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Some events require registration. Please click on an event listed below to fill out the registration form or see details about the event. To get regular announcements of upcoming IFPRI Policy Seminars via email, please subscribe to the Policy Seminars listserv.
All seminars and workshops are held at IFPRI unless otherwise specified. See address and map
- December 16, 2005 - 16th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture and Luncheon
Nutrition And The Fight Against Poverty: A New Opportunity
Presented by Jean-Louis Sarbib, Senior Vice President, Human Development Network, The World Bank
- November 21, 2005 - Seminar
Does Policy Research Matter? A Farewell Lecture
Presented by Peter Hazell, Professor, Imperial College London - Wye Campus, Former Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI
- November 14, 2005 - Panel Discussion
Positioning for Hong Kong: The State of Agricultural Trade Negotiations
Presented by Kevin Watkins, United Nations Development Programme; Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Inter-American Development Bank; H.E. Abdoulaye Diop, Ambassador of the Republic of Mali (invited); Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute
- October 27-28, 2005 - Roundtable Workshop
Managing Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute on behalf of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme
- October 20, 2005 - Policy Seminar
The Political Economy of Pro-Poor Livestock Policy
Presented by David K. Leonard, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
- October 12, 2005: Governance Seminar
Building State Capacity in Africa
Presented by Brian Levy
The World Bank
Presentation (PDF 187K)
- October 11, 2005: Governance Seminar
Is Better Governance the Enemy of Good Enough?
Presented by Derick W. Brinkerhoff
Research Triangle Institute
Presentation (PDF 149K)
- September 30, 2005 - Policy Seminar
Afghanistan: Employment Multipliers, Poppies and Poverty
Presented by John W. Mellor, vice president, Abt Associates
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- September 30, 2005 - Publications Review Seminar
Rural Development Policies and Sustainable Land Use in the Hillside Areas of Honduras: A Quantitative Livelihoods Approach
Presented by Hans Jansen, John Pender, Amy Damon, & Rob Schipper, International Food Policy Research Institute
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- September 16, 2005: Governance Seminar
Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works
Presented by Stephen C. Smith
Director, Research Program in Poverty, Development and Globalization
George Washington University
- September 9, 2005 - Policy Seminar
50 Years of Agricultural Protection: What Can We Expect from the Future?
Presented by Dale Hathaway
- July 28, 2005 - FCND/Governance Seminar
Getting Governance Right: Multi-level and Multi-Stakeholder Approaches to Enhancing Food Security
Presented by James V. Riker, The Democracy Collaborative, University of Maryland
12:30 p.m - 2:00 p.m.
- July 13, 2005 - Seminar
Reflections on Economic Development Policy in West Africa
Presented by Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
- June 26-29, 2005 - Research Workshop
The Future of Small Farms
Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI/2020 Vision Initiative), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and Imperial College London
- June 23-24, 2005 - Workshop
Agriculture and Health Linkages: Towards Improved Co-ordination
Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute
- June 15, 2005 - Publications Review Seminar
HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security: From Evidence to Action
Presented by Stuart Gillespie, International Food Policy Research Institute
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- June 9, 2005 - Presentation
Analysing Macro-Poverty Linkages
Discussants: Hans Lofgren, Senior Economist, World Bank; Jo Marie Griesgraber, Chair, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition;
Caesar Cororaton, Research Fellow, IFPRI
Moderator: Marc Cohen, IFPRI
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
- May 20, 2005 - IASCP/CAPRi Seminar
'Defending the Commons', and 'Decentralization and the Commons'
Speakers include:
Augusta Molnar and Arvind Khare, Forest Trends
Carl Bauer, Resources For the Future
David M. Hughes, Rutgers University
Dianne E. Rocheleau, Clark University
Esther Mwangi and Stephan Dohrn, CAPRi/IFPRI
Jesse Ribot, World Resources Institute
Jon Anderson, USAID
Owen Lynch, Center for International Environmental Law
- May 18-20, 2005 - ESSP Workshop
Unleashing Markets for Agricultural Growth in Ethiopia: Agenda for Action
Organized by:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) and Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (EDRI/IFPRI)
Location:
ILRI campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- May 17, 2005 - Policy Seminar
State-Building - Governance & World Order in the 21st Century
Presented by Francis Fukuyama, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced Studies, Johns Hopkins University
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
- May 5, 2005 - Publications Review Seminar
Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Estimates from Household Expenditure Surveys
Presented by Lisa C. Smith
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
- April 18, 2005 - Governance Workshop
Speaking Truth About Power: A Workshop on “How to Do Research on Governance”
with:
Merilee Grindle, Harvard University
David Laitin, Stanford University
Paul Sabatier, University of California, Davis, and
Jos Mooij, Institute of Social Studies
8:50 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- April 6, 2005 - Governance Seminar
Can Aid Reform Institutions?
Presented by Mary M. Shirley, The Ronald Coase Institute
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
- April 1, 2005 - Governance Seminar
Why do the Poor receive Poor Services? A Political Economy Explanation and Exploration of Solutions
Presented by Stuti Khemani, The World Bank
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
- March 29, 2005 - Policy Seminar
Speculations on the Future of Water and Food Security
Presented by Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- March 28, 2005 - Policy Seminar
Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods
Presented by Nina Fedoroff, Evan Pugh Professor of Life Sciences and Verne M. Willaman Chair in Life Sciences, Penn State University, and Member, National Academy of Sciences
Chair and Commentator: Mark W. Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- March 12, 2005 - Seminar
Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction in Pakistan
IFPRI in collaboration with Beaconhouse National University, and organized by The Innovative Development Strategies (Pvt.) Ltd
- February 16, 2005 -Publications Review Seminar
Income Diversification and Poverty in the Northern Uplands of Vietnam
Presented by Nicholas Minot, International Food Policy Research Institute
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- January 5, 2005 -Publications Review Seminar
Poverty and Inequality in Vietnam: Spatial Patterns and Geographic Determinants
Presented by Bob Baulch, Institute of Development Studies, Michael Epprecht, International Food Policy Research Institute, Nicholas Minot, International Food Policy Research Institute
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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