I. Plenary Sessions
PLENARY SESSION I:  MACROECONOMIC VULNERABILITY   Patrick GUILLAUMONT, Center for Study and Research for International Development (CERDI), University of Clermont Ferrand, France PLENARY SESSION II: VULNERABILITY: A MICRO PERSPECTIVE  Stefan DERCON, Oxford University, United Kingdom  PLENARY SESSION III:  UNDERSTANDING THE LINKS BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY Gregory F. TREVERTON, Director, Intelligence Policy Center, RAND Corporation, USA
 PLENARY SESSION IV: HEALTH RISKS Joep LANGE,  Professor, International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
back to top II. Parallel Sessions CHINA AND WORLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A VIEW FROM LATIN AMERICA AND OTHER EMERGING MARKETS Javier SANTISO, Chief Economist for Latin America, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Spain (paper.pdf, presentation.ppt) Alicia GARCIA HERRERO, Banco de España, Spain (paper.pdf, presentation.ppt) THE FUTURE OF AID BEYOND WASHINGTON CONSENSUS Arabella FRASER, OXFAM, United Kingdom (presentation.ppt) Ann HARRISON, University of California, USA (presentation.ppt) MOVING OUT OF POVERTY Xavier GODINOT, Director, Research and Training Institute, International Movement ATD Fourth World, France (handout.pdf) SYNERGIES BETWEEN PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND FOREIGN AID Pierre JACQUET, Executive Director (Strategy) and Chief Economist, French Development Agency (AFD), France Michael KLEIN, Vice President for Private Sector Development, The World Bank, and Chief Economist, International Finance Corporation (IFC) (paper.pdf) Michael ROESKAU, Director, Development Cooperation Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (comments.pdf)
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS FOR MULTILATERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR Maartje VAN PUTTEN, Former Member Inspection Panel, The World Bank (paper.pdf) Noble WADZAH, Friends of the Earth, Ghana (presentation.ppt) Roberto DUMAS DAMAS, Banco Itau BBA, Brazil (presentation.ppt) back to top NEW APPROACHES FOR REDUCING MICRO VULNERABILITY Imran MATIN, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Bangladesh  (paper.pdf) Xavier GINE, Economist, The World Bank (paper.pdf) BANKING THE POOR: THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN REACHING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Jacco KNOTNERUS, Director, Netherlands Financial Sector Development Exchange (NFX), The Netherlands (paper.pdf) INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION, CORRUPTION AND POVERTY SESSION IN MEMORY OF THE WORK OF J.J. LAFFONT Paul SEABRIGHT, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France (presentation.ppt) Waly WANE, Economist, The World Bank (presentation.ppt)
Anastasia KARTASHEVA, Georgia State University, USA (presentation.ppt) Lucia QUESADA, Wisconsin University, USA (presentation.ppt) Xinzhu ZHANG, Beijing University, China (presentation.ppt) LABOR MARKETS: SECURITY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR Carmen PAGES, Senior Labor Market Economist, The World Bank (paper.pdf) Stefano SCARPETTA, Lead Economist, The World Bank (presentation.ppt) Johannes JUETTING, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Centre (presentation .ppt) back to top REGIONAL SESSION: FOCUS ON AFRICA Nick AMIN, Commission for Africa Secretariat, United Kingdom (presentation.ppt) CONFLICTS, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT Mansoob MURSHED, Institute for Social Studies, The Netherlands (paper.pdf) Richard AUTY, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom (comments.pdf,  presentation.ppt) Indra DE SOYSA, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (paper.pdf) Scott GATES, International Peace Research Institute, Norway (paper.pdf) DELIVERY OF BASIC SERVICES: GETTING THE FUNDAMENTALS WRONG Nicholas AWORTWI, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands (paper.pdf) MAKING MIGRATION SERVE GLOBAL SECURITY Philippe FARGUES, European University Institute, Italy (paper.pdf) Maurice SCHIFF, Lead Economist, The World Bank (paper.pdf) SOCIAL AND ECONOMICS CONSEQUENCES OF HIV/AIDS Clive BELL, University of Heidelberg, Germany (paper.pdf) Ronald LWABAAYI, NGO Livelihood Development International (paper.pdf, presentation.ppt) GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT: MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Click to read the Global Monitoring Report 2005 GMR 2005 WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2006: EQUITY AND DEVELOPMENT Francisco H.G. FERREIRA, Co-Director, World Development Report 2006 (paper.pdf) back to top III. Breakfast Sessions THE EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: THE NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT Eberhard KIENLE, Institut de Recherches et d’Études sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman, France (paper.pdf)
ENGAGING RESEARCHERS FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE Alan WINTERS, Director, Development Research Group, The World Bank (presentation.ppt) NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN UKRAINE Iryna AKIMOVA, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Ukraine (presentationppt) Vladimir DUBROVSKIY, Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Ukraine (presentation.ppt) back to top   |