Film Screening: "As We Forgive" on May 8, 2008, Preston Auditorium, 12:00pm

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| | Thursday, May 8, 2008 |
| | 12:00 pm |
| | Preston Auditorium |
| | 1818 H Street NW |
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| | Note: This button will also add |
| | the event to your Lotus Notes |
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| | For non Bank staff, please RSVP |
| | to infoshopevents@worldbank.org |
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| | For more information about the |
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DISCUSSED BY FILMMAKER
Laura Waters Hinson
Ms. Hinson is the president of Image Bearer Pictures in Washington,
DC. As We Forgive, a finalist in the 2008 Student Academy Awards,
began as her masters thesis in filmmaking at American University
where she graduated with a MFA in 2007. She has worked as Director
of Creative Arts and Outreach at Church of the Resurrection, as a
development coordinator for the Discovery Health Channel, and as a
research assistant for MSNBC host Chris Matthews. Ms. Hinson also
shoots freelance photography and is currently forming a non-profit
to promote reconciliation projects in Rwanda.

WITH COMMENTS BY
Laura E. Bailey
Ms. Bailey is Senior Operations Specialist for the Fragile and
Conflict-Affected Countries Group of the World Bank. Her two decades
of experience in development is strongly grounded in field
operations in Africa, Asia, and Central America, including
experience in a range of post-conflict and transition settings,
working on behalf of international agencies, bilateral technical
assistance projects, and national and international NGOs.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Promoting Better Work in Global Supply Chains" on Friday, April 25 at 12:00 pm at the World Bank

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REMINDER: "Promoting Better Work in Global Supply Chains" on Friday, April 25 at 12:00 pm in J1-050

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Promoting Better Work in Global Supply Chains
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| | fresh look at old |
| | problems by offering |
| | sustainable solutions to |
| | the challenges of |
| | improving labour |
| | standards in global |
| | supply chains. The |
| | programme provides hope |
| | for a more inclusive |
| | globalisation that |
| | benefits all those |
| | involved with global |
| | supply chains. |
| | |
| | The future rests with the |
| | collaboration of partners |
| | at the national level |
| | together with |
| | international buyers. |
| | Only through broad-based |
| | engagement can we find |
| | practical tools and |
| | solutions which are based |
| | on actual experience. We |
| | need to measure what we |
| | do, identify what works |
| | and what doesn?t. Through |
| | this process we will |
| | build support for change. |
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MODERATOR
Bruce Moats
Director of Corporate Relations, International Finance Corporations

PRESENTERS
Ros Harvey
Better Work Global Program Manager, ILO

COMMENTARY
Dotti Hatcher
Senior Director, Social Responsibility, Social & Community Investment, Gap Inc.

Friday, April 25, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building, J1-050
701 18th Street, NW
A reception will follow the presentation

For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

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Partnership for Better Work
IFC in partnership with International Labour Organization (ILO)
launched the Better Work Program in August 2006 with the goal of
improving labor standards and competitiveness in global supply
chains. The program involves the development of both global tools
and country-level projects. It offers sustainable solutions that
build cooperation between government, employer and worker
organizations, and international buyers.
For more information, please visit: www.betterwork.org

About the International Labour Office (ILO)
The International Labour Office (ILO) is devoted to advancing
opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work
in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its
main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment
opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in
handling work-related issues. In promoting social justice and
internationally recognized human and labour rights, the organization
continues to pursue its founding mission that labour peace is
essential to prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation
of decent jobs and the kinds of economic and working conditions that
give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace,
prosperity and progress.
For more information, please visit: www.ilo.org

About the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
The International Finance Corporation is a member of the World Bank
Group. IFC fosters sustainable economic growth in developing
countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital
in the international financial markets, and providing advisory
services to businesses and governments. IFC helps companies and
financial institutions in emerging markets create jobs, generate tax
revenues, improve corporate governance and environmental
performance, and contribute to their local communities. The goal is
to improve lives, especially for the people who most need the
benefits of growth.
For more information, please visit: www.ifc.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

CHANGE OF VENUE "The Persistence of Poverty" launched on Monday, April 28 at 12:30pm in JB1-080

The World Bank Public Information Center and the Office of the Publisher

invite you to a presentation of an important Yale University Press publication
followed by a light lunch

The Persistence of Poverty
Why the Economics of the Well-Off Can't Help the Poor

In this important book, one of America's boldest and most original thinkers
charges that conventional explanations of poverty are mistaken, and that the
anti-poverty policies built upon them are doomed to fail. Using science,
history, fables, philosophical analysis, and common observation, Charles Karelis
engages us and takes us to a deeper grasp of the link between consumption and
satisfaction?and from there to a new explanation of what keeps poor people poor.
Above all, he shows how this fresh perspective can reinspire the campaign
against poverty.

Finalist for the 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award in the Philosophy
category.

Monday, April 28, 2008
12:30 - 2:30 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium JB1-080
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC

*RSVP REQUIRED* Please send an email to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Charles Karelis
Research Professor of Philosophy, The George Washington University
Formerly Professor of Philosophy at Williams College, Director of the Fund for
the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and President of Colgate University.
Mr. Karelis lives in Washington, D.C.

DISCUSSED BY
Steven Pearlstein
Business Columnist, The Washington Post and
2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mr. Pearlstein, who has been a television news reporter and congressional
staffer, began his newspaper career with reporting jobs in New Hampshire at the
Concord Monitor and Foster's Daily Democrat. He also launched a monthly magazine
of liberal opinion, The Boston Observer. Mr. Pearlstein was recently awarded
the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his "insightful columns that explore the nation's
complex economic ills with masterful clarity".

Daniel Hardy
Division Chief, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Mr. Hardy has worked on economic policy issues in a wide range of
industrialized, emerging market, and developing countries. His current research
interests include the political economy of regulation, and the linkage between
innovation and stability in the financial sector.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

"Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness in Brazil" May 1, 2008 at 12:00

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| | Jamil Salmi |
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| | Brazil is the world?s largest |
| | exporter of coffee, sugar, cane-based |
| | ethanol, orange juice, and iron ore. |
| | Yet over the past 10 years, its |
| | economy has grown an average of only |
| | 2.5 percent per year. The question |
| | increasingly being asked is, How can |
| | Brazil improve its competitiveness in |
| | the global economy? |
| | |
| | Knowledge and Innovation for |
| | Competitiveness in Brazil makes a |
| | compelling argument that, in a global |
| | economy that is increasingly |
| | knowledge driven, human capital is |
| | key to growth. The book supports this |
| | argument by mapping the relationship |
| | between microeconomic inputs, such as |
| | education services, and macroeconomic |
| | outputs, such as growth. It then goes |
| | on to recommend specific steps that |
| | can be taken to foster innovation and |
| | competitiveness. |
| | |
| | For more information about the book |
| | or to order it online, please click |
| | here |
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC

MODERATED BY
Bruno Laporte
Manager, WBI, World Bank

PRESENTED BY LEAD AUTHOR
Alberto Rodriguez
Lead Education Specialist, World Bank

DISCUSSED BY
Ariel Fiszbein
Chief Economist, Human Development Network

John Briscoe
Country Director, Brazil

Vinod Thomas
Director General, Independent Evaluation Group

Robin Horn
Education Sector Manager, Human Development Network
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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 AND ADDITIONAL PANELIST "The Persistence of Poverty" launched on Monday, April 28 at 12:30pm in JB1-080

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invite you to a presentation of an important Yale University Press
publication
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| | |
| | In this important book, one of America's |
| | boldest and most original thinkers |
| | charges that conventional explanations of |
| | poverty are mistaken, and that the |
| | anti-poverty policies built upon them are |
| | doomed to fail. Using science, history, |
| | fables, philosophical analysis, and |
| | common observation, Charles Karelis |
| | engages us and takes us to a deeper grasp |
| | of the link between consumption and |
| | satisfaction?and from there to a new |
| | explanation of what keeps poor people |
| | poor. Above all, he shows how this fresh |
| | perspective can reinspire the campaign |
| | against poverty. |
| | |
| | Finalist for the 2007 ForeWord Magazine |
| | Book of the Year Award in the Philosophy |
| | category. |
| | |
| | For more information about the book or to |
| | order it online, please click here. |
| | |
| | |
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*PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE*

Monday, April 28, 2008
12:30 - 2:30 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium JB1-080
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC

A light lunch and book signing will follow the presentation

CHAIRED BY
Deepa Narayan
Senior Adviser, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World
Bank
Ms. Narayan has over 25 years development experience in Asia and
Africa and has worked for NGOs, national governments and the UN
system. Her areas of expertise include participatory development
and research, community-driven development, and social capital, and
using these concepts to create wealth for the poor.

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Charles Karelis
Research Professor of Philosophy, The George Washington University
Formerly Professor of Philosophy at Williams College, Director of
the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and
President of Colgate University. Mr. Karelis lives in Washington,
D.C.

DISCUSSED BY
Steven Pearlstein
Business Columnist, The Washington Post and
2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mr. Pearlstein, who has been a television news reporter and
congressional staffer, began his newspaper career with reporting
jobs in New Hampshire at the Concord Monitor and Foster's Daily
Democrat. He also launched a monthly magazine of liberal opinion,
The Boston Observer. Mr. Pearlstein was recently awarded the 2008
Pulitzer Prize for his "insightful columns that explore the nation's
complex economic ills with masterful clarity".

Daniel Hardy
Division Chief, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Mr. Hardy has worked on economic policy issues in a wide range of
industrialized, emerging market, and developing countries. His
current research interests include the political economy of
regulation, and the linkage between innovation and stability in the
financial sector.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

World Malaria Day April 24, 2008 - Live Concert with Youssou N'Dour - 2:00 pm, MC Atrium

PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME: 2:00 PM

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"The World Bank: From reconstruction to development to equity" launched on Tuesday, April 29 at 12:00pm in J1-050

The World Bank Public Information Center/InfoShop and
Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics, Word Bank Human Development Network

invite you to the launch of a recent Routledge publication

The World Bank:
From reconstruction to development to equity
by Katherine Marshall

Today, the World Bank aspires to be the world?s premier development institution.
Its credo is captured by the bold phrase at the front of its headquarters: ?Our
dream is a world free of poverty.? In practice, the World Bank is involved in
virtually every facet of development, and is major actor in countries that seek
its support and partnership and in the development community at-large. As part
of a series on ?global institutions,? the book captures the institution?s
history and reflects the insights of an individual, Katherine Marshall, whose
experience at the Bank spans more than half of its lifetime.

For more information about the book or to order it online, please click here.

This book combines a thorough overview of where the Bank comes from, how it
works, its challenges, and its mission and vision. Written by someone who knows
the Bank deeply and intimately, it is honest, informative and insightful. It
offers both an interpretation of this complex institution and a map of where its
future lies.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of WBG, and Former Minister of Finance
and Foreign Affairs of Nigeria

It is immensely readable, and infused with a lively appreciation of the World
Bank?s peculiar quirks and complexities. Often maligned and even more
frequently misunderstood, the Bank plays a critical role both in global
governance and global development policy. Katherine Marshall is an able and
authoritative guide to its many rules and roles.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs at Princeton University

Tuesday, April 29
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC

*RSVP REQUIRED* Please send an email to infoshopevents.org

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Katherine Marshall
Ms. Marshall is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University?s Berkley Center for
Religion, Peace and World Affairs and Visiting Professor in the Government
Department. She worked for 35 years at the World Bank in a wide range of
positions and regions, most recently as Director and Counselor to the President
in the Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics.

DISCUSSED BY
John Clark
Lead Social Development Specialist, EASSO, World Bank
Mr. Clark is currently Lead Social Development Specialist for East Asia in the
World Bank. He has focused particularly on governance, poverty and civil
society issues in Cambodia and Indonesia, and also spent 8 months in Aceh
working on tsunami reconstruction, especially regarding donor coordination.
Before that he took a four year absence from the Bank in which he worked in the
United Nations Secretary-General?s office (as project director for the
high-level panel on UN-civil society relations), was Visiting Fellow at the
London School of Economics, and served on a task force advising the British
Prime Minister about Africa.

Chad Dobson
Executive Director, Bank Information Center
Mr. Dobson joined the Bank Information Center (BIC) as Executive Director in
December, 2007. Mr. Dobson founded BIC in 1987 and was Executive Director until
1996. He then founded and directed the Consumers Choice Council to protect
labeling systems (organic, fair trade, Marine Stewardship Council, Forest
Stewardship Council) during the initial development of the World Trade
Organization. At Oxfam America, where he was Director of Policy since 2003, Mr.
Dobson was responsible for developing the organization?s Washington presence,
and his portfolio included the Fair Trade campaign, extractive industries work
and policy and advocacy activity associated with humanitarian relief. Mr. Dobson
is currently on the board of the International Relations Center, the Forest
People?s Programme/World Rainforest Movement, Green Seal, and the Herbert
Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship.

Werner Kiene
Chairperson, Inspection Panel, World Bank
Mr. Kiene was appointed to the Inspection Panel in November 2004 and became
Chairman of the Panel in 2007. He has held leadership positions with the Ford
Foundation and German Development Assistance. In 1994, Mr. Kiene became the
founding Director of the Office of Evaluation of the United Nations World Food
Programme (UN WFP). He was the World Food Programme Country Director for
Bangladesh from 1998 through 2000 and also served as UN Resident Coordinator
during that period. From 2000 to 2004 he was a Representative of the UN WFP in
Washington, D.C.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 World Bank: From reconstruction to development to equity" launched on Tuesday, April 29 at 12:00pm in J1-050

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Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics

invite you to the launch of a recent Routledge publication
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| | by Katherine Marshall |
| | |
| Tuesday, April | Today, the World Bank aspires to be the |
| 29 | world?s premier development institution. |
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | Its credo is captured by the bold phrase |
| World Bank J | at the front of its headquarters: ?Our |
| Building | dream is a world free of poverty.? In |
| Auditorium | practice, the World Bank is involved in |
| J1-050 | virtually every facet of development, and |
| 701 18th Street, | is major actor in countries that seek its |
| NW | support and partnership and in the |
| Washington, DC | development community at-large. As part |
| | of a series on ?global institutions,? the |
| | book captures the institution?s history |
| | and reflects the insights of an |
| | individual, Katherine Marshall, whose |
| | experience at the Bank spans more than |
| | half of its lifetime. |
| | |
| | For more information about the book or to |
| | order it online, please click here. |
| | |
| | This book combines a thorough overview of |
| | where the Bank comes from, how it works, |
| | its challenges, and its mission and |
| | vision. Written by someone who knows the |
| | Bank deeply and intimately, it is honest, |
| | informative and insightful. It offers |
| | both an interpretation of this complex |
| | institution and a map of where its future |
| | lies. |
| | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of |
| | WBG, and Former Minister of Finance and |
| | Foreign Affairs of Nigeria |
| | |
| | It is immensely readable, and infused |
| | with a lively appreciation of the World |
| | Bank?s peculiar quirks and complexities. |
| | Often maligned and even more frequently |
| | misunderstood, the Bank plays a critical |
| | role both in global governance and global |
| | development policy. Katherine Marshall |
| | is an able and authoritative guide to its |
| | many rules and roles. |
| | Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow |
| | Wilson School of Public and International |
| | Affairs at Princeton University |
| | |
| | |
|--------------------+---------------------------------------------|

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Katherine Marshall
Ms. Marshall is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University?s Berkley
Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs and Visiting Professor
in the Government Department. She worked for 35 years at the World
Bank in a wide range of positions and regions, most recently as
Director and Counselor to the President in the Development Dialogue
on Values and Ethics.

DISCUSSED BY
John Clark
Lead Social Development Specialist, EASSO, World Bank
Mr. Clark is currently Lead Social Development Specialist for East
Asia in the World Bank. He has focused particularly on governance,
poverty and civil society issues in Cambodia and Indonesia, and also
spent 8 months in Aceh working on tsunami reconstruction, especially
regarding donor coordination. Before that he took a four year
absence from the Bank in which he worked in the United Nations
Secretary-General?s office (as project director for the high-level
panel on UN-civil society relations), was Visiting Fellow at the
London School of Economics, and served on a task force advising the
British Prime Minister about Africa.

Chad Dobson
Executive Director, Bank Information Center
Mr. Dobson joined the Bank Information Center (BIC) as Executive
Director in December, 2007. Mr. Dobson founded BIC in 1987 and was
Executive Director until 1996. He then founded and directed the
Consumers Choice Council to protect labeling systems (organic, fair
trade, Marine Stewardship Council, Forest Stewardship Council)
during the initial development of the World Trade Organization. At
Oxfam America, where he was Director of Policy since 2003, Mr.
Dobson was responsible for developing the organization?s Washington
presence, and his portfolio included the Fair Trade campaign,
extractive industries work and policy and advocacy activity
associated with humanitarian relief. Mr. Dobson is currently on the
board of the International Relations Center, the Forest People?s
Programme/World Rainforest Movement, Green Seal, and the Herbert
Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship.

Werner Kiene
Chairperson, Inspection Panel, World Bank
Mr. Kiene was appointed to the Inspection Panel in November 2004 and
became Chairman of the Panel in 2007. He has held leadership
positions with the Ford Foundation and German Development
Assistance. In 1994, Mr. Kiene became the founding Director of the
Office of Evaluation of the United Nations World Food Programme (UN
WFP). He was the World Food Programme Country Director for
Bangladesh from 1998 through 2000 and also served as UN Resident
Coordinator during that period. From 2000 to 2004 he was a
Representative of the UN WFP in Washington, D.C.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

Symposium and Exhibition Opening: "Borderless Captivity: Exploitation and Human Trafficking" at the World Bank (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)

The World Bank Art Program
World Bank Human Development Network
& InfoShop

in partnership with the
United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime,
Free the Slaves,
International Justice Mission and the
Ricky Martin Foundation

cordially invite you to the exhibition opening events
on Wednesday, May 7, 2008:

"Borderless Captivity: Exploitation and Human Trafficking"
Symposium and Exhibition Opening

12:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Preston Auditorium
The World Bank Main Complex
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433

Exhibitions on view in the
Preston, Main Complex Atrium and
Main Complex Front Lobby

RSVP required for external guests by April 30,
artprogram@worldbank.org or 202.458.0333

External guests must present a photo identification and this invitation at the
door

Refreshments will be served

For complete details, please see the attached:(See attached file: boderless
captivity.pdf)

* * * *
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

Photographic Exhibition & Symposium: "Borderless Captivity: Exploitation and Human Trafficking" (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)

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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: Strobe Talbott in the InfoShop on Tuesday, April 22 at 12:00 pm

InfoShop, World Bank Institute, and Brookings Institution

cordially invite you to a book launch of a recent Brookings Institution Press
publication

The Great Experiment
The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and The Quest for a Global Nation

This dramatic narrative of breathtaking scope and riveting focus puts the
"story" back into history. It is the saga of how the most ambitious of big ideas
-- that a world made up of many nations can govern itself peacefully -- has
played out over the millennia. Humankind's "Great Experiment" goes back to the
most ancient of days -- literally to the Garden of Eden -- and into the present,
with an eye to the future.

Offering an insider's view of how the world is governed today, Talbott
interweaves through this epic tale personal insights and experiences and takes
us with him behind the scenes and into the presence of world leaders as they
square off or cut deals with each other. As an acclaimed journalist, he covered
the standoff between the superpowers for more than two decades; as a high-level
diplomat, he was in the thick of tumultuous events in the 1990s, when the
bipolar equilibrium gave way to chaos in the Balkans, the emergence of a new
breed of international terrorist, and America's assertiveness during its
"unipolar moment" -- which he sees as the latest, but not the last, stage in the
Great Experiment.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building
701 18th Street NW

*RSVP REQUIRED* Please send an email to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

CHAIRED BY
Michele De Nevers
Senior Manager, Sustainable Development Vice-Presidency, World Bank
Ms. de Nevers is the Senior Manager for environment and climate change in the
Sustainable Development Vice-Presidency. She previously was Director of Sector
and Thematic Programs in WBI and has extensive experience in environment and
capacity development issues.

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Strobe Talbott
President, The Brookings Institution
Mr. Talbott, whose career spans journalism, government service, and academe, is
an expert on U.S. foreign policy, with specialties on Europe, Russia, South
Asia, and nuclear arms control. As deputy secretary of state in the Clinton
administration, Talbott was deeply involved in both the conduct of U.S. policy
abroad and the management of executive branch relations with Congress.

COMMENTS BY
John van Oudenaren
Director, World Digital Library Project, Library of Congress
Mr. Van Oudenaren directs a team drawn from various parts of the Library that
seeks assistance and advice from within the Library and from collaborating
institutions worldwide to develop a plan for a WDL. He has served as chief of
the Library's European Division since 1996 and he also heads the Library's
Global Gateway digital library project, which was launched in 2000. Prior to
joining the Library, he worked at the RAND Corporation, the U.S. Department of
State and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies.

Daniel Kaufmann
Director, Global Programs and Governance, World Bank Institute
Mr. Kaufmann has expertise in public sector reform, governance and
anti-corruption. He has also focused much work over the years and written
extensively on investment climate, corporate ethics and business development.
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About the Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in
Washington, DC. The mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research
and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations
that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the
economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and
secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.
For more information, visit: www.brookings.edu

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: Strobe Talbott in the InfoShop on Tuesday, April 22 at 12:00 pm

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| | a high-level diplomat, he was in the |
| | thick of tumultuous events in the 1990s, |
| | when the bipolar equilibrium gave way to |
| | chaos in the Balkans, the emergence of a |
| | new breed of international terrorist, and |
| | America's assertiveness during its |
| | "unipolar moment" -- which he sees as the |
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CHAIRED BY
Michele De Nevers
Senior Manager, Sustainable Development Vice-Presidency, World Bank
Ms. de Nevers is the Senior Manager for environment and climate
change in the Sustainable Development Vice-Presidency. She
previously was Director of Sector and Thematic Programs in WBI and
has extensive experience in environment and capacity development
issues.

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Strobe Talbott
President, The Brookings Institution
Mr. Talbott, whose career spans journalism, government service, and
academe, is an expert on U.S. foreign policy, with specialties on
Europe, Russia, South Asia, and nuclear arms control. As deputy
secretary of state in the Clinton administration, Talbott was deeply
involved in both the conduct of U.S. policy abroad and the
management of executive branch relations with Congress.

COMMENTS BY
John van Oudenaren
Director, World Digital Library Project, Library of Congress
Mr. Van Oudenaren directs a team drawn from various parts of the
Library that seeks assistance and advice from within the Library and
from collaborating institutions worldwide to develop a plan for a
WDL. He has served as chief of the Library's European Division since
1996 and he also heads the Library's Global Gateway digital library
project, which was launched in 2000. Prior to joining the Library,
he worked at the RAND Corporation, the U.S. Department of State and
the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies.

Daniel Kaufmann
Director, Global Programs and Governance, World Bank Institute
Mr. Kaufmann has expertise in public sector reform, governance and
anti-corruption. He has also focused much work over the years and
written extensively on investment climate, corporate ethics and
business development.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization
based in Washington, DC. The mission is to conduct high-quality,
independent research and, based on that research, to provide
innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad
goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social
welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and secure a more
open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.
For more information, visit: www.brookings.edu

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