| As part of its ongoing date to keep World Bank staff abreast of latest developments, the Bank’s Thematic Group on Health, Nutrition, Population, and Poverty organizes periodic lunchtime technical seminars. These informal seminars, held at approximately six-week intervals, feature speakers from both within and outside the Bank, and provide an opportunity for an extended floor discussion. The seminars are open to professionals from all development institutions in the greater Washington D.C. area. Anyone wishing to be included on the invitation list is invited to communicate with Akosua Dakwa of the Thematic Group secretariat. Ms. Dakwa’s telephone number is 202-458-2283; her e-mail address is adakwa@worldbank.org. Recent seminar speakers and topics: 2002 2001 2000 - Nora Lustig, Chris Grootaert, Monica Das Gupta and Adam Wagstaff. The World Bank 2000/01 World Development Report on Poverty: What are the implications for the Bank’s work in health, nutrition and population? December 2000.
- Agnes Soucat. Putting HNP into PRSPs: A Report from the Front Lines of Africa. October 3, 2000.
- Adam Wagstaff, Naoko Watanabe, and Eddy van Doorslaer. The Contribution of High Health Care Costs to Impoverishment. September 7, 2000.
- Ajay Mahal and Adam Wagstaff. Do the Poor or the Rich Benefit More From Government Health Services? The Case of India. July 11, 2000.
- Anil Deolalikar and Richard Myers. Improving the Health of Vietnam’s Poor: Analysis and Recommendations from a Bank Sector Review. June 7, 2000.
- Davidson Gwatkin, Rohini Pande, Fadia Saadah, Mariam Schneidman, and Abdo Yazbeck. Poor-Rich Differences in Health, Nutrition, Population Status and Service Use within Developing Countries: Introduction to a New Source of Information for Project Development and Economic Sector Work. May 16, 2000.
- Norman Daniels. Assessing the Fairness of Health Sector Reforms. April 11, 2000.
- Deepa Narayan. What Do the Poor Have to Say about Health, Nutrition, and Population? February 1, 2000.
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