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| | conclusions, and detailed action plans that |
| | emerged from a World Bank science, |
| | technology, and innovation (STI) |
| | capacity-building program in Rwanda in |
| | 2006?07. This book illustrates that even an |
| | economy dominated by subsistence |
| | agriculture, such as Rwanda's, needs to |
| | develop STI capacity to address everyday |
| | issues such as providing energy and clean |
| | water to rural areas, and also for |
| | competing successfully in the global |
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| | This book provides new insights into the |
| | STI capacity-building process and shows |
| | that this process is not an activity solely |
| | for wealthy countries, but is, in fact, a |
| | necessity for poorer countries that want to |
| | improve their economy. The methodology |
| | presented can be used to help poor |
| | countries achieve the Millennium |
| | Development Goals and increase their |
| | competitiveness, while helping |
| | middle-income countries to compete on the |
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
Coffee and Cookies will be served
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OPENING REMARKS BY
Ambassador James Kimonyo
Rwandan Ambassador to the United States of America
Ambassador Kimonyo has been instrumental in the political and
socio-economic reforms in Rwanda for the last thirteen years where
he held several key positions in government. After the 1994
genocide, Ambassador Kimonyo was appointed to head the department of
Rehabilitation and Reconstruction. Ambassador Kimonyo additionally
has a wide range of experience with international organizations. He
served as a national director and coordinator of several projects
funded by different international organizations including UNHCR,
UNDP and UN-HABITAT. Prior to his current position, Ambassador
Kimonyo was Rwanda?s Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa and
Non-Resident Ambassador to Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola,
Namibia, Botswana, Kingdom of Swaziland and the Kingdom of Lesotho.
MODERATED BY
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, Ms. Phumaphi joined the World Health Organization as the
Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health
Department. She is a member of the UNDP advisory board for Africa.
PRESENTED BY AUTHORS
Alfred Watkins
Science, Technology and innovation Coordinator, World Bank
Mr. Watkins is responsible for developing and helping implement the
World Bank?s global Science and Technology capacity building
program. He is currently piloting science and technology capacity
building programs in several countries in Africa. Prior to assuming
this assignment, Mr. Watkins helped to develop the World Bank?s
Science and Technology program in the former Soviet Union and
produced Science and Technology policy notes and project proposals
in Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Russia.
Anubha Verma
Science, Technology and Innovation Specialist, World Bank
Ms. Verma is a consultant with the Science, Technology and
Innovation group at the World Bank. In her current assignment she is
working on science and technology capacity building programs in
Rwanda, Mauritius, Botswana. She has also held jobs in the
information technology sector in Bangalore, India.
DISCUSSED BY
Ruth Kagia
Diector, Human Development Network, World Bank
Ms. Kagia, a Kenyan national, joined the Bank in August 1990 after a
career in public service in Africa spanning close to twenty years.
For the first six years at the Bank, she worked as an education
specialist in the Africa and the East Asia Regions. She has served
as a HD Sector Manager in the Africa region, a Director for Strategy
and Operations in the Human Development Network anchor, and an
Education Sector Director for Education, the position she currently
holds. In her current position, Ms. Kagia has provided strategic
oversight and coordination of the Bank's education sector staffing
and sector work program.
Shahid Yusuf
Economic Advisor, Development Research Group , World Bank
Mr. Yusuf was the Director of the World Development Report for
1999/2000. Since 2000, he has served as Economic Adviser in the
Development Economics Research Group and manages a major research
study on East Asia?s Future Economy. Mr. Yusuf?s most recent
publications are: "China's Development Priorities" co-authored with
Kaoru Nabeshima (2006); "Post Industrial East Asian Cities"
co-authored with Kaoru Nabeshima (2006); and "Dancing with Giants"
co-edited with L.Alan Winters (2007).
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