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| THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008 |
| 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
A Conversation with
Robert Zoellick,
President, The World Bank
- Interviewed by David Ellwood,
Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
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| FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 |
| 6:00 - 9:00 PM |
International Development Night @ MIT
- An exciting evening with great food and music, featuring the latest innovations coming out of MIT.
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| SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008 |
| 8:00 - 5:00 PM |
Registration - JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building, First Floor
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| 8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Coffee |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Panel Session 1
- Debating Education - Private Foundations in Latin American Education
- Solving Health Challenges - Chronic Disease in Developing Countries: Impact, Policy and Prevention
- Solving Health Challenges - Access to Essential Medicine: Policies, Approaches and Challenges
- Developing Private Sector Solutions - Financing Infrastructure in Developing Economies: What Role for the Private Sector?
- Assessing other Challenges and Opportunities - Women's Employment in Developing Countries
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| 9:30 - 12:30 PM |
Workshop Session 1
- Workshop I: Selecting Appropriate Microfinance Institution Models (MFIs)
- Workshop II: Cooperatives: A Democratic Approach to International Community Economic Development
- Workshop III: Exploring How Film and Media Advance International Development
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| 11:00 - 12:30 PM |
Panel Session 2
- Debating Education - Goals of Education: Which Education, for What, Where and Whom?
- Debating Education - Innovative Solutions to Bridge the Education Divide through Technology
- Rethinking Foreign Aid - China’s Investment: Discouraging or Encouraging Development in Africa?
- Developing Private Sector Solutions - Public Private Partnerships and Development: Hype or Helpful
- Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies - Civilian-Military Relations in Non-Permissive Environments
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| 1:00 - 2:30 PM |
Networking Lunch |
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| 3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Panel Session 3
- Rethinking Foreign Aid - The Promises and Pitfalls of Evaluating International Development Projects
- Solving Health Challenges - Health and Wealth: What is the Contribution of Health to Economic Development?
- Rethinking Foreign Aid - Ethics of International Development Aid: Rethinking the Role of Foreign Institutions
- Developing Private Sector Solutions - Changing the World through Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Perspectives from Funders and Entrepreneurs
- Assessing other Challenges and Opportunities - Mitigation, Adaptation, or Suffering? Development Strategies in the Face of Climate Change
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| 3:00 - 6:00 PM |
Workshop Session 2
- Workshop IV: Practicalities of Crafting a Performance Budget in a Developing Country Setting
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| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Panel Session 4
- Rethinking Foreign Aid - Reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions: Empowering Developing Countries?
- Solving Health Challenges - A Healthy Life, the Foundation for a Productive Education
- Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies - Developmental Relief: Relief that Empowers Communities’ Future
- Developing Private Sector Solutions - Investing in Emerging Markets and Impacts on International Development
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| SUNDAY,
APRIL 6, 2008 |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM |
Coffee |
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10:00 - 12:00 PM |
Registration - JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building, First Floor |
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| 10:30 - 12:00 PM |
Panel Session 5
- Debating Education - Measuring Educational Outcomes: Where Do We Stand?
- Rethinking Foreign Aid - The Future of Bilateral Aid - New Models For the 21st Century?
- Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies - Integration and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies: Strategy for Development
- Assessing other Challenges and Opportunities - The Poverty amid Plenty in China
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| 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Lunch & Social Event: Launch of the Empowerment Lab at the Center for International Development
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| 1:00 - 2:30 PM |
Closing Keynote Panel
The Future of Foreign Aid: Are New Players Redefining the Game?
Panelists:
- Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada - Former President of Bolivia
- Nemat Shafik - Director General Country Programmes, Department for International Development (DFID), UK
- Ad Melkert - UNDP Associate Administrator
- Geoffrey Lamb - Managing Director, Public Policy, Gates Foundation
Moderator:
- Ricardo Hausmann - Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the Harvard Kennedy School, Director of the Center for International Development
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