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****FEATURED EVENT**** Tuesday, September 27, 2005. 1:00 PM Nigerian Business Forum Presents Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Honorable Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria. NBF Leadership Speaker Series III. Venue: Blue Gin Lounge, (http://www.bluegindc.com/), 1206 Wisconsin Avenue, NW (Georgetown), Washington, DC. 202.965.5555. VISIT: http://www.nbfonline.org/. Free admission & Admission only w/RSVP. RSVP: info@nbfonline.org. Ayo Adenuga,mailto:ayoa@nbfonline.org (202) 435.5075, Dare Odugbesan,mailto:dareo@nbfonline.org (704) 668. 6694.
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September Event Listings Center for Global Development - Events
August 28 - September 3, 2005 Friday,
afrikafé International First Friday. Featuring: DOREEN BAINGANA - Writer (Uganda). Bossa Bistro & Lounge (Adams Morgan), 2463 18th St. NW, Washington, DC. FREE; Complimentary Hors D'Oeuvres - Cash Bar. Dress: Casual. Contact: events@afrikafe.com; No need to RSVP. Tuesday, 06 September 2005. 9.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA) General Monthly Meeting. Usual Place: Conference Room at the offices of the National Council of Churches and Church World Service, United Methodist Building, 110 Maryland Ave, Suite 108. For access please use the button pad, press 108 and the red button for entrance. Remember to use the 110 entrance a little way along on Maryland Ave, not the 100 Maryland Ave corner door at 1st St and Maryland Ave. Contact Jennifer Davis, jendavis@igc.org. Tuesday, September 06, 2005. 10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. From Islamism to Muslim Democracy: The Challenges of Political Inclusion in Muslim Countries. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tuesday, September 06, 2005. 6:00-8:00 PM Panel Discussion: Multilateralism in Western Africa: Regional Organizations and the United Nations. The Embassy of Mali in Washington and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area. At the residence of the Honourable Abdoulaye Diop, Ambassador of the Republic of Mali to the United States, 2131 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008. The program will begin with a taste of traditional delicacies from Mali and will close with the performance of a Malian traditional lute-harp player. The speakers will feature: H.E Abdoulaye Diop, Ambassador of Mali to the United States, Robert J. Berg, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Caroline Sergeant, Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank for the United Kingdom and Development Counsellor at the British Embassy (invited). Vivian Derryck, Senior Vice President, Academy for Educational Development, will moderate the panel. $15 Admission Fee. Registration is limited, first come, first served. Please, R.S.V.P. by Friday, September 2nd to kamissa@unanca.org, Or at 202–518-0471. Please make your check payable to UNA-NCA and mail it to 1808 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite #101,, Washington, DC 20009-5752.September 6-7, 2005 Financial Stability—Central Banking and Supervisory Challenges. Conference Organized by the IMF Institute and the Monetary and Financial Systems Department, Washington, D.C. Wednesday, September 07, 2005. 10.00 am–11.30 am.Launch of Amnesty International report on Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline: "Contracting Out of Human Rights". Amnesty International USA. J.W. Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (14th Street Entrance) Salon H , Washington, DC. Contact Mila Rosenthal (212) 633-4196Wednesday, September 07, 2005. 12:30 - 2:00 PMIdentifying Reticent Respondents: Assessing the
Quality of Survey Data on Corruption and Values. Thursday, September 8, 2005 A Day for Darfur. Africa Action. Lafayette Park (in front of White House), Off 16th Street and H Street, NW, Washington, DC. Contact: Akenji Ndumu. mobilize@africaaction.org, 202-546 7961 Thursday,
September 8, 2005. 9:30 am - 11:00 am Thursday, September 8, 2005. 2:30-4:00 p.m. IMF Center Economic Forum - IMF Conditionality: Good, Bad, or Ugly? IMF Auditorium (Visitors enter via IMF Center), 720 19th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 8, 2005. 5:30-8:00 PM The Future of the United Nations: Understanding
the Past to Chart a Way Forward. Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth
Floor, American Enterprise Institute,1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036 Thursday, September
8, 2005. 6:45-8:45pm Friday, September 09, 2005. 09:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Evolving to Open ICT Ecosystems. Seminar. World Bank, Room I1-200, 1850 I Street NW, Washington, DC. This discussion will focus on the key recommendations of the Berkman Center’s latest report, “The Roadmap to Open ICT Ecosystems”, and will invite your reaction and feedback on how governments, industry and civil society can collaborate to build, and reap the benefits of, open ICT ecosystems. Friday, September 09, 2005. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Getting Beyond the Borders in Developing Countries: Trade Facilitation in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization. With Evdokia Moïse, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Trade Liberalization and Review Division, Trade Directorate, OECD (Paris). Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Friday, September 09, 2005. 7:00PM-11:00 PM Fundraiser for the Children of Liberia - Supporting Schools in Liberia. Theme: Creating a Brighter Future for Our Nations Children. The Children of Africa Relief & Education Fund in collaboration with Coalition of Concerned Liberians & Tappita District Development Association cordially invite you to attend the 1st Annual Unity Gala. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Laurence Konmla Bropleh, Permanent Representative to the UN Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches. National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045. Donation: $40. Please call Bantie Forschner at 202-337-4767 to RSVP. (forschba@msn.com) Monday, September 12, 2005, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Investing in Africa's Future: U.S. Agricultural Development Assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa. A special panel discussion moderated by Peter McPherson to mark the release of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa -- Resources for the Future report: Investing in Africa's Future: U.S. Agricultural Development Assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Watch the Live Webcast. Monday, September 12, 2005. 12:30-1:30 PM Inclusive Security, Sustainable Peace: A Toolkit for Advocacy and Action. InterAction, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 701, Washington, DC. Monday, September 12, 2005. 12:30 - 2:00 PM Making The Law Accessible and Enforceable: How
Laws Can Help to Address the Forest Governance
Challenge.
Monday, September 12, 2005. 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Book Launch--Energy and Security: Toward a New Foreign Policy Strategy. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Monday, September 12, 2005. 2:30-4:30 PM African Health and Development: Are
the Millennium Development Goals Helpful?
Wohlstetter
Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, American Enterprise Institute,1150
Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Monday, September 12 - October 7, 2005 Workshop: WomenLead in the Fight Against AIDS. Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036. Tuesday September 13, 2005. 7:45 a.m. "Foreign Policy: A View from Congress". Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University. Hearing Room 419, Dirksen Senate Office Building, 1st and C Streets, NE. The forum, co-hosted with Transatlantic magazine and The Financial Times, features Richard Lugar (keynote speaker), Republican U.S. senator from Indiana and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Lionel Barber, U.S. managing editor of The Financial Times, and Robert Guttman, editor-in-chief of Transatlantic. RSVP to transatlanticRSVP@jhu.edu or 202.663.5730. Tuesday, September 13, 2005. 8:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Building for the Future: Women’s Role in Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tuesday, September 13, 2005. 10:00 a.m. Regular press briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, IMF Director of External Relations. Room R-710 IMF Headquarters. Tuesday, September 13, 2005. 12:30 - 2:00 PM Smoking,
Drinking, Gambling, Polluting, and Driving: Theory and Practice of
Excise Taxation. Tuesday, September 13, 2005. 12:30 - 2:00 PM A Preview of the United Nations General Assembly. Brookings Briefing. Falk Auditorium The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Tuesday,
September 13, 2005. 2:00 p.m. Tuesday,
September 13, 2005. 4:00 pm - 5:30
pm Wednesday, September 14, 2005. 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. AGOA, Five Years Later: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead. A half-day conference examining the legacy of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, and assessing ways to ensure that AGOA's potential is fully realized. Two panels will consider AGOA's contribution to improving market access and building trade capacity. A luncheon keynote address will be delivered by Gobind Nankani, World Bank Vice President for Africa. Watch the live webcast. Wednesday, September 14, 2005. 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Forum on Child Marriage in Developing Countries. U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, N.W., Room 1912, Washington, DC. Wednesday, September 14, 2005. 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. “Discrimination, Domination, and Violence: Women in Armed Conflict”. Society for International Development--Women in Development Workgroup (SID/WID). Wednesday, September 14, 2005. 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Ghost of 0.7%: Origins and Relevance of the International Aid Target. Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. On the occasion of the opening of the UN Summit, CGD presents a lunch seminar entitled "Ghost of 0.7%: Origins and Relevance of the International Aid Target." This seminar will feature CGD Research Fellows Michael Clemens and Todd Moss. A light lunch will be provided. Download the paper. As seating is limited, please RSVP by Sept. 12th to Events@cgdev.org Thursday, September 15, 2005. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Islam, Gender, and Reproductive Health: Part 6 of 6. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Thursday, September 15, 2005. 12:30 - 2:00 PM Improving
the Approach to Implementing Integrated Tax Systems.
Thursday, September 15, 2005. 2:30 - 5:00 PM Democracy in Africa: Political Transition and Violence in Togo, Guinea, and Zimbabwe. A panel of academics and civil society representatives will discuss the factors that lead to violence during political transitions in Africa. US Institute of Peace Friday, September 16, 2005. 6:00pm - 9:30pm Friday, September 16,
2005. 6:30pm Tuesday, September 20, 2005. 11:00 a.m. - 12:30
p.m. Tuesday, September 20, 2005. 7:30 p.m. Staying Alive in Luangwa Valley. National Geographic Live!. Part of a series of events entitled Africa: A New Look, inspired by September’s all-Africa issue of National Geographic magazine. At the National Geographic's Gilbert H. Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600 M Street N.W., Washington, D.C. Writer Alexandra Fuller, whose article in the Africa issue describes her travels with Zambian game wardens—some of them former poachers—in wildlife-rich Luangwa Valley, will be joined by Hammer Simwinga, a Zambian conservationist who educates Valley inhabitants about the value of wildlife, and National Geographic senior editor Oliver Payne for a conversation about balancing wildlife conservation with the needs of Zambia’s people. Fuller is the author of “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” a critically-acclaimed memoir of her childhood in Africa. This event is co-sponsored with the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Tickets: $14 (members)/$17 (nonmembers) Wednesday, September 21, 2005. Noon – 2 p.m. New Report on Financing For Development. New Rules for Global Finance Coalition. 1660 L Street, NW, #1200, Washington, DC. Introduction to the Financing for Development Follow-up Process--Daniel Platz, Financing for Development Office, UN; Recommendations to Prevent Financial Crises and to Reduce their Impact-Randall Dodd, President, Financial Policy Forum; Innovative Recommendations for Strengthening the Real Economy, and Governance of the IMF and “Other” International Financial Rule-making Bodies--Aldo Caliari, Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern. Moderated by Jo Marie Griesgraber, Chair New Rules for Global Finance Coalition. RSVP: jbaker@new-rules.org. Please join members of New Rules for a presentation on the principal Recommendations—with ample time for questions. Download the recommendations at: http://www.new-rules.org/ffdfinalrecommendations.pdfWednesday, September 21, 2005, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. “The Lubuto Library Project”. Society for International Development--Development Information Workgroup. Wednesday, September 21,
2005. 2:00 PM–4:00 PM Wednesday, September 21, 2005. 2:30 pm - 4:30
pm Thursday, September 22, 2005. 10:00 – 11:30 am Global Development: Which Way Forward? Aid, Growth, and Economic Policy in Developing Countries. Public Citizen, 1600 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009. Featuring: Romilly Greenhill, Policy Officer, ActionAid; Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research; Sony Kapoor, Senior Advisor, Christian Aid and Jubilee USA Network. Moderated by Emira Woods, Co-Director, Foreign Policy In Focus. 2005 has seen an unprecedented mobilization on development issues. Millions around the world have campaigned for more and better aid, debt cancellation and fairer trade rules. Developments at the recent G8 Summit and the UN World Summit have also brought these issues to the fore, with limited promises of increased aid and debt relief. But will the promises of Gleneagles really help to lift millions out of poverty? Please RSVP to beeton@cepr.net by September 21. For more information, call 202-293-5380 x 104. Thursday, September 22, 2005. 1–2:45 pm A “Bottom Line” Perspective on the Doha Development Agenda “Aid for Trade”, Enhanced National Revenues, and Debt Sustainability - A Panel Discussion. Room C1-100, World Bank Main Complex Building, 1818 H Street NW. International Working Group on Trade-Finance Linkages and Interaction Thursday, September 22, 2005. 3:15–5 pm Human Rights, Trade And Finance: The Case Of Agricultural Trade - A Workshop. Room C1-100, World Bank Main Complex Building, 1818 H Street NW. International Working Group on Trade-Finance Linkages and Interaction Thursday, September 22, 2005. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Friday, 23 September 2005. 8:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. The Future of the World Bank: A CGD Symposium. Center for Global Development. Westin Embassy Row Hotel, 2100 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. Friday, September 23, 2005. 9:45am-11:15am. An Open Discussion with the World Bank Inspection Panel. At the Center for International Environmental Law, 1367 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite #300, Washington DC. Please join us for an open discussion with Edith Brown-Weiss (Chair) and other members and staff of the World Bank Inspection Panel. The Inspection Panel will make a brief presentation on their current work, opportunities, and challenges in strengthening project accountability at the World Bank. The session, however, is to be defined by civil society and we therefore ask you to suggest agenda items. We will also have an open question and answer session with the Inspection Panel members. Kindly send any suggestions of agenda items to Karen Showalter at 202.624.0632 or kshowalter@bicusa.org. Friday, September 23, 2005. 12:00 noon The UN Gang: A Memoir of Incompetence, Corruption, Espionage, Anti-Semitism and Islamic Extremism at the UN Secretariat. Heritage Foundation Friday, 23 September 2005. 2.30 pm–5.30 pm The Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF invites you to participate in an Afternoon of Reflection and Discernment: “Broaden the Space of Your Tent”. As people of faith, our hearts are broken by the horrors of war and economic injustice. The war in Iraq and the devastation of unrelenting poverty evoke from us a cry for change. We take the occasion of the annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF to pause and to pray, to reflect and to discern our call as people of faith to action. St. Peter's Church on Capitol Hill, 313 Second Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. 202-544-1618. Contact information: http://adna.africafocus.org; Marie Dennis mdennis@maryknoll.org. Friday, 23 September 2005. 3.30 pm–5.15 pm What Future for World Bank Conditionality: A Critical NGO Debate. Hosted by European Network on Debt and Development. Saturday, 24 September 2005. 02:00-06:00 PM 2005 Small States Forum. Venue: World Bank complex, Room JB1-080, 701 18th Street, N.W. Washington, DC. Representatives of the 45 small developing countries that are members of the World Bank are planning to meet with partner institution representatives (Commonwealth Secretariat, European Union, IMF, UNCTAD, World Bank, and World Trade Organization) at the 2005 Small States Forum. Participants will discuss constraints and opportunities faced by these countries (most with a population of less than 1.5 million) and consider an assessment of the relevance of the agenda set out in the Small States Task Force report of April 2000. Forum will take place in conjunction with the World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings. September 24-25, 2005 2005 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. September 24-27, 2005 Monday, September 26, 2005. 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Media in International Affairs. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Monday, September 26, 2005. 9.00 am–5.00 pm.Democratic Republic of Congo: Post Conflict Development and the World Bank. Friends of the Earth US. Contact: Michelle Medeiros 202.222.0717.Monday, September 26, 2005. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Can Innovative Financing Help Close the Gap on the Millennium Development Goals? Global Economy and Development Briefing. Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Monday, September 26, 2005. 12:00 p.m. (Lunch included) United Nations Reform: Beyond the Blame Game. Cato Institute Capitol Hill Briefing. B-354 Rayburn House Office Building Tuesday September 27, 2005. 9am – 6pm Conference on Alternative Macroeconomic Policies for Fighting HIV/AIDS, Achieving Education for All, and Economic Development. An Open Dialogue between Economists and HIV/AIDS, Health, and Education Advocates. ActionAid International USA Tuesday, September 27, 2005. 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The First International Conservative Conference on Social Justice. Heritage Foundation. Tuesday, September 27, 2005. 1:00 PM Nigerian Business Forum Presents Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Honorable Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria. NBF Leadership Speaker Series III. Venue: Blue Gin Lounge, (http://www.bluegindc.com/), 1206 Wisconsin Avenue, NW (Georgetown), Washington, DC. 202.965.5555. VISIT: http://www.nbfonline.org/. Free admission & Admission only w/RSVP. RSVP: info@nbfonline.org. Ayo Adenuga,mailto:ayoa@nbfonline.org (202)435.5075, Dare Odugbesan,mailto:dareo@nbfonline.org (704)668.6694. September 27-30, 2005 Symposium on Early Child Development - Investment in Human Capital for Economic Growth. The World Bank’s Human Development Network, Children and Youth Unit. Wednesday, September 28, 2005. 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Terrorism, Drugs, Crime, Poverty, and Tax Evasion: The Ties That Bind. A Discussion of Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System. The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC. Wednesday, September 28, 2005. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Religion, Globalization and Democracy. A Director's Forum with His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Wednesday, September 28, 2005. 12:00-2:00 PM “Microenterprise and Economic Growth: Youth and Microenterprise”. Society for International Development--Development Finance Workgroup; co-sponsored with The QED Group, LLC. Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Final Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions. With author Trudy Huskamp Peterson. Final Acts is a guide to questions of law, politics, physical preservation, and access regarding materials generated by the 20 truth commissions that have completed the work of examining and reporting on the abuses of deposed regimes. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Thursday, September 29, 2005, 12:15 – 1:15 PM “Beyond Corporate Responsibility: The Challenge of Communicating the Accountability and Sustainability Agendas in the Developing World”. Society for International Development--Corporate Responsibility Roundtable. Friday, September 30, 2005. 6:00pm - 9:30pm Coming in October Saturday, October 1, 2005. 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm TransAfrica Forum's Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library 12th Anniversary Reception & Fundraiser. Mimi’s American Bistro, 2120 P Street, NW, Washington, DC. Friday, October 7, 2005. 7:00 - 9:00 pm Caring for Kaela Annual Fundraiser: "SAHELIAN NIGHTS": an evening of food and fellowship as we discover the country of Chad, Central Africa, and some of the economic challenges it faces in this new millennium. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Djime D. Adoum, Ph.D., USDA Evaluation Specialist and President of the Mid-Atlantic Chadian Community Association (MACCA). Kiwanis Club, 38 E. Sudbrook Lane, Pikesville, MD 21208. Admission is free. CFK’s mission is to eradicate poverty in the developing world. For additional information contact: Nathalie Losson at (410) 602-2795 or by email at CFK@caringforkaela.org or visit our website at http://www.caringforkaela.org/
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