In an age of instant communication, strong economic growth in the south, and new geopolitical realities, why are we still using a 1960s model for aid? The global community is discussing next generation MDGs and measures for aid effectiveness. Now is the time for making practical suggestions to ensure we are not ‘rearranging deck chairs’, but engineering an aid model that both produces a high social return and is appropriate for the 21st century. What have we learned from radical innovations previously employed? What would a new model look like? How could it be implemented? Engage in a lively discussion of new approaches and potential models for success.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
12:30 - 14:15, Friday, April 12, 2013 BSTLocation:
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre
Speakers
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SpeakerStrategy and Editorial Director, Independent Publications LimitedAndrew M. Mwenda is currently Strategy and Editorial Director of Independent Publications Limited. Mwenda worked as Political Editor of Daily Monitor and General Manager of its affiliate FM radio, KFM before establishing The Independent in 2007. He is a winner of the International Press Freedom…
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SpeakerAuthor, EconomistDr. Dambisa Moyo is an international economist who analyses the macroeconomy and global affairs. She has travelled to over 50 countries and developed a unique knowledge base on the political, economic and financial workings of emerging economies. She is the author of The New York…
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SpeakerDirector, Akyem Law and Advisory Services LtdThe Right Honourable Lord Paul Boateng (Baron Boateng of Akyem Wembley), a Barrister of Grays Inn, having completed a four year term as British High Commissioner to South Africa (2005 - 2009), was elevated to the Peerage in June 2010. He has 30 years’ experience in public life in law, politics…
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ModeratorDirector, The Global Health GroupRichard Feachem, KBE, CBE, BSc, PhD, DSc(Med), FREng, HonFFPHM, HonDEng. Sir Richard is Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF and Professor of Global Health at UC, San Francisco and Berkeley. From 2002-2007, he was Founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and…
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SpeakerDistinguished Teaching Fellow, University of California, BerkeleyMaura O’Neill through her work in the public, private and academic sectors have created entrepreneurial and public policy solutions for some of the toughest domestic and global problems. Maura has started four companies in the fields of electricity efficiency, customer info systems and billing…
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SpeakerDirector, Barefoot College TiloniaIn 1966, as a young post-graduate student from a privileged urban background, Bunker Roy volunteered to spend the summer working with famine affected people in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states. This experience changed him. He committed himself to fight poverty and inequality. He founded…