“Are the 3Gs enough to reduce poverty in Africa? It is all about Growth, Grants or Governance”
On Friday the 29th of March 2012, Jan Vandemoortele, co-author of the Millenium Development Goals, gives a Kapuscinski lecture on development issues at the African and Development Stucies (CESA) in Lisbon.
During his lecture, Jan Vandermoortele will discuss the issue of reducing poverty in Africa. The starting point to this debate will be the recent data released by World Bank that reveals that, after decades of slow growth, Africa has a real chance in economic growth, and it will try to understand whether or not this growth contributes to reduce poverty in African countries. In the discussion panel will be João José Fernandes (Director of Portuguese NGO OIKOS), Mónica Ferro (Portuguese Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Affairs) and Carlos Sangreman (CEsA/ISEG researcher and professor in University of Aveiro).
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Watch the live video from the lecture at http://www.facebook.com/kapu.lectures/app_196506863720166. 29.03.2012 at 18:00 WET/19:00 CET.
“Grasping Asian Economic Integration- the 21st Century Silk Road"
On Tuesday the 13th of March 2012, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness and Former Afghanistan's Finance Minister, gives a Kapuscinski lecture on development issues at the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes and the University (EADI) in Bonn.
Dr. Ashraf Ghani, was named as among the most influential global thinkers for his work on fragile states. As Adviser to the UN Secretary General he advised on the Bonn Agreement for Afghanistan, and then, as Afghanistan's Finance Minister between 2002-2004, he is credited with a series of successful reforms in Afghanistan, including reform of the treasury, customs, budget and the currency. He prepared Afghanistan's first National Development Framework and Securing Afghanistan's Future, a $28bn reconstruction program for the country. In 2010, he developed and facilitated the successful Kabul Conference and Process to build internal consensus and external alignment on priorities in Afghanistan. Dr. Ghani was named best finance minister in Asia by the Emerging Markets in 2003.
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Ashraf Ghani on economic integration in Asia / interview
Ashraf Ghani on economic integration in Asia / interview from UNDP Europe & CIS on Vimeo.
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