IFPRI Panel Discussions
Development, Poverty, and Agriculture: An International Expert Dialogue
Location:
International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference Facility
16 May 2007
11:00 am–3:30 pm
By Invitation Only
Agenda
- 11:00 – 11:15Welcome – Joachim von Braun, Director General, IFPRI
- 11:15 – 12:30Global Governance and Trade Issues of Agriculture
- Chair: Achi Atsain, Senior Political Affairs Officer, UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
- Making Global Governance More Pro-Poor – Johannes F. Linn, Executive Director, Wolfensohn Center for Development, The Brookings Institution
- Linking Markets to Farmers – Ashok Gulati, Director in Asia, IFPRI
- Global Institutions and the Agriculture Trade Agenda – Michele Veeman, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Alberta
- Discussion
- 12:45 – 14:00 Poverty and Hunger: The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond
- Lunch Provided
- Chair: Gunnar M. Sorbo – Director, Christian Michelsen Institute
- Poverty and Inequality Linkages and Policy Implications – C. Peter Timmer, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
- Reaching the Poorest and Hungry Left Behind -- Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head, 2020 Vision Initiative, IFPRI
- Role of the Private Sector in Alleviating Poverty and Hunger – Nachiket Mor, Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Bank
- Discussion
- 14:15 – 15:30 Agriculture, Climate Change, and Natural Resources
- Chair: Barbara Harriss-White – University Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University
- Global Environmental Assessments and Policy Change – William C. Clark, Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Climate Change, Energy, and Agriculture: Can the Poor be Protected? – Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI
- Natural Resource Policies in High versus Low-Income Countries — Coherence Problems -- Laurence Tubiana, Director, Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations
- Discussion
- Closing Remarks – Ross Garnaut, Professor of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
