Environment and Natural Resources,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Ms. Prescott is responsible for environment negotiations in the
World Trade Organization (WTO), including environmental goods and
services market access. She also serves as the U.S. lead negotiator
for environment provisions in U.S. Free Trade Agreements in the
Middle East region, including Morocco, Bahrain, Oman and the United
Arab Emirates. In addition, her portfolio includes several
multilateral environment and health agreements and issues, most
recently the UNEP-lead negotiations for a Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management (SAICM).

Robert Bradley
Director, International Climate Policy Initiative, World Resources Institute
Mr. Bradley is the Director of International Climate Policy at the
World Resources Institute (WRI). He manages WRI's Sustainable
Development Policies and Measures (SDPAMs) project and has worked
for 10 years on energy and climate issues, with a particular
emphasis on renewable energy policy and financing, energy efficiency
and international climate policy. Prior to joining WRI he spent 10
years consulting for private, public, and NGO sector clients on
issues such as international climate policy, innovative financing
for renewable energy, solar energy marketing, market assessments for
wind energy, economic impact of environmental policy, and
geopolitical aspects of energy agreements.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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: "Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy" discussed in the InfoShop on Wednesday, November 7 at 3:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop, International Trade Department, the Transport Unit, PREM and SDN
Networks

cordially invite you to a launch of a New Report and website, featuring a panel
discussion of the report

Connecting to Compete
Trade Logistics in the Global Economy

With the advent of global supply chains, a new premium is being placed on the
ability to move goods rapidly and reliably. Countries able to connect to the
global logistics web have access to vast new markets; while those whose links
are weak face the large and growing costs of exclusion.

The Logistics Performance Index (LPI), with its indicators, is the first
comprehensive benchmarking tool that measures a country?s logistics performance
along its supply chain. Based on a worldwide survey of global freight
forwarders and express carriers, this first report details logistics performance
in 150 countries.

The study shows that trade logistics, or the capacity to connect to
international markets to ship goods, is critical for developing countries to
improve their competitiveness, reap the benefits of globalization, and fight
poverty more effectively in an increasingly integrated world. It identifies the
factors and policies that explain the wide differences in logistics performance
among countries at similar levels of development and aims to help countries
identify challenges and opportunities to improve their logistics performance.
For more information please visit: www.worldbank.org/lpi

Wednesday, November 7, 2007
3:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
For non bank staff, please rsvp to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
The event will be followed by a wine and cheese reception

CHAIR
Uri Dadush
Director, International Trade Department, World Bank
Uri Dadush, a French national, became Director of the International Trade
Department of the World Bank in July 2002. This department provides a single
venue for accountability for trade-related work in the institution. In this
position, Mr. Dadush is also responsible for managing the Development Prospects
Group. This Group is responsible for analysis and projections of the world
economy and financial markets and their implications for developing
countries.Mr. Dadush was previously Chair of the Economic Policy Sector Board
and Director of Economic Policy. Prior to joining the World Bank in 1992, Mr.
Dadush was President of the Economist Intelligence Unit, part of The Economist
Group, from 1986 to 1992. He was Group Vice President, International, for Data
Resources, Inc., from 1982 -1986. He has also worked as a consultant with
McKinsey and Co. in Italy and Denmark.
.

SPEAKERS
Jean Francois Arvis
Senior Economist, International Trade Department, World Bank
Mr. Arvis is coordinating knowledge and advisory work in the area of trade
logistics and facilitation. He is responsible for the development of logistics
related indicators and for the Bank?s major project on transit and landlocked
countries. He has extensive involvement in various trade and transportation
projects worldwide. Prior to joining the World Bank, he held various managerial
positions with the French Ministry of Economy and Industry (energy, regulation,
trade, finance and management of development assistance programs).

Monica Alina Mustra
Lead consultant, International Trade Department, World Bank
Mrs. Mustra joined the World Bank in 2004 and has worked on a number of the
Bank?s trade and transport related projects and learning products including
organization of policy dialogues, workshops, seminars, and distance learning
courses. Most recently she contributed to the ?Logistics Performance Indicators
(LPI)? project ? a global initiative of the World Bank Trade Logistics Group.
She is currently acting as the Coordinator for the Global Facilitation
Partnership for Transportation and Trade (GFP) www.gfptt.org.

Prior to joining
the World Bank she worked for the Harvard Center for International Development
(CID), the European Commission, and the Romanian Ministry of Finance.

PANELISTS
Marc Juhel
Sector Manager, Transport, World Bank
Mr. Juhel joined the World Bank in 1992 as a Port Specialist. Before his
appointment as the Sector Manager, he held the position of Transport and
Logistics Adviser in this Bank?s central Transport Division. His specific areas
of expertise are the development planning of port facilities, the economic,
financial and institutional aspects of transport systems, and the integration of
national logistics functions within the international transport system, focusing
in particular on transport and trade facilitation issues. In addition to
managing the work program of the Transport Unit he is also called on to provide
operational guidance to transport projects undertaken by the Bank. He is the
co-leader of the Ports, Rail, Aviation and Logistics (PRAL) Thematic Group and
is co-manager of the Trade Logistics Group established between the Bank?s Trade
and Transport Departments. Before joining the Bank he spent 11 years with a
French Consulting Group and worked in the Ivory Coast and Comoros.

Lauri Ojala
Professor of Logistics, Turku School of Economics
Mr. Ojala's research interests include global logistics and transport policy
issues. He has published in several leading journals of logistics such as the
International Journal of Logistics Management and Physical Distribution (IJLM,
IJLM&PD), and Maritime Policy & Management. Since 2004, and has been the
European Editor of the International Journal of Logistics Management and
Physical Distribution (IJLM&PD). He has worked on numerous research and
development projects on transport and logistics issues for the World Bank,
European Union and OECD, as well as for many governments. He has extensive
experience in transition economies (Caucasus, Central Asia, Baltic, Moldova) as
a consultant for the World Bank. In these positions he developed the concept of
a logistics perception survey, which was implemented as a pilot in 2003 (70
countries), and worldwide (150 countries) in 2006. He has also engaged in a
number of industry-related logistics projects and is active in the promotion of
logistics strategy projects with governmental institutions or the private
sector.

Gene Pentimonti
Senior Consultant, Maersk, Inc.
Formerly Senior Vice President, Government Relations
Until his retirement in September 2007, Mr. Pentimonti was Maersk Inc.'s Senior
Vice President, Government Relations, and in that capacity was responsible for
the company?s legislative, regulatory, and international government affairs.
Before joining Maersk Inc. in 2002, he provided intermodal industry consulting
to both Parsons Brinkerhoff and Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation, and then was
president of Pacer Stacktrain, a division of Pacer International. Beginning in
1996 he was Senior Vice President of the American Trucking Association and also
served as president of their Intermodal Conference leading their advocacy group
of intermodal motor carriers and associates. Prior to joining the American
Trucking Association he held planning, design, engineering, development,
operational, and management roles for over 25 years with the American President
Lines. He played a key role in the planning, engineering, and construction of
the industry?s shift to containerization and has played an integral part in the
evaluation and design of vessels. Among his major accomplishments has been the
engineering, construction and operation of the first doublestack trains.

Alhousseynou Diallo
Economic Counselor, Embassy of Senegal
Mr. Diallo is currently economic counselor at the Embassy of Senegal in
Washington. He is a Senior Customs Official and was until recently adviser to
the Minister of Finance. He has been involved in the design and implementation
of major reforms and facilitation initiatives in Senegal. He has also taught
fiscal policies and financial management at the University of Dakar.
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About the International Trade Department
The Bank?s trade strategy aims at helping countries benefit from increased
globalization and making the world trading system more supportive of
development. It focuses on integrating trade and competitiveness into national
development strategies through improving incentives for private investment in
tradable sectors (e.g., reforms in tariffs, and tax policies); reducing the
costs of trading (e.g., improving key producer services and trade facilitation);
and targeted policies to promote competitiveness (e.g., strengthening standards
awareness and management capacities, and export promotion).
In recent years, the World Bank has scaled up support for trade-related reform
through analytical and advisory services, sustained policy dialogue, financial
assistance, technical assistance, and capacity building. Bank lending ?
concessional and nonconcessional ? has grown from about US$400 million in total
commitments in FY2000 to about US$1.6 billion in FY06 and FY07, strongly driven
by trade-related infrastructure in support of regional integration, export
development and competitiveness, and trade facilitation. Loans involved 42
countries and four multi-country loans, with the majority of lending going to
Europe and Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Bank country strategy is complemented and underpinned by a global agenda of
advocacy, analysis, and provision of data, tools, and training on trade.
For more information, please visit: www.worldbank.org/trade

About the Transport Unit:
The mission of the transport group in the Bank is to assist clients to reduce
poverty by improving the efficiency and equity of transport policy and
interventions. Transport group will work with the public and private sectors and
communities to enhance the capacity of transport institutions to provide
sustainable infrastructure and services.
The Transport Sector generates a very significant part of the Bank?s activities.
It successfully delivered $33.5 billion (over 14 percent of WBG portfolio)
through the 1998-2007 decade. FY07 lending has reached $5 billion, amounting to
20 percent of World Bank Group's new annual commitments.
For more information, please visit: www.worldbank.org/transport

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forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
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