Location: Rhodes Lecture Theatre
Humanity’s demand for opportunity- and resources- is rising sharply. It’s not just that there are more of us (7 billion!), but that we are altogether hungrier – for progress and products, protein and produce. And while many more of us are prospering, the demand is depleting our planet’s natural capital faster than it can replenish. From donor institutions to cabinet ministries to local communities, how do we pave a path to prosperity that sustains both human development and the natural resource base upon which it depends? Sustainable progress requires creative solutions at the nexus of people and planet.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
11:30 - 13:00, Thursday, March 29, 2012 BSTSpeakers
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SpeakerDirector General, Independent Evaluation, Asian Development BankVinod Thomas reports to ADB’s Board of Directors through the Development Effectiveness Committee. He previously led the World Bank Group’s Independent Evaluation Group. He joined the World Bank in 1975 and began a career that later saw him as Country Director, Brazil, and as Vice…
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SpeakerAfrica Director, ONESipho Moyo joined ONE in 2010 as Africa Director. She represents ONE’s global work across Africa and helps mainstream the African perspective in ONE’s policy stances. She has 18 years experience from AfDB, UN and the World Bank. Her last position was AfDB Resident Representative in…
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SpeakerClinical Associate Professor, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York UniversityJohn Gershman is a Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Previously, he served as Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus and worked at Food First and Partners in Health. His research focuses on issues of U.S. foreign policy, the politics…
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SpeakerFounder Chairman, Gram Vikas USAJoe Madiath is the Founder and Chairman of Gram Vikas. Joe has spent over 45 years working in the field of development among the poorest communities in Orissa, India. Drawn to Odisha in 1971 to help communities that had been ravaged by a cyclone and tidal wave, Joe stayed on as an…
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SpeakerDirector, International Institute for Environment and DevelopmentCamilla Toulmin is Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development, which is celebrating 40 years of ideas and action for sustainable development. An economist by training, she has worked mainly in Africa on agriculture, land, climate and livelihoods, mixing research…