DEV Centre Seminar: "Growth Strategies", Thursday 18 March 2004 ( by invitation)

Guest speaker: Mr. Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Professor Rodrik, whose research focuses on what constitutes good economic policy and why some governments are better than others in adopting it, has published widely on issues related to trade policy, political economy, and economic reform in developing economies. His 1997 book “Has Globalization Gone Too Far?” was hailed by Business Week as “one of the most important economics books of the decade”.

DEV Centre Seminar: Helping Africa to achieve the MDGs: the role of the international donor community, Wednesday 10 March 2004 (postponed)

on 10-Mar-2004

Guest speaker: Mr. Omar Kabbaj, President of the African Development Bank.

During his distinguished career Mr. Kabbaj has held a series of high-profile positions in domestic and international public service. Prior to his election as President of the AfDB in 1995, he served as Minister Delegate in charge of economic affairs in the office of the Prime Minister of Morocco. This followed over a decade’s service as a member of the IMF Executive Board on which he represented a number of African and Asian countries.

Informal Seminar: Financial Crises - The East Asian Development Model and LDCs, 25 February 2004, Paris (by invitation)

on 25-Feb-2004

In the framework of the OECD Development Centre’s Informal Seminar Series for 2004, Ambassador Kyung-Tae Lee, Permanent Representative of Korea to the OECD, will give a presentation on the topic of: "Financial Crises: The East Asian Development Model and LDCs".

Informal Experts' Seminar on Land, Conflict and Development: What Role for Donors?, 19 - 20 June 2003, Paris

from 19-Jun-2003 to 20-Jun-2003

The aim of the seminar was to help formulate preliminary proposals/guidance on how donors can best incorporate land issues in their policy frameworks for the management and mitigation of conflict, and propose next steps to further advance this agenda. Policy conclusion will be available soon.

Summary Report of Conference on 'IT/Software Industries in Indian and Asian Development', 11-12 November 2002, Chennai

from 11-Nov-2002 to 12-Nov-2002

This conference was organised in order to analyse the extent to which growth in India's software industry has contributed to broader economic development and how widely the benefits have been distributed. The event was attended by 150 entrepreneurs, policy-makers, academics and journalists.

Europe-Wide Global Education Congress, 15. - 17. November 2002, Maastricht, The Netherlands

from 15-Nov-2002 to 17-Nov-2002

The OECD Development Centre is one of the organising partners of this conference and will present there a paper entitled 'Public Opinion Research, Global Education and Development Co-operation Reform: In Search of a Virtuous Circle'.

OECD Development Centre Conference: The IT/Software Industries in Indian and Asian Development Held in Chennai, India on 11 - 12 November 2002

from 11-Nov-2002 to 12-Nov-2002

The OECD Development Centre co-organised with the government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu an international conference entitled "The IT/Software Industries in Indian and Asian Development"in Chennai, India on 11 and 12 November 2002.

The OECD Development Centre Celebrated Its' 40th Anniversary by Publishing 'Development Is Back'

on 23-Oct-2002

The Centre was founded in 1962 as one means to study and to try to confront the problems of development and to relate them to experience in the more advanced economies. "The Development Is Back" provides an original look at the issues of global economic development from a unique point of view.

Experts' Meeting on Effective Strategies to Realize NEPAD: the Role of "Action Mapping" and Peer Review, 23. - 25 October 2002, Paris. (closed to the public)

from 23-Oct-2002 to 25-Oct-2002

The OECD Development Centre and the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada are organising an experts' meeting on "Effective Strategies to Realize NEPAD: the Role of 'Action Mapping' and Peer Review".

OECD Development Centre Seminar on Public-Private Partnerships Held in Maputo, Mozambique

on 01-Oct-2002

In the framework of its activity on trade capacity building in its current work programme the OECD Development Centre organised an international seminar entitled Public-Private Partnerships in Mozambique.