Infoshop Events: 2007-11-25

Friday, November 30, 2007

"Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy" discussed in the InfoShop on Friday, December 14 at 12:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop, International Food Policy Research Institue (IFPRI), and the
Sustainable Rural and Urban Development Unit, Development Research Department,
World Bank invite you to a discussion featuring a new book from

IFPRI
The World Bank
Johns Hopkins University Press

"Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy - Opportunities and Threats in the
Developing World"
Edited by Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell, and Thomas Reardon

Contrary to the conventional belief that rural economies subsist on agriculture,
nonfarm work actually accounts for between one-third and one-half of rural
incomes in the developing world. The nonfarm rural economy, a vibrant, often
fast-growing, small-scale service and manufacturing sector, holds much promise
both for overall economic growth and pro-poor rural and agricultural
transformation. But it is also threatened by globalization, competition from
larger businesses, and other trends.

How can this rapidly evolving segment of the economy contribute to economic
growth and poverty reduction, despite the many risks? A new book answers this
question in detail. Contributors examine the varied scale, structure, and
composition of the rural nonfarm economy; the role of public intervention in
this sector; the ways that poor people can successfully navigate the rapid
transition underway in rural areas; and the most effective policy environment.

For more information on the book, visit:
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/jhu/transformrural.asp.

Copies of the book will be
available for sale at the event.

?Policymakers focus on macro-magnitudes first, urban-industrial growth next,
agriculture last, and on the rural nonfarm economy hardly at all. Yet it creates
at least one-third of rural income, output, and employment, and faces huge new
prospects, but also huge threats, from post-liberalization supply chains. This
path-breaking book organizes numerous examples and experiences into a new
picture of what causes or impedes rural nonfarm growth, what makes it pro-poor,
and what governments can do about it.?
--Michael Lipton, Research Professor of Economics, Poverty Research Unit,
University of Sussex

Friday, December 14
12:00 - 1:30 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050

*RSVP AND PHOTO ID REQUIRED*
Please email infoshopevents@worldbank.org

MODERATED BY
Maximo Torero
Director of IFPRI's Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division

OPENING REMARKS BY
Forhad Shilpi
Senior Economist, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank

PRESENTED BY
Steven Haggblade
Professor of International Development, Michigan State University and co-editor
of the book

Paul Dorosh
Senior economist, Spatial and Local Development Team, Sustainable Development
Network, World Bank and book contributor

DISCUSSED BY
John Horton
Senior natural resource specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

About IFPRI
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was established in 1975
to provide sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI is one of
15 agricultural research centers that receive their principal funding from
governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations,
most of which are members of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research.
For more information, visit www.ifpri.org

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

(See attached file: InfoShopBookLaunch-TransformingRuralNonfarmEconomy.doc)

"The Impact of 21st Century Slavery and Human Trafficking on Development" discussed in the Preston auditorium on Monday, December 10 at noon

To raise awareness and to mark International Human Rights Day 2007, the Human
Development Network, the Infoshop and the Library and Archives of Development
will sponsor a panel discussion on

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Dubbed as the ?the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world?, slavery
and human trafficking preys on the poorest segments of population. The panel
will present factors that contribute to the growth of forced labor and
trafficking, as well as discuss how international development institutions can
help eradicate slavery. Gain more knowledge on a topic that devastates over 27
million poor people around the world today. Join the discussion on

Monday, December 10 at noon in Preston auditorium
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
________________________________________________________________________________________
About the World Bank Group Library
The World Bank Group Library is part of the Library and Archives of Development.
It is also a member of the Library Network offering a range of high quality
services that support the work of the World Bank Group and IMF staff. The
Library caters to the lending sectors of the World Bank Group in areas such as
Capital Markets, Gender, Information Technology, Labor, Health, Education, and
Rural and Urban Development.
For more information, visit: http://LAD

About the Social Protection Unit
The Social Protection Unit, as part of the Human Development Hub, supports the
World Bank and client countries to assist individuals, households and
communities to better manage the income and welfare risks that affect vulnerable
groups.

Reminder: "Development and Faith" discussed in the InfoShop on Friday, November 30 at 12:30pm, J1-050

InfoShop and Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics
invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication:

DEVELOPMENT AND FAITH:
Where Mind, Heart, and Soul Work Together
by Katherine Marshall and Marisa Van Saanen

Development and Faith: Where Mind, Heart, and Soul Work Together explores and
highlights promising partnerships in the world between secular and faith
development entities. It recounts the evolving history of relationships between
faith and secular development institutions. It focuses on the Millennium
Development Goals as a common framework for action and an opportunity for new
forms of collaboration and partnership.

For more information about the book, please visit:
http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=6799448

"We need to do a better job to learn from successful faith and interfaith work
to make the world a better, more peaceful place. This volume describes an
impressive array of innovative partnerships and alliances. It inspires us to
dream bigger about what development can accomplish."
David Saperstein, Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform
Judaism

Friday, November 30, 2007
12:30 - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Cookes and Coffee will be served
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
______________________________________________________________________________________________________

OPENING REMARKS
Joy Phumaphi
Vice President, Human Development Network,World Bank
Ms. Phumaphi, a Botswana national, began public service in Botswana as a local
government auditor. From 1994 to 2003, she went on to serve in Parliament and as
a representative to the Southern African Development Community. She entered the
Cabinet with responsibility for lands and housing and developed the first
national housing policy. Ms. Phumaphi subsequently served as Minister for
Health where she restructured the ministry to make it more focused on results
while overseeing revision of the Public Health Act and putting into action a
multi-sectoral plan to combat HIV/AIDS. In 2003, she joined the World Health
Organization as the Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health
Department, managing a staff of over 1100 globally. She is in the Board of
GAVI. She has served as a member of the UN Reference Group on Economics and a
UN Commissioner on HIV/AIDS and Governance. She is a member of the UNDP
advisory board for Africa. Ms. Phumaphi is a distinguished Afgrad Fellow who
serves as a member of the Africa-America Institute Campaign Committee. She
joined the Bank and became the Vice President of the Human Development Network
on February 5, 2007.

DISCUSSED BY
James Adams
Vice President, East Asia and the Pacific Region, World Bank
Mr. Adams has overall responsibility for World Bank operations in the one of the
world?s most dynamic regions. Previously, Mr. Adams was Vice President and Head
of Network, Operations Policy and Country Services, at the World Bank. In this
capacity, he was responsible for operational policy development, procurement and
financial management activities, relations with United Nations and
nongovernmental organizations, and support to Regional staff working in all
these areas. Since joining the Bank in 1974, he has held a variety of
operational positions in East Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa,
including as Country Director for Tanzania and Uganda, as Director for
Operations Policy, and as a Division Chief of several departments. Before
joining the Bank, Mr. Adams worked as a loan officer for Merchants Bank, in
Syracuse, NY, and with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in Geneva,
Switzerland.

PRESENTED BY AUTHORS
Katherine Marshall
Senior Advisor, Human Development Network, World Bank
Ms. Marshall has worked for over three decades on international development,
with a focus on issues facing the world?s poorest countries. She is also a
Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor at Georgetown's Berkley Center for
Religion, Peace and World Affairs. From 2000-2006 her mandate covered ethics,
values, and faith in development work, as counselor to the World Bank?s
President. Ms. Marshall served earlier as Country Director in the World Bank?s
Africa region, first for the Sahel region, then Southern Africa. She led the
Bank's work on social policy and governance during the East Asia crisis years.
She also worked extensively on Eastern Africa and Latin America.

Marisa Van Saanen
Ms. Van Saanen has worked with the Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics
since 2003 and is currently a JD student at the Yale Law School. Ms. Van Saanen
has volunteered, interned, and worked with a variety of organizations working on
health and poverty issues, including with a rural U.S. Department of Human
Services; with Washington, D.C. non-profits like Food & Friends; with Bread for
the World; with the United States Senate on health and aging issues; and with
former President Clinton?s Office of National AIDS Policy. She has traveled
extensively studying social movements and grassroots organizing; wrote her
graduate thesis on the WTO and public health; and has twice co-taught an
undergraduate course in India, on the Gandhian Legacy, Grassroots Development,
and Conflict Resolution in India.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________

For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop
Comments about the events program: http://go.worldbank.org/TDG9T8O9K0

Thursday, November 29, 2007

"Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy" discussed in the InfoShop on Friday, December 14 at 12:00pm in J1-050

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&
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
&
The Sustainable Rural and Urban Development Unit of the World Bank?s
Development Research Department

invite you to a discussion featuring a new book from
IFPRI
The World Bank
Johns Hopkins University Press

Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy
Opportunities and Threats in the Developing World
Edited by Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell, and Thomas Reardon
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| | |
| | |
| | Contrary to the conventional belief |
| (Embedded image | that rural economies subsist on |
| moved to file: | agriculture, nonfarm work actually |
| pic26835.jpg) | accounts for between one-third and |
| | one-half of rural incomes in the |
| | developing world. The nonfarm rural |
| | economy, a vibrant, often |
| | fast-growing, small-scale service and |
| | manufacturing sector, holds much |
| | promise both for overall economic |
| | growth and pro-poor rural and |
| | agricultural transformation. But it is |
| | also threatened by globalization, |
| | competition from larger businesses, |
| | and other trends. |
| | |
| | How can this rapidly evolving segment |
| | of the economy contribute to economic |
| | growth and poverty reduction, despite |
| | the many risks? A new book answers |
| | this question in detail. Contributors |
| | examine the varied scale, structure, |
| | and composition of the rural nonfarm |
| | economy; the role of public |
| | intervention in this sector; the ways |
| | that poor people can successfully |
| | navigate the rapid transition underway |
| | in rural areas; and the most effective |
| | policy environment. |
| | |
| | For more information on the book, |
| | visit: |
| |

http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/jhu/transfor

|
| | mrural.asp |
| | |
| | |
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?Policymakers focus on macro-magnitudes first, urban-industrial
growth next, agriculture last, and on the rural nonfarm economy
hardly at all. Yet it creates at least one-third of rural income,
output, and employment, and faces huge new prospects, but also huge
threats, from post-liberalization supply chains. This path-breaking
book organizes numerous examples and experiences into a new picture
of what causes or impedes rural nonfarm growth, what makes it
pro-poor, and what governments can do about it.?
--Michael Lipton, Research Professor of Economics, Poverty Research
Unit, University of Sussex

Friday, December 14
12:00 - 1:30 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050

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

MODERATED BY
Maximo Torero
Director of IFPRI's Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division

OPENING REMARKS BY
Forhad Shilpi
Senior Economist, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank
.
PRESENTED BY
Steven Haggblade
Professor of International Development, Michigan State University and co-editor
of the book

Paul Dorosh
Senior economist, Spatial and Local Development Team, Sustainable Development
Network, World Bank and book contributor

DISCUSSED BY
John Horton
Senior natural resource specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About IFPRI
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was
established in 1975 to provide sustainable solutions for ending
hunger and poverty. IFPRI is one of 15 agricultural research centers
that receive their principal funding from governments, private
foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of
which are members of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research.
For more information, visit www.ifpri.org

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

"The Future of the Book" presented by Dirk Koehler on Monday, December 3 at 12:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop & EXTOP(Office of the Publisher)

cordially invite you to a presentation on

The Future of the Book

What is a book? How is our idea of the book changing? New technology,
globalization, convergence of the media, web2.0 -- are they killing the book? Or
has the book a future, although maybe one different from the past?
This presentation will examine trends for the future of book publishing, and
explore the new frontiers in this industry from the perspective of an
institutional publisher: new ways of creating and distributing books (e.g.,
wikis, distributed printing, print on-demand), new business models, and new
roles of the members of the book chain.

Monday, December 3, 2007
12:00 - 1:30 pm
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Presented by
Dirk Koehler
Publisher, EXTOP

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About EXTOP
The Office of the Publisher (EXTOP) acquires, produces, promotes and distributes
print publications and electronic products. In addition, we operate and manage
the InfoShop, the Bank?s development bookstore; handle all rights and
permissions related to the Bank's intellectual property; and determine standards
for the Bank's formal publications. To support the Bank?s role as supplier of
global knowledge, we work with other Bank units to disseminate their
publications to decision-makers, academia, general audiences, and other
constituencies.

REMINDER: "Development and Faith" discussed in the InfoShop on Friday, November 30 at 12:30pm, J1-050

InfoShop events are now on the learning catalog. Please register by clicking on
the link below:

http://lms.worldbank.org/infoshop

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and
Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics
invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication:
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| to file: | by Katherine Marshall and Marisa Van Saanen |
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| ) | Development and Faith: Where Mind, Heart, and |
| | Soul Work Together explores and highlights |
| | promising partnerships in the world between |
| | secular and faith development entities. It |
| | recounts the evolving history of relationships |
| | between faith and secular development |
| | institutions. It focuses on the Millennium |
| | Development Goals as a common framework for |
| | action and an opportunity for new forms of |
| | collaboration and partnership. |
| | |
| | For more information about the book, please |
| | visit: |
| | http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/ecommerce/catalo |
| | g/product?item_id=6799448 |
| | |
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"We need to do a better job to learn from successful faith and
interfaith work to make the world a better, more peaceful place.
This volume describes an impressive array of innovative partnerships
and alliances. It inspires us to dream bigger about what development
can accomplish."
David Saperstein, Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of
Reform Judaism

Friday, November 30, 2007
12:30 - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Cookes and Coffee will be served

OPENING REMARKS
Joy Phumaphi
Vice President, Human Development Network,World Bank
Ms. Phumaphi, a Botswana national, began public service in Botswana
as a local government auditor. From 1994 to 2003, she went on to
serve in Parliament and as a representative to the Southern African
Development Community. She entered the Cabinet with responsibility
for lands and housing and developed the first national housing
policy. Ms. Phumaphi subsequently served as Minister for Health
where she restructured the ministry to make it more focused on
results while overseeing revision of the Public Health Act and
putting into action a multi-sectoral plan to combat HIV/AIDS. In
2003, she joined the World Health Organization as the Assistant
Director General for Family and Community Health Department,
managing a staff of over 1100 globally. She is in the Board of
GAVI. She has served as a member of the UN Reference Group on
Economics and a UN Commissioner on HIV/AIDS and Governance. She is
a member of the UNDP advisory board for Africa. Ms. Phumaphi is a
distinguished Afgrad Fellow who serves as a member of the
Africa-America Institute Campaign Committee. She joined the Bank
and became the Vice President of the Human Development Network on
February 5, 2007.

DISCUSSED BY
James Adams
Vice President, East Asia and the Pacific Region, World Bank
Mr. Adams has overall responsibility for World Bank operations in
the one of the world?s most dynamic regions. Previously, Mr. Adams
was Vice President and Head of Network, Operations Policy and
Country Services, at the World Bank. In this capacity, he was
responsible for operational policy development, procurement and
financial management activities, relations with United Nations and
nongovernmental organizations, and support to Regional staff working
in all these areas. Since joining the Bank in 1974, he has held a
variety of operational positions in East Asia, Latin America, and
Sub-Saharan Africa, including as Country Director for Tanzania and
Uganda, as Director for Operations Policy, and as a Division Chief
of several departments. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Adams worked
as a loan officer for Merchants Bank, in Syracuse, NY, and with the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in Geneva, Switzerland.

PRESENTED BY AUTHORS
Katherine Marshall
Senior Advisor, Human Development Network, World Bank
Ms. Marshall has worked for over three decades on international
development, with a focus on issues facing the world?s poorest
countries. She is also a Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor at
Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.
From 2000-2006 her mandate covered ethics, values, and faith in
development work, as counselor to the World Bank?s President. Ms.
Marshall served earlier as Country Director in the World Bank?s
Africa region, first for the Sahel region, then Southern Africa.
She led the Bank's work on social policy and governance during the
East Asia crisis years. She also worked extensively on Eastern
Africa and Latin America.

Marisa Van Saanen
Human Development Network, World Bank
Ms. Van Saanen has worked with the Development Dialogue on Values
and Ethics since 2003 and is currently a JD student at the Yale Law
School. Ms. Van Saanen has volunteered, interned, and worked with a
variety of organizations working on health and poverty issues,
including with a rural U.S. Department of Human Services; with
Washington, D.C. non-profits like Food & Friends; with Bread for the
World; with the United States Senate on health and aging issues; and
with former President Clinton?s Office of National AIDS Policy. She
has traveled extensively studying social movements and grassroots
organizing; wrote her graduate thesis on the WTO and public health;
and has twice co-taught an undergraduate course in India, on the
Gandhian Legacy, Grassroots Development, and Conflict Resolution in
India.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

"The Future of the Book" presented by Dirk Koehler on Monday, December 3 at 12:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop & EXTOP(Office of the Publisher)

cordially invite you to a presentation on

The Future of the Book

Monday, December 3, 2007
12:00 - 1:30 pm
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Presented by
Dirk Koehler
Publisher, EXTOP

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

"The Impact of 21st Century Slavery and Human Trafficking on Development" discussed in the Preston auditorium on Monday, December 10 at noon

To raise awareness and to mark International Human Rights Day 2007, the Human
Development Network, the Infoshop and the Library and Archives of Development
will sponsor a panel discussion on

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Monday, December 10 at noon in Preston auditorium

Note: This button will also add the event to
your Lotus Notes calendar
For non bank staff, please RSVP to
InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
________________________________________________________________________________________
About the World Bank Group Library
The World Bank Group Library is part of the Library and Archives of Development.
It is also a member of the Library Network offering a range of high quality
services that support the work of the World Bank Group and IMF staff. The
Library caters to the lending sectors of the World Bank Group in areas such as
Capital Markets, Gender, Information Technology, Labor, Health, Education, and
Rural and Urban Development.
For more information, visit: http://LAD

"The Future of the Book" presented by Dirk Koehler on Monday, December 3 at 12:00pm in J1-050

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&
EXTOP(Office of the Publisher)

cordially invite you to a presentation on
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| | |
| (Embedded image | The Future of the Book |
| moved to file: | |
| pic20135.jpg) | What is a book? How is our idea of the book |
| | changing? New technology, globalization, |
| | convergence of the media, web2.0 -- are they |
| | killing the book? Or has the book a future, |
| | although maybe one different from the past? |
| | |
| | This presentation will examine trends for the |
| | future of book publishing, and explore the new |
| | frontiers in this industry from the |
| | perspective of an institutional publisher: new |
| | ways of creating and distributing books (e.g., |
| | wikis, distributed printing, print on-demand), |
| | new business models, and new roles of the |
| | members of the book chain. |
| | |
| | |
|-----------------+------------------------------------------------|

Monday, December 3, 2007
12:00 - 1:30 pm
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

Presented by
Dirk Koehler
Publisher, EXTOP

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About EXTOP
The Office of the Publisher (EXTOP) acquires, produces, promotes and
distributes print publications and electronic products. In addition,
we operate and manage the InfoShop, the Bank?s development
bookstore; handle all rights and permissions related to the Bank's
intellectual property; and determine standards for the Bank's formal
publications. To support the Bank?s role as supplier of global
knowledge, we work with other Bank units to disseminate their
publications to decision-makers, academia, general audiences, and
other constituencies.

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: Photo Exhibit: "I Want You To Know" on November 29 at noon in the InfoShop

Note: This button will also add the event to your Lotus Notes calendar
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org

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"I have worked with photography for over 40 years. To take
photographs means to write with light. I have worked and travelled
in about eighty countries, and I have done so in the conviction that
you can create a greataer understanding with words and images for
those people who have it hard in life. To portray the injustices in
the world and show how women and children get their human rights
violated daily throughout the world I hope create a change so that
these violations hopefully will cease and the world will become a
more just place to live in for the most vulnerable in society."
Ulla Lemberg, Photographer

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Reminder: "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

InfoShop & 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
Young People and the UN MDGs in the Middle East and North Africa: Making the
MDGs a Reality
Case Study of Morocco

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.
The event will also feature an art exhibition by Fatema Mellal, a young Moroccan
woman artist from a remote village in Southern Morocco who uses her artwork to
support youth in her community.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
6:00pm
World Bank H Building, Eugene R. Black Auditorium
1914, G street, NW, Washington, DC
Reception to follow
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
President, World Bank Women for Development Association

Discussed by:
Michal Rutkowski
Sector Director, Human Development Department
Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank

H.E. Ambassador Aziz Mekouar
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States

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 Youth2Youth, Yemen
World Bank EAP Youth Innovation Fund

Salmane Belayachi
Founder of the Moroccan World Foundation

Samantha Constant
Middle East Youth Initiative
Wolfensohn Center, Brookings Institution

Closing Remarks by
Alexandra C. Mattson
Morocco Desk, Peace Corps
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Reminder: "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. |
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| | 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. |
| | The event will also feature an art |
| | exhibition by Fatema Mellal, a young |
| | Moroccan woman artist from a remote |
| | village in Southern Morocco who uses her |
| | artwork to support youth in her community. |
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
6:00pm
World Bank H Building, Eugene R. Black Auditorium
1914, G street, NW, Washington, DC
Reception to follow