REMINDER - Book Launch: "Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence" on May 27 at 3:00pm in J1-050

The World Bank Public Information Center/InfoShop & Human Development
Department, Latin America and the Caribbean Region

invite you to a launch of a recent World Bank publication

Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence

Hospitals are at the center of the health care universe in Brazil and are
critical to the health of many Brazilians. Hospitals are just as critical to the
health of the government?s budget, absorbing nearly 70 percent of public
spending on health, and are thus at the forefront of policy discussions. Why
hospitals are important is easy to understand. What makes hospitals deliver
quality care efficiently?or not?is much harder to grasp.

Drawing on an eclectic array of research and evaluative studies selected from a
mix of sources, Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence,
analyzes Brazilian hospital performance along several policy dimensions,
including resource allocation and use, payment mechanisms, organizational and
governance arrangements, management practices, and regulation and quality.

Although a few Brazilian hospitals are world-class centers of excellence, many
hospitals, including those who serve Brazil?s poorest, are low performers. Yet
the Brazilian hospital system is both dynamic and pluralistic, and herein lies
its strengths. As is shown throughout the book, Brazil does not lack
approaches, ideas, innovations, and initiatives for addressing the shortcomings
of underperforming facilities. The foundations for change aimed at raising
performance are present throughout the country?s hospital system. Building upon
these foundations, an agenda for hospital reform is proposed that synthesizes
policies and practices which are integral to improving hospital performance, and
which should help policymakers and practitioners in their ?search for
excellence.?

Tuesday, May 27
3:00 - 5:00pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

CHAIRED BY
Julian Schweitzer
Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Jerry La Forgia
Lead Health Specialist, Human Development Department, Latin America and the
Caribbean Region

DISCUSSED BY
Maureen Lewis
Advisor, Office of Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank

Mukesh Chawla
Sector Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

John Briscoe
Country Director, Brazil, World Bank

Robert Murray
Executive Director, Health Services Cost Review Commission, State of Maryland

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 - "Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence" launched on May 27 at 3:00pm in J1-050

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& Human Development Department, Latin America and the Caribbean
Region

invite you to a launch of a recent World Bank publication followed
by a wine and cheese reception
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| | Brazilians. Hospitals are just as |
| Tuesday, May 27 | critical to the health of the |
| 3:00 - 5:00pm | government?s budget, absorbing nearly |
| World Bank J | 70 percent of public spending on |
| Building | health, and are thus at the forefront |
| Auditorium J1-050 | of policy discussions. Why hospitals |
| | are important is easy to understand. |
| For non Bank | What makes hospitals deliver quality |
| staff, please RSVP | care efficiently?or not?is much harder |
| to | to grasp. |
| infoshopevents@wor | |
| ldbank.org | Drawing on an eclectic array of |
| | research and evaluative studies |
| | selected from a mix of sources, |
| | Hospital Performance in Brazil: The |
| | Search for Excellence, analyzes |
| | Brazilian hospital performance along |
| | several policy dimensions, including |
| | resource allocation and use, payment |
| | mechanisms, organizational and |
| | governance arrangements, management |
| | practices, and regulation and quality. |
| | |
| | Although a few Brazilian hospitals are |
| | world-class centers of excellence, many |
| | hospitals, including those who serve |
| | Brazil?s poorest, are low performers. |
| | Yet the Brazilian hospital system is |
| | both dynamic and pluralistic, and |
| | herein lies its strengths. As is shown |
| | throughout the book, Brazil does not |
| | lack approaches, ideas, innovations, |
| | and initiatives for addressing the |
| | shortcomings of underperforming |
| | facilities. The foundations for change |
| | aimed at raising performance are |
| | present throughout the country?s |
| | hospital system. Building upon these |
| | foundations, an agenda for hospital |
| | reform is proposed that synthesizes |
| | policies and practices which are |
| | integral to improving hospital |
| | performance, and which should help |
| | policymakers and practitioners in their |
| | ?search for excellence.? |
| | |
| | |
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CHAIRED BY
Julian Schweitzer
Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Jerry La Forgia
Lead Health Specialist, Human Development Department, Latin America and the
Caribbean Region

DISCUSSED BY
Maureen Lewis
Advisor, Office of Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank

Mukesh Chawla
Sector Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

John Briscoe
Country Director, Brazil, World Bank

Robert Murray
Executive Director, Health Services Cost Review Commission, State of
Maryland

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

"New Frontiers of Social Policy - Inclusive States, Equity and Assets" discussed on Wednesday, June 4 at 12:00pm in JB1-080

The World Bank Public Information Center/InfoShop and the Social Development
Department at the World Bank

cordially invite you to a launch of a series of books

New Frontiers of Social Policy
Inclusive States, Equity and Assets

Weak governance, market imperfections and historically rooted structural
inequalities have undermined the effectiveness of social policy in many
developing countries and need a renewed commitment toward social dimensions of
sustainable development.

These three books by a multi-disciplinary group of development researchers focus
on different but interrelated conceptual and policy themes highly relevant to
debates on development, equity and poverty reduction. Each fills gaps in
knowledge and practice ten years after the Copenhagen World Summit on Social
Development. The themes include the relationship between equity and development,
the role of institutions in blocking or promoting transitions to more inclusive
states and more equitable forms of development, and the diverse strategies
adopted by people through migration, slum upgrading, natural resources
management, and informal businesses to accumulate assets and manage risks.

For more information and to buy the books please visit click here.

Wednesday
June 4, 2008
12:00 - 2:00pm
Refreshments will be served
World Bank J Building
Auditorium JB1-080
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC

*RSVP REQUIRED* Please send an email to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
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CHAIR
Kathy Sierra
Vice President and Head of Network, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank

MODERATOR
Caroline Kende-Robb
Sector Manager, Social Development Department, World Bank

BOOK INTRODUCTIONS BY THE EDITORS:
Anis Dani
Adviser, Social Policy SDV and Operations Adviser, QAG, World Bank

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
Arjan de Haan
Policy Analyst, Department for International Development (DFID), Beijing Office

Caroline Moser
Director Global Urban Research Centre, School of Environment and Development,
The University of Manchester

DISCUSSANTS
Francisco Ferreira
Lead Economist, Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank
Former Director of World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development

Carol Graham
Senior Fellow and Charles Robinson Chair, Foreign Policy/Global Economy and
Development, The Brookings Institution
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

"New Frontiers of Social Policy - Inclusive States, Equity and Assets" discussed on Wednesday, June 4 at 12:00pm in JB1-080

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cordially invite you to a launch of a series of books

New Frontiers of Social Policy
Inclusive States, Equity and Assets
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| Wednesday | Weak governance, market imperfections and|
| June 4, 2008 | historically rooted structural|
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | inequalities have undermined the|
| World Bank J | effectiveness of social policy in many|
| Building | developing countries and need a renewed|
| Auditorium JB1-080| commitment toward social dimensions of|
| 701 18th Street, | sustainable development. |
| NW | |
| Washington, DC | These three books by a multi-disciplinary|
| | group of development researchers focus on|
| Refreshments will | different but interrelated conceptual and|
| be served | policy themes highly relevant to debates|
| | on development, equity and poverty|
| For more | reduction. Each fills gaps in knowledge|
| information and to| and practice ten years after the|
| buy the books | Copenhagen World Summit on Social|
| please visit click| Development. The themes include the|
| here. | relationship between equity and|
| | development, the role of institutions in|
| | blocking or promoting transitions to more|
| | inclusive states and more equitable forms|
| | of development, and the diverse strategies|
| | adopted by people through migration, slum|
| | upgrading, natural resources management,|
| | and informal businesses to accumulate|
| | assets and manage risks. |
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CHAIR
Kathy Sierra
Vice President and Head of Network, Sustainable Development Network,
World Bank

MODERATOR
Caroline Kende-Robb
Sector Manager, Social Development Department, World Bank

BOOK INTRODUCTIONS BY THE EDITORS:
Anis Dani
Adviser, Social Policy SDV and Operations Adviser, QAG, World Bank

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
Arjan de Haan
Policy Analyst, Department for International Development (DFID),
Beijing Office

Caroline Moser
Director Global Urban Research Centre, School of Environment and
Development, The University of Manchester

DISCUSSANTS
Francisco Ferreira
Lead Economist, Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank
Former Director of World Development Report 2006: Equity and
Development

Carol Graham
Senior Fellow and Charles Robinson Chair, Foreign Policy/Global
Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

Additional Panelist - "Girls Count" launched on May 27 at 12:00-2:00pm in J1-050

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| | developing countries a full and |
| For more information | equal chance for rewarding lives and |
| about the report and | livelihoods. |
| to download it, | |
| please click here. | The authors have provided specific |
| Free copies will be | recommendations for civil society, |
| available at the | governments, private-sector leaders, |
| event. | and donor agencies to create |
| | mechanisms for the meaningful |
| | participation of young women and |
| | adolescent girls in their programs |
| | and policy, helping to foster youth |
| | leadership and gender-sensitive |
| | ideology. At the global level, while |
| | these priorities by no means |
| | constitute an exhaustive list, they |
| | should inform donor and technical |
| | agencies and private charities of |
| | where gains can be made. |
| | |
| | Tuesday, May 27 |
| | 12:00 - 2:00pm |
| | World Bank J Building |
| | Auditorium J1-050 |
| | |
| | For non Bank staff, please RSVP to |
| | infoshopevents@worldbank.org |
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CHAIRED BY
Mayra Buvinic
Sector Director, Gender and Development, PREM Network, World Bank
Between 1996 and 2004 Ms. Buvinic was Chief, Social Development
Division and Special Advisor on Violence Prevention at the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Prior to working at the IDB,
Ms. Buvinic was a founding member and President of the International
Center for Research on Women (1978-2004). She is past President of
the Association for Women?s Rights in Development (AWID) and member
of a number of non-profit boards, including the International Water
Management Institute, Sri Lanka, and the International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria. A Chilean national, her published
works are in the areas of gender, poverty and development; health
and reproductive health; violence prevention; social inclusion and
social cohesion; and project and program evaluations.

PRESENTED BY AUTHORS
Ruth Levine
Vice President for Programs and Operations, and Senior Fellow, Center for Global
Development
Ms. Levine is an internationally recognized expert on global health
and health policy. She is a health economist with more than 15 years
of experience designing and assessing the effects of social sector
programs in Latin America, Eastern Africa, the Middle East, and
South Asia. As CGD vice president for programs and operations, she
is a member of the Center?s senior management team. She is also a
CGD senior fellow and leads the Center?s work on global health
policy, including chairing a series of working groups on key policy
and finance constraints to the effective use of donor funding for
health programs in low-income countries. Before joining the CGD,
Ruth designed, supervised, and evaluated loans at the World Bank and
the Inter-American Development Bank. Between 1997 and 1999, she
served as the advisor on the social sectors in the office of the
executive vice president of the Inter-American Development Bank.

*ADDITIONAL PANELIST*
Margaret Greene
Director of Population and Social Transitions, International Center
for Research on Women (ICRW)
Ms. Greene is a social demographer with research interests related
to adolescent sexual initiation, male involvement in reproductive
health decisionmaking and reproductive health. She is author with
colleagues at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
of Too Young to Wed and of numerous articles and monographs.

DISCUSSED BY
Wendy Cunningham
Lead Specialist, Children and Youth Unit, Human Development Network, World Bank
Ms. Cunningham is the Coordinator of the Children and Youth (C&Y)
Unit at the World Bank. She is responsible for supporting the
team's work on a core set of strategic issues affecting children and
youth in our client countries. Before joining the C&Y Unit, Ms.
Cunninghamn was a Senior Economist in the PREM and HD departments in
the Bank's Latin America and Caribbean Region where she lead
projects and research in the areas of social protection and labor
markets and worked to develop the region's agenda for youth
development and gender.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments, and Security" discussed at the World Bank on Thursday, May 22, at 12:00 pm

The World Bank InfoShop/Public Information Center and Office of Evaluation &
Suspension

Invite you to a panel discussion on a recent publication

Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments, and Security
by Alexandra Addison Wrage

Bribery lies at the core of international criminal activity. Terrorists,
money-launderers and smugglers pay bribes. Those who traffic in people,
narcotics, and illegal arms pay immigration officers not to ask, customs
officials not to inspect, and police officers not to investigate.

Drawing on her travels in more than seventy countries, the author has gathered
these stories of bribe solicitation, collusion and resistance. She peels back
the mystique to expose the damage bribery inflicts on societies, corporations
and individuals. The book shows how bribes undermine good corporate governance,
but also how they undercut security and the prospects for democracy in all
countries.

"Bribery and Extortion should be required reading?and it's lively reading?for
all of those concerned with maintaining the rule of law, spurring economic
development, and in restoring trust in governments? local, national, and
international."
- Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of
the U.N. Oil for Food Programme Independent Inquiry Committee

To order a copy of the book, visit:
http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=8474814

Thursday, May 22, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Light lunch reception to follow

World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street NW
Washington, DC

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

MODERATED BY
Pascale Helene Dubois
Sanctions Evaluation and Suspension Officer, The World Bank

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Alexandra Wrage
President, TRACE
Alexandra Wrage is the president of TRACE, an international non-profit
membership association working with companies to raise their anti-bribery
compliance standards, while lowering the cost of compliance. An international
attorney, she has created international due diligence programs for the retention
and training of international sales representatives, consultants, suppliers,
distributors and subcontractors and has drafted corporate anti-bribery policies
and audited compliance programs. Ms. Wrage is Chair of the Women in
International Regulatory Law ("WIRL") Steering Committee, co-chair of the
American Bar Association's Anti-Corruption Committee, vice-chair of the
Association of Corporate Counsel?s International Legal Affairs Committee, and a
member of the Working Group for the United Nation's Global Compact 10th
Principle. She speaks frequently on topics of international law, anti-corruption
initiatives and the hidden costs of corruption.

COMMENTS BY
Lisa Bhansali
Senior Public Sector Specialist, The World Bank
Lisa Bhansali is a lawyer and senior public sector management specialist,
working on justice administration and broader governance projects in the Public
Sector Reform and Capacity department in the Africa Region of the World Bank.
She works on a variety of areas, including legal and judicial reform,
decentralization, anticorruption, and institutional strengthening. Her most
recent publication was "Measuring the Impact of Criminal Justice Reform in Latin
America" in Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad: In Search of Knowledge (Carothers,
ed., Carnegie, 2006). Ms. Bhansali has been an Adjunct Professor of Law since
2000 and currently teaches at Georgetown University Law School as well as the
Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, DC. She has
spoken at numerous international conferences, including annual meetings of the
International Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the American
Society of International Law.

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: "Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments, and Security" discussed in the InfoShop on Thursday, May 22 at 12:00 pm

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Invite you to a panel discussion on a recent publication
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| f)Chris activity. Terrorists, money-launderers and |
| West smugglers pay bribes. Those who traffic in people, |
| narcotics, and illegal arms pay immigration |
| Order a officers not to ask, customs officials not to |
| copy of the inspect, and police officers not to investigate. |
| book |
| Drawing on her travels in more than seventy |
| countries, the author has gathered these stories |
| of bribe solicitation, collusion and resistance. |
| She peels back the mystique to expose the damage |
| bribery inflicts on societies, corporations and |
| individuals. The book shows how bribes undermine |
| good corporate governance, but also how they |
| undercut security and the prospects for democracy |
| in all countries. |
| |
| "Bribery and Extortion should be required |
| reading?and it's lively reading?for all of those |
| concerned with maintaining the rule of law, |
| spurring economic development, and in restoring |
| trust in governments? local, national, and |
| international." |
| - Paul A. Volcker, Former |
| Chairman of the U.N. Oil for Food Programme |
| Independent Inquiry Committee |
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Light lunch reception to follow

World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street NW
Washington, DC

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

MODERATED BY
Pascale Helene Dubois
Sanctions Evaluation and Suspension Officer, The World Bank

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Alexandra Wrage
President, TRACE
Alexandra Wrage is the president of TRACE, an international
non-profit membership association working with companies to raise
their anti-bribery compliance standards, while lowering the cost of
compliance. An international attorney, she has created international
due diligence programs for the retention and training of
international sales representatives, consultants, suppliers,
distributors and subcontractors and has drafted corporate
anti-bribery policies and audited compliance programs. Ms. Wrage is
Chair of the Women in International Regulatory Law ("WIRL") Steering
Committee, co-chair of the American Bar Association's
Anti-Corruption Committee, vice-chair of the Association of
Corporate Counsel?s International Legal Affairs Committee, and a
member of the Working Group for the United Nation's Global Compact
10th Principle. She speaks frequently on topics of international
law, anti-corruption initiatives and the hidden costs of corruption.

COMMENTS BY
Lisa Bhansali
Senior Public Sector Specialist, The World Bank
Lisa Bhansali is a lawyer and senior public sector management
specialist, working on justice administration and broader governance
projects in the Public Sector Reform and Capacity department in the
Africa Region of the World Bank. She works on a variety of areas,
including legal and judicial reform, decentralization,
anticorruption, and institutional strengthening. Her most recent
publication was "Measuring the Impact of Criminal Justice Reform in
Latin America" in Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad: In Search of
Knowledge (Carothers, ed., Carnegie, 2006). Ms. Bhansali has been an
Adjunct Professor of Law since 2000 and currently teaches at
Georgetown University Law School as well as the Washington College
of Law, American University in Washington, DC. She has spoken at
numerous international conferences, including annual meetings of the
International Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the
American Society of International Law.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Safe, Clean, and Affordable... Transport for Development" - The World Bank Group's Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012 discussed in the InfoShop on Wednesday, May 21 at 12:00pm

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& The World Bank Transport Sector Board

cordially invite you to a launch and panel discussion of

The World Bank Group's Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012
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| | Transport is a necessary, though |
| | not sufficient, contributor to |
| Wednesday, May 21 | economic development. But its |
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | contribution cannot be taken for |
| World Bank J Building | granted. |
| Auditorium J1-050 | |
| 701 18th Street, NW | In rural areas, nearly a |
| Washington, DC | billion of the world?s poorest |
| | people still do not even have |
| Refreshments will be | adequate access to one |
| served | all-weather road. |
| | In most of the cities that will |
| | soon contain half of the |
| | developing world?s population, |
| | public transport systems are |
| | struggling to cope. |
| | Many countries that have |
| | enjoyed strong trade growth in |
| | recent years are now facing |
| | capacity and quality |
| | constraints in transport and |
| | logistics. |
| | |
| | The Bank Group?s transport |
| | business strategy articulates how |
| | transport and development goals |
| | come together. |
| | |
| | Safe acknowledges the |
| | prominence of health outcomes |
| | within the Millennium |
| | Development Goals; it implies |
| | safety for transport users, for |
| | transport workers, and for the |
| | wider community. |
| | Clean reflects the contribution |
| | that transport can make to the |
| | environmental aims of the |
| | Millennium Development Goals, |
| | and the need to address its |
| | impact on climate change. |
| | Affordable acknowledges that |
| | physical supply of |
| | infrastructure is not enough. |
| | Efficient freight |
| | infrastructure, translated |
| | through well-functioning |
| | markets into affordable |
| | transport and logistics |
| | services, is critical for |
| | trade. Similarly, efficient and |
| | affordable transport underpins |
| | personal accessibility and |
| | mobility in both urban and |
| | rural areas. |
| | Finally, transport for |
| | development asserts that, while |
| | transport can have many |
| | purposes, the Bank Group?s |
| | focus must be on its |
| | contribution to economic |
| | development. |
| | |
| | For more information please visit: |
| |

www.worldbank.org/transport

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| | |
| | |
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CHAIR
Jamal Saghir
Director, Energy, Transport and Water Department, Chair Transport
Sector Board, World Bank

PRESENTER
Marc Juhel
Sector Manager, Transport, World Bank

DISCUSSANTS
Zmarak Shalizi
Co-author of the 1996 WB Transport Strategy "Sustainable Transport"

Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard
Former Director, Transport and Urban Development Department, World
Bank

Oscar de Buen
Under Secretary, Ministry of Transportation and Communication,
Mexico

Wojciech Suchorzewski
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Alistair Wray and Peter O'Neill
Senior Growth and Infrastructure Adviser and Special Adviser,
Research, DFID (U.K. Department for International Development)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the Transport Sector Board
The Transport Sector Board has an overall responsibility for
Transport in Bank operations. Its core responsibilities include:
Development of sector strategy and related operational
policies including bank procedures and guidance to staff
Overseeing quality of operational work
Human resources
Learning and Knowledge Management
Internal and External Partnerships
The Transport Sector constitutes a significant part of the World
Bank Group?s portfolio, with lending of US$33.5 billion (over 14
percent of WBG portfolio) through the 1998-2007 decade. FY07
lending has reached US$5 billion, amounting to 20 percent of the
Bank Group?s new annual commitments.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/transport

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

Edith Grace Ssempala in the InfoShop TODAY at 12:00pm in I2-250

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invite you to a book launch followed by a lunch reception
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| | |
| | |
| (Embedded image | Parliaments as Peacebuilders |
| moved to file: | in Conflict-Affected Countries |
| pic32611.jpg) | Edited by Mitchell O'Brien, Rick |
| | Stapenhurst, and Niall Johnston |
| | |
| For more | Potential sources of conflict whether |
| information and | domestic, national, or regional, can |
| to buy the | combine to create a volatile mix of |
| book, please | cultural, economic, and political divides. |
| click HERE. | Parliaments provide natural forums for |
| | addressing contentious issues in |
| | conflict-affected societies. They can |
| | encourage inclusive political systems and |
| | discourage the kinds of enabling |
| | environments where potential conflict can |
| | escalate into violence. Evidence suggests |
| | a positive correlation or nexus between |
| | democratic governance and sustainable, |
| | long-term development. This book explores |
| | the nexus between parliaments, poverty |
| | reduction and conflict prevention and how |
| | parliamentarians can contribute to |
| | managing the challenges. |
| | |
| | |
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------|

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank I Building
Room I2-250
1850 I Street, NW
Washington, DC

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

MODERATED BY
Edith Grace Ssempala
Director of International Affairs, External Affairs, World Bank
Former Ugandan Permanent Representative to the African Union and the
United Nation's Economic Commission for Africa

PRESENTED BY
Rick Stapenhurst
Senior Public Sector Management Specialist and Team Leader,
Parliamentary Strengthening Program, World Bank Institute

DISCUSSED BY
Rasheed Draman
Director of Africa Programs, Parliamentary Centre of Canada

via videoconference
Lord John Alderdice
Member of House of Lords, Parliament of the United Kingdom
Former leader of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party and the first
speaker of the new Northern Ireland Assembly

via videoconference
William Shija
Secretary-General,Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Former member of the National Assembly of Tanzania and the African
Union's Pan-African Parliament

via videoconference
Niall Johnston
Former Director of Programmes, Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

"Safe, Clean, and Affordable... Transport for Development" - The World Bank Group's Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012 discussed in the InfoShop on Wednesday, May 21 at 12:00pm

The World Bank Infoshop/Public Information Center & World Bank Transport Sector
Board

cordially invite you to a launch and panel discussion of

"Safe, Clean, and Affordable...Transport for Development"
The World Bank Group's Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012

Wednesday, May 21
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

Transport is a necessary, though not sufficient, contributor to economic
development. But its contribution cannot be taken for granted.

In rural areas, nearly a billion of the world?s poorest people still do not
even have adequate access to one all-weather road.
In most of the cities that will soon contain half of the developing world?s
population, public transport systems are struggling to cope.
Many countries that have enjoyed strong trade growth in recent years are now
facing capacity and quality constraints in transport and logistics.

The Bank Group?s transport business strategy articulates how transport and
development goals come together.

Safe acknowledges the prominence of health outcomes within the Millennium
Development Goals; it implies safety for transport users, for transport
workers, and for the wider community.
Clean reflects the contribution that transport can make to the environmental
aims of the Millennium Development Goals, and the need to address its impact
on climate change.
Affordable acknowledges that physical supply of infrastructure is not enough.
Efficient freight infrastructure, translated through well-functioning markets
into affordable transport and logistics services, is critical for trade.
Similarly, efficient and affordable transport underpins personal
accessibility and mobility in both urban and rural areas.
Finally, transport for development asserts that, while transport can have
many purposes, the Bank Group?s focus must be on its contribution to economic
development.

For more information please visit: www.worldbank.org/transport

PRESENTED BY
Marc Juhel
Sector Manager, Transport, World Bank

DISCUSSED BY
Zmarak Shalizi
Co-author of the 1996 WB Transport Strategy "Sustainable Transport"

Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard
Former Director, Transport and Urban Development Department, World Bank

Oscar de Buen
Under Secretary, Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Mexico

Wojciech Suchorzewski
Warsaw Technical University, Poland (TBC)

Alistair Wray
Senior Growth and Infrastructure Adviser, DFID (U.K. Department for
International Development)

Peter O'Neill
Special Adviser, Research, DFID (U.K. Department for International Development)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the Transport Sector Board
The Transport Sector Board has an overall responsibility for Transport
in Bank operations. Its core responsibilities include:
Development of sector strategy and related operational policies including
bank procedures and guidance to staff
Overseeing quality of operational work
Human resources
Learning and Knowledge Management
Internal and External Partnerships
The Transport Sector constitutes a significant part of the World Bank Group?s
portfolio, with lending of US$33.5 billion (over 14 percent of WBG portfolio)
through the 1998-2007 decade. FY07 lending has reached US$5 billion, amounting
to 20 percent of the Bank Group?s new annual commitments.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/transport

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

Book Launch: "Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence" on May 27 at 3:00pm in J1-050

The World Bank Public Information Center/InfoShop & Human Development
Department, Latin America and the Caribbean Region

invite you to a launch of a recent World Bank publication

Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence

Hospitals are at the center of the health care universe in Brazil and are
critical to the health of many Brazilians. Hospitals are just as critical to the
health of the government?s budget, absorbing nearly 70 percent of public
spending on health, and are thus at the forefront of policy discussions. Why
hospitals are important is easy to understand. What makes hospitals deliver
quality care efficiently?or not?is much harder to grasp.

Drawing on an eclectic array of research and evaluative studies selected from a
mix of sources, Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence,
analyzes Brazilian hospital performance along several policy dimensions,
including resource allocation and use, payment mechanisms, organizational and
governance arrangements, management practices, and regulation and quality.

Although a few Brazilian hospitals are world-class centers of excellence, many
hospitals, including those who serve Brazil?s poorest, are low performers. Yet
the Brazilian hospital system is both dynamic and pluralistic, and herein lies
its strengths. As is shown throughout the book, Brazil does not lack
approaches, ideas, innovations, and initiatives for addressing the shortcomings
of underperforming facilities. The foundations for change aimed at raising
performance are present throughout the country?s hospital system. Building upon
these foundations, an agenda for hospital reform is proposed that synthesizes
policies and practices which are integral to improving hospital performance, and
which should help policymakers and practitioners in their ?search for
excellence.?

Tuesday, May 27
3:00 - 5:00pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

CHAIRED BY
Julian Schweitzer
Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Jerry La Forgia
Lead Health Specialist, Human Development Department, Latin America and the
Caribbean Region

DISCUSSED BY
Maureen Lewis
Advisor, Office of Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank

Mukesh Chawla
Sector Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

John Briscoe
Country Director, Brazil, World Bank

Robert Murray
Executive Director, Health Services Cost Review Commission, State of Maryland

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Parliaments as Peacebuilders in Conflict-Affected Countries" presented on Tuesday, May 20 at 12:00pm in I2-250

The Public Information Center/InfoShop & the World Bank Institute

invite you to a book launch followed by a lunch reception

Parliaments as Peacebuilders in Conflict-Affected Countries
Edited by Mitchell O'Brien, Rick Stapenhurst, and Niall Johnston

Potential sources of conflict whether domestic, national, or regional, can
combine to create a volatile mix of cultural, economic, and political divides.
Parliaments provide natural forums for addressing contentious issues in
conflict-affected societies. They can encourage inclusive political systems and
discourage the kinds of enabling environments where potential conflict can
escalate into violence. Evidence suggests a positive correlation or nexus
between democratic governance and sustainable, long-term development. This book
explores the nexus between parliaments, poverty reduction and conflict
prevention and how parliamentarians can contribute to managing the challenges.

For more information and to buy the book, please click HERE.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank I Building
Room I2-250
1850 I Street, NW
Washington, DC
Please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

MODERATED BY
Edith Grace Ssempala
Director of International Affairs, External Affairs, World Bank
Former Ugandan Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United
Nation's Economic Commission for Africa

PRESENTED BY
Rick Stapenhurst
Senior Public Sector Management Specialist and Team Leader, Parliamentary
Strengthening Program, World Bank Institute

DISCUSSED BY
Rasheed Draman
Director of Africa Programs, Parliamentary Centre of Canada

via videoconference
Lord John Alderdice
Member of House of Lords, Parliament of the United Kingdom
Former leader of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party and the first speaker of the
new Northern Ireland Assembly

via videoconference
William Shija
Secretary-General,Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Former member of the National Assembly of Tanzania and the African Union's
Pan-African Parliament

via videoconference
Niall Johnston
Former Director of Programmes, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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

Book Launch: "Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence" on May 27 at 3:00pm in J1-050

(Embedded image moved to file: pic25542.jpg)
& Human Development Department, Latin America and the Caribbean
Region

invite you to a launch of a recent World Bank publication
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------|
| | |
| | |
| (Embedded image | Hospitals are at the center of the |
| moved to file: | health care universe in Brazil and are |
| pic07619.jpg) | critical to the health of many |
| | Brazilians. Hospitals are just as |
| Tuesday, May 27 | critical to the health of the |
| 3:00 - 5:00pm | government?s budget, absorbing nearly |
| World Bank J | 70 percent of public spending on |
| Building | health, and are thus at the forefront |
| Auditorium J1-050 | of policy discussions. Why hospitals |
| | are important is easy to understand. |
| For non Bank | What makes hospitals deliver quality |
| staff, please RSVP | care efficiently?or not?is much harder |
| to | to grasp. |
| infoshopevents@wor | |
| ldbank.org | Drawing on an eclectic array of |
| | research and evaluative studies |
| | selected from a mix of sources, |
| | Hospital Performance in Brazil: The |
| | Search for Excellence, analyzes |
| | Brazilian hospital performance along |
| | several policy dimensions, including |
| | resource allocation and use, payment |
| | mechanisms, organizational and |
| | governance arrangements, management |
| | practices, and regulation and quality. |
| | |
| | Although a few Brazilian hospitals are |
| | world-class centers of excellence, many |
| | hospitals, including those who serve |
| | Brazil?s poorest, are low performers. |
| | Yet the Brazilian hospital system is |
| | both dynamic and pluralistic, and |
| | herein lies its strengths. As is shown |
| | throughout the book, Brazil does not |
| | lack approaches, ideas, innovations, |
| | and initiatives for addressing the |
| | shortcomings of underperforming |
| | facilities. The foundations for change |
| | aimed at raising performance are |
| | present throughout the country?s |
| | hospital system. Building upon these |
| | foundations, an agenda for hospital |
| | reform is proposed that synthesizes |
| | policies and practices which are |
| | integral to improving hospital |
| | performance, and which should help |
| | policymakers and practitioners in their |
| | ?search for excellence.? |
| | |
| | |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------|

CHAIRED BY
Julian Schweitzer
Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Jerry La Forgia
Lead Health Specialist, Human Development Department, Latin America and the
Caribbean Region

DISCUSSED BY
Maureen Lewis
Advisor, Office of Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank

Mukesh Chawla
Sector Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank

John Briscoe
Country Director, Brazil, World Bank

Robert Murray
Executive Director, Health Services Cost Review Commission, State of
Maryland

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Parliaments as Peacebuilders in Conflict-Affected Countries" presented on Tuesday, May 20 at 12:00pm in I2-250

(Embedded image moved to file: pic20913.jpg)
& (Embedded image moved to file: pic07591.jpg)

invite you to a book launch followed by a lunch reception
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| | |
| | |
| (Embedded image | Parliaments as Peacebuilders |
| moved to file: | in Conflict-Affected Countries |
| pic06704.jpg) | Edited by Mitchell O'Brien, Rick |
| | Stapenhurst, and Niall Johnston |
| | |
| For more | Potential sources of conflict whether |
| information and | domestic, national, or regional, can |
| to buy the | combine to create a volatile mix of |
| book, please | cultural, economic, and political divides. |
| click HERE. | Parliaments provide natural forums for |
| | addressing contentious issues in |
| | conflict-affected societies. They can |
| | encourage inclusive political systems and |
| | discourage the kinds of enabling |
| | environments where potential conflict can |
| | escalate into violence. Evidence suggests |
| | a positive correlation or nexus between |
| | democratic governance and sustainable, |
| | long-term development. This book explores |
| | the nexus between parliaments, poverty |
| | reduction and conflict prevention and how |
| | parliamentarians can contribute to |
| | managing the challenges. |
| | |
| | |
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------|

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank I Building
Room I2-250
1850 I Street, NW
Washington, DC

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

MODERATED BY
Edith Grace Ssempala
Director of International Affairs, External Affairs, World Bank
Former Ugandan Permanent Representative to the African Union and the
United Nation's Economic Commission for Africa

PRESENTED BY
Rick Stapenhurst
Senior Public Sector Management Specialist and Team Leader,
Parliamentary Strengthening Program, World Bank Institute

DISCUSSED BY
Rasheed Draman
Director of Africa Programs, Parliamentary Centre of Canada

via videoconference
Lord John Alderdice
Member of House of Lords, Parliament of the United Kingdom
Former leader of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party and the first
speaker of the new Northern Ireland Assembly

via videoconference
William Shija
Secretary-General,Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Former member of the National Assembly of Tanzania and the African
Union's Pan-African Parliament

via videoconference
Niall Johnston
Former Director of Programmes, Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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