Events
Research Seminar (Trinity Term 2008)
Making Globalization Work for Developing Countries
Fridays 2pm, Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
(Open to all members of the University and the public)
Monday 21 April, 2008 at 12.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 1):
Launch of the Global Monitoring Report 2008
Zia Qureshi (Senior Vice President of The World Bank) and Kirk Hamilton (Team Leader, Policy and Economics, Environment Department of The World Bank)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Note: Lunch will not be provided; you are invited to bring your own lunch.
Tuesday 22 April, 2008 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 1):
Special Panel: The Future of International Cooperation in Aid
Matthew Martin (Director, Debt Relief International) and Ngaire Woods (Director, Global Economic Governance Programme)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Note: A copy of Matthew Martin's presentation is available here.
Friday 25 April, 2008 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 1):
Explaining Institutional Choice in Trade
Duncan Snidal (University of Chicago), Joe Jupille (University of Colorado), and Walter Mattli (University of Oxford)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Note: This event is a special seminar. Participants are invited to email geg@univ.ox.ac.uk to receive a chapter before the event. The speakers will give only a brief presentation and will then take questions; participants are expected to have read the chapter prior to the event.
Tuesday 29 April, 2008 at 8.30am (Trinity Term 2008 Week 2):
South Asia Research-Policy Dialogue on Global Economic Governance & Trade, New Delhi
GEG’s Global Trade Governance Project will cohost a research–policy dialogue with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, the Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva and the Emerging Dynamic Global Economies Network. The conference is one of several dialogues among research and policy officials planned for the coming year in key developing countries, to aid in the identification of their strategic interests in the current and upcoming debates on governance in the multilateral trading system. A draft agenda is available here.
Location: Geneva
Friday 9 May, 2008 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 3):
The challenge of crafting a National Health Plan amid so much international aid
The Hon. Professor David Mwakyusa, Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Note: There will be no lecture or prepared remarks.
Tuesday 13 May, 2008 at 4.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 3):
Public Forum: Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health
Several prominent developing country ministers will reflect on priorities for governance reform in global health. These discussions follow a High-Level Working Group on 'Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health' convened by the Global Economic Governance Programme. (For a complete list of participants please see www.globaleconomicgovernance.org.)
Location: Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Note: Please RSVP to geg@univ.ox.ac.uk. A reception will follow this event.
Friday 23 May, 2008 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 5):
The Role of IOM in Global Migration Governance
Michele Klein Solomon (Director, International Organization for Migration)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Tuesday 3 June, 2008 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 7):
The World Bank’s Strategic Framework for Climate Change and Development
Michele de Nevers (Senior Manager of the World Bank’s Environment Department)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Note: Please see www.globaleconomicgovernance.org for a copy of the paper that will be presented.