"Young People and the UN MDGs in MENA - Making the MDGs a Reality - Case Study of Morocco" on November 28 at 6:00pm in H auditorium

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&
The United Nations Association of the National Capital Area, World
Bank MENA Vice Presidency, UNDP-USA, and the Embassy of the Kingdom
of Morocco

Cordially invite you to an evening of inspiration
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| | It is crucial to invest in young people if |
| | we are to achieve the Millennium |
| | Development Goals. The World Bank |
| | Development Report 2007: Development and |
| | the Next Generation states that people |
| | under age 25 make up around 51% of the |
| | combined populations of developing and |
| | least developed countries. In the Arab |
| | world especially, young people - more than |
| | a half of the region?s population - are |
| | standing at the crossroads of major |
| | changes in their countries. |
| | |
| | At this event, prominent experts from the |
| | international development community will |
| | highlight the important role of young |
| | people in the development process. Young |
| | leaders, through their work and |
| | dedication, will demonstrate how youth can |
| | have a significant impact on development. |
| | Participants will gain access to |
| | information about the MDGs and learn how |
| | they can play a key role in MDGs' |
| | activities, advocacy and implementation. |
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
6:00pm
World Bank H Building, Eugene R. Black Auditorium
600, 19th street, NW, Washington, DC
Reception to follow

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

Opening Remarks by
Daniela Gressani
Vice President, Middle East & North Africa Region, World Bank

Moderated by
Leila Hanafi
Director United Nations_NCA International Law Group
Winner of the World Bank MENA Youth Innovation Fund

Discussed by:
Elizabeth Latham
Executive Director, U.S. Committee for the United Nations Development Program

Mark Parkison
Morocco Country Director, US Agency for International Development

Presented by youth leaders:
Raj Raina
World Bank Youth Innovation Fund, Yemen
Youth 2Youth/World Bank EAP Youth Innovation Fund

Salmane Belayachi
Founder of The Moroccan World Foundation

Samantha Constant
Middle East Youth Project
Wolfensohn Center, Brookings Institution

Closing Remarks by:
H.E. Ambassador Aziz Mekouar
Aziz Mekouar became ambassador of Morocco to the United States on
June 19, 2002. Before his current assignment, Ambassador Mekouar
served as ambassador to Italy (1999-2002). He was elected
Independent Chairman of the Council of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) in November 2001 and re-elected in
2003. He had previously been appointed ambassador to Portugal
(1993-1999) and to Angola (1986-1993). Ambassador Mekouar has also
served as minister plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Cooperation in Morocco (1985-1986), permanent
representative of Morocco to the International Bureau for
Information Technology (1978-1985), and first counselor and deputy
chief of mission at the Embassy of Morocco in Rome (1977-1985).
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

Africa Series: Filmscreening - "Yellow Card" on Monday, November 26 at 5:00pm in J1-050

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

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

InfoShop & 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

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

CHANGE OF VENUE: "Algeria: Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future" on November 15 at 12:30pm in J1-050

InfoShop & The Maghreb Center (a think-tank of North African affairs)& The
Maghreb Department, World Bank
invite you to a panel discussion

ALGERIA
Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future

Thursday, November 15
12:30pm
World Bank J Building, J1-050
701, 18th street, NW Washington D.C. 20433
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org

Presented by
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.

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.
Comments by
Amor Nedjai
Minister Plenipotentiary, Economic Affairs

Chaired by
Nejib Ayachi
Founder and President of the Maghreb Center
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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

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.

CHANGE OF VENUE: "Algeria: Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future" on November 15 at 12:30pm in J1-050

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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:
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| Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future |
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| Thursday, November 15 |
| 12:30pm |
| World Bank J Building, J1-050 |
| 701, 18th street, NW Washington D.C. 20433 |
| |
| For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org |
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Presented by
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.

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.
Comments by
Amor Nedjai
Minister Plenipotentiary, Economic Affairs

Chaired by
Nejib Ayachi
Founder and President of the Maghreb Center
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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

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.

REMINDER: "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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| | |
| | |
| (Embedded | Building Knowledge Economies |
| image moved | Advanced Strategies for Development |
| to file: | |
| pic21265.jpg | 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

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 - 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.

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

(Embedded image moved to file: pic17604.jpg)

&
World Bank Environment Department
cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
| | |
| (Embedded image moved | International Trade and Climate Change: |
| to file: pic12677.jpg) | 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.

Note: This button will also add the event to your Lotus Notes calendar

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

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

InfoShop & 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

Presented by
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.

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.

Comments by
Amor Nedjai
Minister Plenipotentiary, Economic Affairs

Chaired by
Nejib Ayachi
Founder and President of the Maghreb Center
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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

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.

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

InfoShop & 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

Presented by
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.

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.

Comments by
Amor Nedjai
Minister Plenipotentiary, Economic Affairs

Chaired by
Nejib Ayachi
Founder and President of the Maghreb Center
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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

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.

REMINDER: "Finance for All? Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access" discussed at the InfoShop on November 13 at 10:30am in J1-050

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&
The World Bank's Development Research Group
cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring a new World
Bank report
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| | Finance for All? |
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| | wide-ranging review of research focusing |
| | on access to finance, its measurement, |
| | determinants and impact. It presents |
| | indicators to measure financial access and |
| | evaluates the impact of access on growth, |
| | equity and poverty reduction, drawing on |
| | research utilizing data at both the firm |
| | and household level. It also discusses the |
| | role of governments in advancing financial |
| | inclusion. |
| | |
| | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
| | 10:30 am |
| | World Bank J Building, J1- 050 |
| | 701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and |
| | Pennsylvania Ave. |
| | Refreshments will be served following the |
| | event |
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CHAIR
Giovanni Majnoni
Executive Director, World Bank
Mr. Majnoni has served as an Executive Director for Albania, Greece,
Italy, Malta, Portugal, S. Marino, and Timor Leste since November
2006. He has been with the institution since 1998, conducting
financial sector work in East Europe, Latin America, and Asia and
leading several joint World Bank-IMF missions. From 1982 to 1998, he
worked at the Bank of Italy, where he was Manager in the Supervision
Department and Head of the Financial Market Office in the Research
Department.

SPEAKERS
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
Senior Research Manager, Finance and Private Sector, Development
Research Group, World Bank
Ms. Demirgüç-Kunt, lead author of the report "Finance for All?
Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access", joined the World Bank in
1989. Since then, she has worked in various parts of the Bank on
external finance and domestic financial sector issues. Her research
interests include how financial development contributes to economic
growth and poverty reduction; and how best to improve the stability,
efficiency and reach of financial systems around the world.

Thorsten Beck
Senior Economist, Finance and Private Sector, Development Research
Group, World Bank
Mr. Beck is a co-author of the report. His recent research has
concentrated on access to financial services, including SME finance,
as well as the incentive-compatible design of financial safety nets.

DISCUSSANTS
Stijn Claessens
Assistant Director, Research Department, IMF
Mr. Claessens, now with the IMF and also Professor of International
Finance Policy at the University of Amsterdam, has previously worked
for fourteen years at the World Bank. His policy and research
interests are firm finance; corporate governance;
internationalization of financial services; and risk management.
Over his career, Mr. Claessens has provided policy advice to
emerging markets in Latin America and Asia and to transition
economies. A widely published researcher, he has edited several
books, including "A Reader in International Corporate Finance"
(2006).

Peer Stein
Manager, Financial Infrastructure & Institution Building, Global
Financial Markets Department, IFC
As business line leader for access to finance, Mr. Stein oversees
and supports IFC?s technical assistance and advisory services in
financial markets world-wide, including SME banking, housing
finance, microfinance, leasing, securities markets and energy
efficiency finance. He leads IFC?s and the World Bank?s advisory
work in financial infrastructure, specifically supporting the
development of credit bureaus to support greater access to finance
in developing and emerging markets as well as managing the World
Bank?s Payment Systems Development Group. Mr. Stein has been with
the IFC since 1996.

Augusto de la Torre
Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
Mr. de la Torre has worked for The World Bank since 1997. Before
becoming Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, he has
been Senior Advisor in charge of the Financial Systems Department
and Senior Financial Sector Advisor for Latin America and the
Caribbean. He has published extensively on a broad range of
macroeconomic and financial development topics. Mr. De la Torre
headed the Central Bank of Ecuador from 1993 to 1996. Before this,
he was an Economist with the International Monetary Fund and during
1991-1992 was the IMF?s Resident Representative in Venezuela.

Joong-Kyung Choi
Alternate Executive Director, World Bank
Mr. Choi, now an Alternate Executive Director for Australia,
Cambodia, Kiribati, Korea, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia,
New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and
Vanuatu, served as Executive Director from 2005 to 2007. Before
this, he served as Director General for the International Finance
Bureau of Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy from 2003 to 2005,
after holding the post of Chief of Staff at the office of the Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy for two years.
Having joined the Ministry in 1980, Mr. Choi's key areas of
involvement were macro-economic and financial policies and
international finance at home and abroad.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

"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.

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

PRESENT
Aceh -- Three Years after the Tsunami
On December 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami swept clean a 500-mile coastal
strip of the Indonesian Province of Aceh ?equivalent to the coastline from San
Francisco to San Diego. More than 130,000 people were killed and 700,000
displaced. Compounded by 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.

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.

Tuesday, November 13
12:00 pm
World Bank, MC5-100
1818 H Street, NW. Washington, DC 20433

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
management positions in Indonesia's state-enterprise sector, as well as in
government. Dr. Kuntoro currently sits on the board of several national 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

______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 - 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

OPENING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute

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

InfoShop & Peterson Institute for International Economics cordially invite you
to a launch of a new publication

The Arab Economies in A Changing World
By Marcus Noland and Howard Pack

The tragic events of 9/11 and the 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.

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

Presented by
Marcus Noland
Senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Marcus Noland, senior fellow, has been associated with the Institute since 1985.
He was a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers and has held
research or teaching positions at the Johns Hopkins University, the University
of Southern California, Tokyo University, Saitama University, the University of
Ghana, the Korea Development Institute, and the East-West Center. He is the
author or coauthor of several books, including Korea after Kim Jong-il (2004)
and Industrial Policy in an Era of Globalization: Lessons from Asia (2003), and
he won the 2000-01 Ohira Masayoshi Award for Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future
of the Two Koreas (2000).
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

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.

REMINDER - 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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| | |
| (Embedded image moved | |
| to file: pic00185.jpg) | 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). |
| | |
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| | |
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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. |
| | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------|

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

Note: This button will also add the event to your Lotus Notes calendar

OPENING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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