Thursday, October 18 Promoting and Scaling Up Demand Side Engagement to Improve Governance
Universal Access to Basic Services in Developing Countries: The Case for Public Health and Education
Issues and Challenges in Assessing the Impact of Policy Reforms on Affected Groups
Moving Beyond the Privatization Debate-New Approaches to Financing Water and Electricity
Townhall Meeting and Reception with Civil society Representatives
Friday, October 19 From Climate and Carbon to Forests and Finance: Risks and Prospects of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Safety Nets Successes and Challenges: The View from Ethiopia
Open House to Discuss New MIGA Policies
Forum on Agriculture's Key Role in the Economic Transformation of Africa
Discussion with the Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO): Participatoriy Monitoring as a Means to Resolve Conflict
The Role of LICs in the Governance of the IMF/World Bank
Saturday, October 20 Sustainability and the World Development Report 2008: A Look at the World Bank's Rural Development and Agricultural Strategies
Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook
Introduction to the Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)
Education’s Missing Millions: Including Disabled Children in Education Through EFA FTI Processes and National Sector Plans
Wage Bill Ceilings, Fiscal and Monetary Policies, and Absorbing Aid Inflows - Updates and Next Steps The Agenda of the Development Committee and the Provision of Global Public Goods
The Second Generation PRSPs - What has Changed? Sunday, October 21 The IMF’s Policy Support Instrument (PSI): More Flexibility or Continued Belt-Tightening? Case Studies from Uganda, Mozambique and Bangladesh
Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative: Challenges, Opportunities, and Action Plan
The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP)
Getting What You Want from the Fund: The Global Transparency Initiative and the IMF
Macroeconomic Aspects of Aid Scaling Up and the Role of the Fund
Briefing on the IDA15 Replenishment Process
Monday, October 22
IFIs in Post-Conflict Countries: Role, Activities, Impacts
Public-Private Partnerships: Opportunities and Challenges. The GF-WB Partnership and the We Are the Future Model
“Tapping the Gusher! Can EITI Implementation Leverage Funds for MDGs? “
A Dialogue with Lars Thunell, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Executive Vice President and CEO
"Raw deals for raw materials? A civil society dialogue with the Bank and Fund on contract transparency and governance in the extractive industries"
The Interaction of African Civil Society with Regional Entities in Africa
Promoting and Scaling Up Demand Side Engagement to Improve Governance
Date: October 18, 2007
Speakers: Valeria Merinodirani, Transparency International, Ecuador; Preeti Shroff-Mehta, World Learning; Parmesh Shah, South Asia Rural Development, World Bank, Moderator: Sylvain Browa, InterAction
Townhall Meeting and Reception with Civil Society Representatives
Date: October 18, 2007
Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group; Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Emmanuel O. Akwetey, Executive Director, Institute for Democratic Governance, Ghana
From Climate and Carbon to Forests and Finance: Risks and Prospects of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Date: October 19, 2007
CSO discussants: Daphne Wysham, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network; Luke Fletcher, Jubilee Australia; Susanne Breitkopf, Greenpeace. World Bank discussants: Benoit Bosquet, Sustainable Development Network; Gerhard Dieterle, Forests Adviser, Agriculture and Rural Development, WB
Education's Missing Millions: Including Disabled Children in Education Through EFA FTI Processes and National Sector Plans
Date: October 20, 2007
Speakers: Philippa Lei, Senior Child Rights Policy Adviser, World Vision UK and editor of the new report "Education’s Missing Millions: Including Disabled Children in Education Through EFA FTI Processes and National Sector Plans"; Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank.
Wage Bill Ceilings, Fiscal and Monetary Policies, and Absorbing Aid Inflows - Updates and Next Steps
Date: October 20, 2007
Sponsor: Action Aid International
Speakers: Mr. John Hicklin, Deputy Director, IMF's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO); Mr. David Goldsbrough, Center for Global Development; Ms. Akanksha A. Marphatia, ActionAid International; Mr. Jan Kees Martijn, IMF; Moderator: Mr. Peter Chowla, Bretton Woods Project
The Second Generation PRSPs - What has Changed?
Date: October 20, 2007Sponsors:Afrodad, Jubilee USA, Action Aid International
Speakers: Vitalis Meja, Afrodad; Peter Lanzet, EED; Louise Cord, World Bank; Moderator: Rick Rowden, Action Aid International
Briefing on the IDA15 Replenishment Process
Sponsors: World Bank Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships Vice Presidency (CFPVP)
Speakers: Aki Nishio, Director, Resource Mobilization Department (FRM); Jorge Araujo, Lead Economist, FRM; Ivar Andersen, Lead Operations Officer, FRM
IFIs in Post-Conflict Countries: Role, Activities, Impacts
October 22, 2007
Speakers: Louis Dicks-Mireaux, Deputy Division Chief, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF; Sarah Cliffe, East Asia Region, WB; Markus Kostner, Advisor, Fragile/Conflict Affected Countries, WB
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