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| For more| From trade agreements to a new treaty on|
| information and to| climate change, from UN sanctions against|
| order a copy of the| Iran's nuclear program to peacekeeping in|
| book, click here. | Darfur, global public policy increasingly|
| | affects people's lives and has become too|
| | important to bypass the democratic|
| | process. Global institutions designed to|
| | be controlled by a powerful few are|
| | grinding to a halt as the global landscape|
| | of power shifts. |
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| | Global Democracy sets a vision for global|
| | governance rooted in the realities of the|
| | 21st century. After centuries of struggles|
| | for political equality by the working|
| | class, women or ethnic minorities, it is|
| | time for nationals of poor and emerging|
| | countries to achieve political equality|
| | with Westerners in world affairs. |
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| | This is a book that everyone interested in|
| | creating a better world should read,|
| | discuss, and act upon. |
| | - Peter Singer, Princeton University |
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| | Didier Jacobs reminds us that institutions|
| | matter, and that the concept of political|
| | equality is as relevant at the global|
| | level as it is at the national level. |
| | - David Held, London School of Economics |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Light lunch and book signing to follow
World Bank J Building
Auditorium JB1-080
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Didier Jacobs
Special Advisor to the President, Oxfam America
Mr. Jacobs is Special Advisor to the President at Oxfam America, and
was formerly a researcher at the London School of Economics and
Catholic University of Louvain. He also was an aid worker for
Médecins Sans Frontières in Liberia during the civil war.
DISCUSSED BY
Ann Florini
Visiting Professor and Director, Centre on Asia and Globalization,
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
National University of Singapore and
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution
Ms. Florini is Visiting Professor and Director of the Centre on Asia
and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the
National University of Singapore. She is also Senior Fellow in the
Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution in
Washington, DC. Ms. Florini is internationally recognized as an
authority on new approaches to global governance, focusing on the
roles of civil society and the private sector in addressing global
issues. Currently, she is examining governance in the energy sector.
Amar Bhattacharya
Director, G-24 Secretariat
Mr. Bhattacharya is Director of the Secretariat of the
Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary
Affairs and Development. The G24 Secretariat serves the G24 Finance
Ministers and their officials in the deliberations and work program
of the Group. Prior to taking up his current position, Mr.
Bhattacharya had a long-standing career in the World Bank. In his
last position, he was advisor to the President and Senior Management
on the Bank?s engagement with key international groupings and
institutions including on issues of global governance and reform of
aid as well as international financial architecture.
MODERATED BY
John Garrison
Senior Civil Society Specialist, Civil Society Team, World Bank
Mr. Garrison joined the World Bank in 1996 as a Civil Society
Specialist. He spent the first five years working in the Bank?s
office in Brasilia, Brazil where he carried out applied research,
organized outreach activities, and helped supervise Bank projects,
all related to improving World Bank?civil society relations. In
2002 he joined the Bank?s Civil Society Team (CST). Current
activities include working to formulate Bank-wide strategy,
providing advice to senior management, reaching out to international
civil society networks, and disseminating information on the Bank.
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About Oxfam America
Oxfam America is an international relief and development
organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and
injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than
120 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and
fights social injustice. To join our efforts or learn more, go to
About the Civil Society Team
The Global Civil Society Team serves as the institutional and global
focal point for the Bank?s engagement with civil society. As such,
the CST formulates institutional strategy, provides advice to senior
management, provides guidance and technical assistance to program
staff on how to consult and involve civil society in Bank
operations, and undertakes ongoing outreach efforts to global civil
society.
www.worldbank.org/civilsociety
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
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