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JANUARY 2007

 


Thursday, January 4, 2006. 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Repercussions from the Current Crisis in Somalia. Middle East Institute. The MEI Boardman Room, 1761 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036.


Tuesday, January 9, 2006. 12:00PM

Global Financial Warriors: The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post 9/11 World. Heritage Foundation. Speaker: John B. Taylor, Author of Global Financial Warriors


Tuesday, January 9, 2006. 2:00- 4:00 PM
BOOK FORUM: Global Financial Warriors: The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post 9-11 World. American Enterprise Institute, Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036


Tuesday, January 9, 2006. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

"Political and Economic Reforms in Morocco". SAIS African Studies Program. Rome Building Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Lahcen Haddad, professor at Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact Tim Resch at TResch@usaid.gov.


Wednesday, January 10, 2007. 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Book Launch "2006 GLOBAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT: Holding Power to Account". World Bank J Building, 701 18th St., Room J1-050 (auditorium to the left of the lobby).


Wednesday, January 10, 2007. 12:00pm - 1:30pm

U.S. Climate Initiatives. Society for International Development - Environment Workgroup. Location: World Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037-1193.


Wednesday, January 10, 2007. 8:30 am to 10:30 am

M-Government: Enabling Better Service Delivery with Mobile Technologies. World Bank, Room I1-200, 1850 I Street NW, Washington DC.


Thursday, January 11, 2006. 12:00-2:00pm

Local Governance Series: " Local Governance Industrial Countries" and " Local Governance: Developing Countries". World Bank J building, (701 18th St.,) Room J1-050 (auditorium to the left of the lobby). Pr. Roger Allen


Wednesday, January 17, 2006. 12:00-2:00pm

Lubuto (Zambia) Library Project Update and Film Viewing. Society for International Development -Development Information Workgroup. Location: Conference Room, Winrock International, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA 22209


January 21-26, 2007
Transforming Transportation. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC


Monday, January 22, 2007. 12:00-2:00pm

Book Launch "World Bank Legal Review". World Bank J building, (701 18th St.) Room J1-050 (auditorium to the left of the lobby) 


Monday, January 22, 2007. 5:30-7:30pm

Book Launch "Savings, CGAP". World Bank J building, (701 18th St.) Room J1-050 (auditorium to the left of the lobby) 


January 22-24, 2007

Phacilitate Vaccine Forum Baltimore 2007. Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, 700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore MD 21202


Tuesday, January 23, 2006. 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Water and Sanitation Services for the Urban Poor. Arif Hasan, founder and Chairman of the Urban Resource Centre and consultant to the Orangi Pilot Project, Karachi. Gordon McGranahan, Head, Human Settlements Group, International Institute for Environment and Development


Tuesday, January 23, 2006. 12:00-2:00pm

Book Launch: "Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth". World Bank J building, (701 18th St.,) Room J1-050 (auditorium to the left of the lobby) 


Thursday, January 25, 2006. 10:00-