The year 2007: Visit of Heads of Academic Networks to World Bank Headquarters
June 11-12, 2007, Washington D.C.
The Chair of the RAD and two Steering Committee representatives were invited to join the Visit of heads of international academic network to the World Bank headquarters, to meet with senior Bnak staff and discuss ways of working together.
Program
List of participants
A summary of the visit will be available online soon.
RAD Annual Meeting 2007 and partial renewal of the Steering Committee
Program
A summary of the meeting will be available online soon.
New composition of the RAD Steering Committee.
Read the RAD Annual Report 2006/ 2007.
3rd PhD Workshop on the World Bank
May 16, 2007, Bled, Slovenia
Program
A summary of the workshop will be available online soon.
Final Jury and Award Ceremony of the International Essay Competition 2007
May 17, 2007, Bled, Slovenia
Watch the ceremony online
Read the winning essays
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE)
May 17-18, 2007, Bled, Slovenia
The RAD organized 4 parallel sessions at ABCDE Slovenia: 1. ‘Taxation and state-building’ (Odd-Helge Fjeldstad),
2. ‘Inclusive research in development’ (Diane Stone),
3. ‘Banking for Development’ (Javier Santiso),
4. ‘Private Sector Contributions to Development through Core Labor Standards in World Bank Lending and Procurement’ (Kristian Weise).
ABCDE Slovenia website
The year 2006: World Bank - IMF Annual Meetings in Singapore Representatives of the RAD were present at the Annual Meetings in Singapore, participating in panels at the Civil Society Forum and the Program of Seminars.
Annual Meetings homepage
Workshop for doctoral students doing research on the World Bank
On September 18, at the occassion of the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Singapore, a workshop was held, whereby 17 young researchers presented and discussed their work about the World Bank.
Summary of the workshop
RAD Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan The Annual Meeting of the Researchers' Alliance for Development took place in Tokyo, Japan, on 28 May 2006, at the occassion of the ABCDE Conference.
Program of the Annual Meeting RAD Annual Report 2005/ 2006 A summary of the meeting as well as the RAD Work Plan 2006/2007 will be available online soon. Watch pictures of the RAD Annual Meeting
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Tokyo, Japan Thanks to the support of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, the ABCDE was held for the first time in East Asia on May 29-30, 2006 at Mita House in Tokyo. Over the two days, nearly 900 people participated in the conference, marking an attendance record in the history of the ABCDE.
The RAD has been actively participating in the organization of the ABCDE:
a) Chair of the RAD Steering Committee, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, has contributed to the final shape of the program through his work in the Advisory Committee of the ABCDE Tokyo;
b) RAD members have organized 3 parallel sessions at ABCDE 2006: ‘Infrastructure and Governance’ (Odd-Helge Fjeldstad), ‘Transit Migration and the Economy of Transit Countries’ (Philippe Fargues) and ‘China and India Impact In Developing Countries: Africa, Asia And Latin America’ (Javier Santiso);
c) RAD member, Joyashree Roy, Jadavpur University, India, chaired the plenary session on ‘Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Development’.
 Watch pictures of the RAD Network at the ABCDE Conference in Tokyo.
International Essay Competition Jury and Award Ceremony, Tokyo, Japan
Members of the RAD participated in works of the Essay Competition Steering Committee and the Selection Committee (Jury). 
Watch pictures and video of the Award Ceremony.
Meeting of academic networks and senior World Bank management, Tokyo, Japan
During ABCDE 2006 (Tokyo), representatives of academic networks (RAD, International Association of University Presidents, Association of Commonwealth Universities, EADI and ASEAN University Network met with François Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, The World Bank; Ian Goldin, Vice President, External Affairs, Communications and United Nations Affairs, The World Bank; Yukio Yoshimura, Special Representative, Japan, The World Bank; and Alan H. Gelb, Director, Development Policy, The World Bank. Representatives of the Japanese Ministry of Finance were also present: Kyoto Ido, Director General, International Bureau and Koichi Hasegawa, Director, Development Institutions, Division, International Bureau.
Watch pictures of a meeting of academic networks and World Bank management
Development Compact Seminar, Paris, France On May 2-3, 2006, the World Bank organized a Compact Seminar together with the Sorbonne Pantheon University, Paris-1, RAD member institution, for graduate (research major) students of development studies.
The year 2005: RAD Chair's visit to World Bank Headquarters, Washington D.C. The Chair of the RAD, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, visited the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC, on 16-18 November 2005, for a series of meetings with:
Vinay K. Bhargava, Director, Operations & International Affairs, Emmanuel Jimenez , Director, WDR 2007, Maya Brahmam, Head, Speakers Bureau, Christopher Neal, Senior Communications Advisor, Development Economics Vice Presidency, Axel Peuker , Manager, Investment Climate Unit (CICIC), Charles Udomsaph, Investment Climate Unit, Ian Goldin, Vice President, External Affairs, L. Alan Winters , Director, Development Research Group, Boris Pleskovic, Development Economics Vice Presidency, Ed Campos, Lead Public Sector Specialist, Tuan Minh Le, Public Finance Economist, Jean-Jacques Dethier , Research Manager, DECRS, Development Economics.
Triennal Conference of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), July 11-15, 2005, Bangkok The Challenge of Globalization and the Role of Higher Education was the theme of the conference organized by the IAUP, member organization of the RAD since March 2005. The very timely topic highlighted the need for partnership-building as an important tool to enhance development results, in both the performance of higher education systems and their critical role in today's' knowledge economies. 
Annual Meeting of the Coimbra Group Jean-Christophe Bas, Manager, Development Policy Dialogue, The World Bank, attended the Annual Meeting of the Coimbra Group as one of the panelists.
RAD Annual Meeting, Amstedam, The Netherlands The Annual Meeting of the RAD took place in Amsterdam on May 22, 2005, at the occassion of the ABCDE Conference.
View the AGENDA of the Annual Meeting
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The RAD Network was the organizer of 4 parallel sessions during the ABCDE Amsterdam. 
International Essay Competition Jury and Award Ceremony, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Members of the RAD participated in the works of the Steering Committee and the Selecting Committee of the competition. Watch videos of the Award Ceremony
Meeting of academic networks and senior World Bank management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
During ABCDE 2005 (Amsterdam), representatives of academic networks (IAUP, AUF, Global Union Research Network and the Coimbra Group met with François Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, The World Bank.
Seminar for PhD Researchers in Budapest, Hungary, Central European University, Budapest, April 1-2, 2005 The Workshop provided a unique opportunity to meet researchers who conduct research on World Bank programs, policies and operations from a variety of disciplines. The meeting, which gathered research colleagues from institutions worldwide and Bank staff proved to be very successful.
This event was jointly organized with the Center for Policy Studies at Central European University and the Center for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization at the University of Warwick 
Development Compact Seminar, Kiev, Ukraine Compact Seminar for graduate students at Kiev Mohyla Business School, Kiev, Ukraine, was held under the title “Development Challenges in Ukraine and in Eastern Europe. Which Role for Multilateral and Bilateral Agencies and for the Private Sector?”.
The seminar aimed to introduce the World Bank and its operations in Ukraine to the students as well as discuss the business climate in Ukraine and the region. Speakers included senior World Bank and IFC staff, private sector representatives as well as members of parliament and academics. About 50 students took part in the seminar.
View the Seminar's agenda
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