Demanding Prosperity for People and Planet
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Session Description
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.
Time & Location
Time:
11:30 - 13:00, Thursday, March 29, 2012
BST
Speakers
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Director General, Independent Evaluation, Asian Development Bank
Vinod 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 President of the World Bank Institute. He holds PhD and Master's degrees in Economics from the University of Chicago. He has authored 14 books and numerous journal articles.
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Africa Director, ONE
Sipho 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 Tanzania, where as Chair of 14 GBS partners, she led country-level Policy Dialogue between government and donors. Previous roles include Special Affiliate on President Bush’s Blue-Ribbon Commission on Affordable Housing, and a Sasakawa Leadership Fellowship.
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Clinical Associate Professor, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
John 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 of IFIs and multilateralism, the political economy of sustainable development, food security and rights-based approaches to development.
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CEO & President, Gram Vikas USA
Joe 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 activist focused on sustainable development. Founded in 1979, Gram Vikas utilizes a holistic model of development, based on Joe’s conviction that every family in a village needs to have healthy living practices for an improved quality of life. Gram Vikas works in the areas of renewable energy, especially biogas and solar energy. Totally inclusive water and sanitation is the flagship programme of Gram Vikas. This model has transformed more than 1200 villages and has successfully proven that the rural poor can and will pay for better sanitation and water facilities.
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Director, International Institute for Environment and Development
Camilla 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, policy analysis and advocacy. Her work has aimed at understanding how environmental, economic and political change impact people’s lives, and how policy reform can bring real change on the ground. Her latest book is Climate Change in Africa.
