"The Rise of the Unelected: Democracy and the New Separation of Powers" discussed at the InfoShop on June 6, 2007, at 12:00pm in JB1-080

InfoShop & PRMPS
cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent Cambridge
University Press publication
The Rise of the Unelected
Democracy and the New Separation of Powers
By Frank Vibert

Unelected bodies, such as independent central banks, economic regulators, risk
managers and auditors have become a worldwide phenomenon. Democracies are
increasingly turning to them to demarcate boundaries between the market and the
state, to resolve conflicts of interest and to allocate resources, even in
sensitive ethical areas such as those involving privacy or biotechnology. This
book examines the challenge that unelected bodies present to democracy and
argues that, taken together, such bodies should be viewed as a new branch of
government with their own sources of legitimacy and held to account through a
new separation of powers. Vibert suggests that such bodies help promote a more
informed citizenry because they provide a more trustworthy and reliable source
of information for decisions. This book will be of interest to specialists and
general readers with an interest in modern democracy as well as policy makers,
think tanks and journalists.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building - Lower Level Auditorium JB1-080
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)

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Moderated by
Anthony Toft
Chief Counsel, LEGEA
Anthony Toft is Chief Counsel for the East Asia and Pacific Region of the Bank.
Prior to that he spent 6 years in the Bank's Jakarta Office and 2 years in the
Front Office of the then newly established country department for the former
Soviet Union. His non-Bank experience includes 4 years with a law firm in New
York and 3 years with a law firm in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Discussed by Author
Frank Vibert
Co-founder and Director of the European Policy Forum
Frank Vibert is co-founder and Director of the European Policy Forum. Educated
at Exeter College, Oxford. He has served as a Senior Advisor at the World Bank
and Senior Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economic Research.
Previous books include Europe Simple, Europe Strong - The Future of European
Governance, published by Polity Press (2001) and Europe: A Constitution for the
Millenium. (Dartmouth 1995 - The subject of a special issue of ?Constitutional
Political Economy? Vol 7 , No 4, 1996) He writes extensively on regulation and
constitutional questions.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 Rise of the Unelected: Democracy and the New Separation of Powers" discussed at the InfoShop on June 6, 2007, at 12:00pm in JB1-080

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cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent
Cambridge University Press publication
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| | The Rise of the Unelected |
| | Democracy and the New Separation of |
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| Rise of the | Unelected bodies, such as independent |
| Unelected | central banks, economic regulators, risk |
| | managers and auditors have become a |
| | worldwide phenomenon. Democracies are |
| | increasingly turning to them to demarcate |
| | boundaries between the market and the |
| | state, to resolve conflicts of interest |
| | and to allocate resources, even in |
| | sensitive ethical areas such as those |
| | involving privacy or biotechnology. This |
| | book examines the challenge that |
| | unelected bodies present to democracy and |
| | argues that, taken together, such bodies |
| | should be viewed as a new branch of |
| | government with their own sources of |
| | legitimacy and held to account through a |
| | new separation of powers. Vibert suggests |
| | that such bodies help promote a more |
| | informed citizenry because they provide a |
| | more trustworthy and reliable source of |
| | information for decisions. This book will |
| | be of interest to specialists and general |
| | readers with an interest in modern |
| | democracy as well as policy makers, think |
| | tanks and journalists. |
| | |
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building - Lower Level Auditorium JB1-080
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)

________________________________________________________________________________
Moderated by
Anthony Toft
Chief Counsel, LEGEA
Anthony Toft is Chief Counsel for the East Asia and Pacific Region
of the Bank. Prior to that he spent 6 years in the Bank's Jakarta
Office and 2 years in the Front Office of the then newly established
country department for the former Soviet Union. His non-Bank
experience includes 4 years with a law firm in New York and 3 years
with a law firm in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Discussed by Author
Frank Vibert
Co-founder and Director of the European Policy Forum
Frank Vibert is co-founder and Director of the European Policy
Forum. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He has served as a Senior
Advisor at the World Bank and Senior Fellow at the World Institute
for Development Economic Research. Previous books include Europe
Simple, Europe Strong - The Future of European Governance, published
by Polity Press (2001) and Europe: A Constitution for the Millenium.
(Dartmouth 1995 - The subject of a special issue of ?Constitutional
Political Economy? Vol 7 , No 4, 1996) He writes extensively on
regulation and constitutional questions.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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: "Energy for Development: Twenty-First Century Challenges of Reform and Liberalization in Developing Countries" discussed at the InfoShop on May 24, 2007, at 12:00pm in J1-050

(See attached file: Energy For Development.pdf)

REMINDER: "Energy for Development: Twenty-First Century Challenges of Reform and Liberalization in Developing Countries" discussed at the InfoShop on May 24, 2007, at 12:00pm in J1-050

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Energy, Transport, and Water Department, World Bank
Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication
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| | ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT |
| | Twenty-First Century Challenges of Reform |
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| | A rare and insightful investigation into |
| | the energy sector of the developing |
| | world, Energy for Development provides |
| | comparative case studies of countries |
| | going through the reform process(China, |
| | India, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, |
| | South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa), |
| | evaluates reform experience, discusses |
| | the lessons which can be learned and |
| | identifies the challenges at the national |
| | and global level which these developing |
| | countries face. |
| | |
| | A topical and timely book that seeks to |
| | explore the anxiety and insecurities felt |
| | by, and toward the energy sector. |
| | |
| | ?A book that should be mandatory reading |
| | for all government, industry and other |
| | stakeholder interests in global energy |
| | policy development and implementation? |
| | Jack Siegel - Former Assistant Acting |
| | Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. |
| | Department of Energy, and Chair Fossil |
| | Fuel Working Party, International Energy |
| | Agency |
| | |
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050, 701 18th Street, NW

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Chaired by
Jamal Saghir
Director, Energy, Transport and Water, in the Sustainable Vice
Presidency (SDNVP), World Bank
Jamal Saghir is the chair of the Energy and Mining Sector Board,
Transport Sector Board, and Water Sector Board. Mr. Saghir joined
the Bank in 1990 and worked on a variety of private sector
development, privatization and restructuring assignments in Africa,
Latin America, the CIS countries and the Middle East and North
Africa. In 1994, Mr. Saghir joined the Middle East Country
Department then transferred to the Private Sector Development and
Infrastructure Division in 1995. In 1999, Mr. Saghir was appointed
Sector Manager, in the Infrastructure Development Group in MENA.

Moderated by
Moeen Qureshi
Chairman and Managing Partner of EMP Global L.L.C
Mr. Qureshi is the Chairman and Managing Partner of asset management
company EMP Global L.L.C. He served as Prime Minister of Pakistan in
1993.
From 1980 to 1991 he was with the World Bank, first as Senior Vice
President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, then as Senior
Vice President for Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Qureshi served at
the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as Vice President
between 1974-1977, and as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer from 1977-1981. He was with the International
Monetary Fund from 1958 to 1970 and served both at headquarters and
in the field in a variety of senior economic and operations
assignments before joining the IFC.
He is a member of the Board of the AIG Global Trade and Political
Risk Insurance Company, and a member of the International Advisory
Board of the American International Group (AIG). He is also a
member of the Board of Directors of The Education for Employment
Foundation, and a Trustee of the Bibliotheca Alexandria in Egypt.

Presented by Author
Rangaswamy Vedavalli
Rangaswamy Vedavalli is former Principal Economist and Manager of
Energy Operations of the World Bank and former Director of Energy
Facilitation Program of the World Energy Council. At the World Bank
Vedavalli worked in several countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America
and the Middle East as Manager of oil, gas, power, energy
efficiency, renewable energy, energy sector adjustment and
restructuring and promotion of private investment in energy
operations. Vedavalli prepared policy papers for the World Bank
board on petroleum, power and energy efficiency to reform energy
sector to promote private investment in developing countries.
Vedavalli was the World Bank representative for the World Energy
Council focusing on energy issues of developing countries.
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About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center and development
bookstore of the World Bank. It functions as the only publicly
accessible space at headquarters, providing internal and external
audiences access to over 6000 titles published by the World Bank,
other international organizations, and other publishers on
development issues. It is a space where information and documents
on World Bank development operations, economic data, and strategies,
can be read easily and comfortably at workstations designed for
public use. In addition, the InfoShop hosts book launches,
exhibits, seminars, receptions, and other community outreach events,
and also carries videos, posters, CD-ROMs, and gift items.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/InfoShop

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Reminder: Limits to Liberalization: Local Culture in a Global Marketplace on May 22, 2007, 3:00-5:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop and Cultural Heritage Thematic Group
cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent Cornell University
Press publication

Limits to Liberalization: Local Culture in a Global Marketplace
by Patricia M. Goff

The culture industries are noteworthy exceptions to the rhetorical commitment of
Western countries to free trade as a major goal. Patricia Goff traces the
rationale for "cultural protectionism" in trade policies of Canada, France, and
the European Union. The result is a larger understanding of the forces that
shape international trade agreements and a book that speaks to current
theoretical concerns about national identity as it plays out in politics and
international relations.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
3:00 - 5:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)
Cookies and Coffee will be served

Moderator
Mark Woodward
Senior Social Development Specialist, Sustainable Development Department, Europe
and Central Asia Region, World Bank
Mark Woodward is a Senior Social Development Specialist in the World Bank's
Europe and Central Asia Region where he has been working on a variety of issue
areas including mobilizing cultural heritage in support of sustainable
development, notably in the Balkans and the South Caucasus. Mr. Woodward has a
Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University.

Author
Patricia Goff
Associate Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and
Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation
Patricia Goff specializes in International Political Economy and International
Relations Theory. She holds an Honours
B.A. in French and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario, an
M.A. in French Literature from McMaster
University, a Diplôme d?études approfondies in Comparative Politics from the
University of Paris, and a Ph.D. in
Political Science from Northwestern University. She is co-editor with Kevin C.
Dunn of Identity and Global Politics
(Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2004) and co-editor with Paul Heinbecker of
Irrelevant or Indispensable: the United Nations
in the 21st Century (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005).

Commentary
JP Singh
Assistant professor in the Communication, Culture and Technology Program at
Georgetown University
J. P. Singh is a professor and an Editor of Research Policy Review. Mr. Singh
authored Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications
Restructuring and co-edited (with James N. Rosenau) Information Technologies and
Global Politics. His current book project is titled Negotiating the Global
Information Economy. He has authored nearly thirty journal articles and book
chapters. He is Chair of the Science, Technology and Environmental Politics
section of the American Political Science Association; President of the
International Communication Section of the International Studies Association;
and Vice President of the Policy Studies Organization.

About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center and development bookstore of the
World Bank. It functions as the only publicly accessible space at headquarters,
providing internal and external audiences access to over 6000 titles published
by the World Bank, other international organizations, and other publishers on
development issues. It is a space where information and documents on World Bank
development operations, economic data, and strategies, can be read easily and
comfortably at workstations designed for public use. In addition, the InfoShop
hosts book launches, exhibits, seminars, receptions, and other community
outreach events, and also carries videos, posters, CD-ROMs, and gift items.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop

Reminder: Schedule of InfoShop Events for May 22, 2007

InfoShop invites you to attend:

Services Trade and Development: The Experience of Zambia at 10:00am in J1-050

Humor at Work - Come share a laugh with Queen Aishah at noon in JB1-080

Making the Most of Scarcity: Accountability for Better Water Management
in the Middle East and North Africa at noon in J1-050

Limits to Liberalization: Local Culture in a Global Marketplace at 3:00pm in
J1-050

Please RSVP to Infoshopevents@worldbank.org

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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 6000 titles published by the
World Bank, international organizations, and other publishers on development
issues.

For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop

Schedule of InfoShop Events for May 22, 2007

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invites you to attend

Services Trade and Development: The Experience of Zambia at 10:00am in J1-050

Humor at Work - Come share a laugh with Queen Aishah at noon in JB1-080

Making the Most of Scarcity
Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and
North Africa
at noon in J1-050

Limits to Liberalization: Local Culture in a Global Marketplace at 3:00pm in
J1-050

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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 6000 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