Friday, December 1, 2006. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
The State of Labor Globally: Strategies for Change. International Development Program, SAIS. Rome Building 200. Bama Athreya, executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund, will discuss this topic. For more information about this event click here. To RSVP, contact the International Development Program at developmentroundtable@jhu.edu or 202.663.5929.

Friday, December 1, 2006
Measuring Governance: Possibilities and Pitfalls. Center for Global Development. Center for Global Development hosted Measuring Governance: Possibilities and Pitfalls with Daniel Kaufmann, Director of Global Programs at World Bank Institute and Aart Kraay, Lead Economist with Development Research Group at World Bank. Kaufmann and Kraay presented the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (produced by Kaufmann and Kraay, with Massimo Mastruzzi) covering over 200 countries for the past decade. Following the presentation, Steve Radelet moderated a conversation with the panelists--including Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Former Minister of Finance, Nigeria and Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution, and Marianne Camerer, Co-founder and International Director, Global Integrity--exploring the strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches to measuring governance, as interest in governance by donors and developing countries has grown in recent years. Download Kaufmann and Kraay presentation (pdf, 350 KB). Video and transcript from the event coming soon. 

Friday, December 1, 2006. 2:45 PM

World AIDS Event: "No More Empty Promises Rally", presented by Africa Action, Global Justice, the Student Global AIDS Campaign, and others

Friday, December 1, 2006. 12:30pm - 2:00pm.

Transforming a Congolese Village - A Grassroots Success Story. Please join SID-Washington’s Africa Roundtable for a presentation by Mbuyu Wa Mbuyu (Puma), President and Co-Founder, Able & Willing International Education Foundation (A WIEF); Jim Carpenter, Treasurer, A WIEF, Retired Bureau of Labor Statistics; and Ameena Shrestha, Student Intern, A WIEF. Presenters will share A WIEF’s work in establishing a comprehensive education institute in a Congolese village. The Democratic Republic of the Congo maintains the second-lowest per capita growth rate (-5.0%) in the world. In 1995, Mbuyu Wa Mbuyu, a Congolese native, alongside an ex-Peace Corps volunteer, constructed a school with personal funds in a village without wells, latrines or electricity. Every year since then, Mbuyu returns to the village to organize additional school construction work and initiate various village development projects.

Monday, December 4, 2006. 12:30 p.m.
Conflict in the Niger Delta: A Tipping Point? SAIS, African Studies Program. Rome 203. Dimieari Von Kemedi, managing director of Alpha Strategy, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact smjackson@jhu.edu. 

Monday, December 4, 2006. 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

How Swaziland’s Governance Model and AIDS Crisis Intersect. A briefing on recent developments in Swaziland. Panelists will discuss a wide range of social and economic challenges currently facing Swaziland, namely its economic growth, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and the government’s handling of opposition parties. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics. Center for Global Development.

Wednesday, December 06 2006. 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Assessing Prospects for Peace in Sudan: Perspectives from Three Recent Trips to the Region. The Africa Program is pleased to join The Initiative for Inclusive Security in inviting you to a discussion with Carla Koppell, Director of The Initiative for Inclusive Security, Dave Peterson, Director of the Africa Program at the National Endowment for Democracy and Sarah Martin, Advocate at Refugees International. Panelists will discuss their findings gathered from recent visits to Sudan. Princeton Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations will moderate this event. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006. 8 p.m.
Film Screening: "Darfur Diaries". SAIS, African Studies Program. SAIS Rome Building Auditorium. The SAIS African Studies Program will host a screening of the documentary, "Darfur Diaries: Message From Home." Adam Shapiro, human rights activist and one of the filmmakers of "Darfur Diaries," will speak following the screening. For more information, contact smjackson@jhu.edu.

Thursday, December 07 2006. 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Role of Women and Healthy Families: Global Perspectives of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. Launch of WorldView Magazine Special Issue on Population. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Friday, December 8, 2006. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The United States, France and Africa: Competition or Complementarity? SAIS - Center for Transatlantic Relations and African Studies Program. SAIS - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. This daylong conference features experts from the academic and think tank community. To view a complete agenda, click here. For more information and to RSVP, contact transatlanticRSVP@jhu.edu or 202.663.5730.