http://info.worldbank.org/etools/bspan/ B-SPAN is a webcasting service that presents World Bank seminars, workshops, and conferences on a variety of sustainable development and poverty reduction issues via streaming video. en-us 2007 The World Bank Group, All Rights Reserved. bspan@worldbank.org bspan@worldbank.org http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2014&EID=932 The Office of the Publisher for the World Bank Group and the Development Economics Data Group (DECD) held a panel discussion for the launch of their recent World Bank and Harper Collins copublication The Atlas of Global Development A Visual Guide to the Worlds Greatest Challenges and the Online Atlas of Millennium Development Goals. This event was held on April 3, 2007, in the World Banks Washington, DC, offices. B-SPAN Human Development Tuesday, April 03, 2007 Tuesday, April 03, 2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2014&EID=932 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1996&EID=920 Even though indigenous people constitute around 40 of Latin Americas total population, they remain largely unaffected by development, and their level of poverty has stayed much the same over the last decade. In an attempt to understand why this has been the case, and to propose solutions, the World Bank assembled a report on Indigenous Peoples and Economic Opportunities in Latin America, leading up to a conference on its findings at Georgetown University on February 9, 2007. The conference was organized by the universitys National Resource Center for Latin American Studies, with the help of the Bank and the InterAmerican Foundation. Jaime Saavedra, Sector Manager for the World Bank, chaired the session. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, February 09, 2007 Friday, February 09, 2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1996&EID=920 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1995&EID=920 Even though indigenous people constitute around 40 of Latin Americas total population, they remain largely unaffected by development, and their level of poverty has stayed much the same over the last decade. In an attempt to understand why this has been the case, and to propose solutions, the World Bank assembled a report on Indigenous Peoples and Economic Opportunities in Latin America, leading up to a conference on its findings at Georgetown University on February 9, 2007. The conference was organized by the universitys National Resource Center for Latin American Studies, with the help of the Bank and the InterAmerican Foundation. Anne Deruyterre, Chief of the Indigenous Peoples and Community Development Unit for the InterAmerican Development Bank, chaired the event and gave a quick introduction. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, February 09, 2007 Friday, February 09, 2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1995&EID=920 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1994&EID=920 Even though indigenous people constitute around 40 of Latin Americas total population, they remain largely unaffected by development, and their level of poverty has stayed much the same over the last decade. In an attempt to understand why this has been the case, and to propose solutions, the World Bank assembled a report on Indigenous Peoples and Economic Opportunities in Latin America, leading up to a conference on its findings at Georgetown University on February 9, 2007. The conference was organized by the universitys National Resource Center for Latin American Studies, with the help of the Bank and the InterAmerican Foundation. Bjorn Soren Gigler, Research Fellow at Georgetown University, opened this plenary session on Andean Countries Promoting Economic Opportunities and Social Networks with a short discussion on the intrinsic social and economic capital of indigenous peoples, and how programs can enhance that capital to help them. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, February 09, 2007 Friday, February 09, 2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1994&EID=920 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1993&EID=920 Even though indigenous people constitute around 40 of Latin Americas total population, they remain largely unaffected by development, and their level of poverty has stayed much the same over the last decade. In an attempt to understand why this has been the case, and to propose solutions, the World Bank assembled a report on Indigenous Peoples and Economic Opportunities in Latin America, leading up to a conference on its findings at Georgetown University on February 9, 2007. The conference was organized by the universitys National Resource Center for Latin American Studies, with the help of the Bank and the InterAmerican Foundation. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, February 09, 2007 Friday, February 09, 2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1993&EID=920 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1954&EID=53 How much funding does it take to save the world? In this excerpt from the Human Development Forum 2006, Shanta Devarajan and Michael Clemons answer the question How much is enough? Is there ever enough? B-SPAN Human Development Friday, December 01, 2006 Friday, December 01, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1954&EID=53 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1953&EID=902 The idea that health care, education, and a basic livelihood are rights, for which institutions and public officials should be held accountable, is increasingly influential in international development. Many international and bilateral development agencies now regularly use human rights treaties and covenants in their development work. At the country level, the majority of national constitutions make health care or education a right of citizens. On October 27, 2006, the World Banks Development Research Group (DECRG) held a seminar titled Social and Economic Rights What Difference Do They Make? to examine how these rights are affecting development outcomes. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, October 27, 2006 Friday, October 27, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1953&EID=902 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1952&EID=902 The idea that health care, education, and a basic livelihood are rights, for which institutions and public officials should be held accountable, is increasingly influential in international development. Many international and bilateral development agencies now regularly use human rights treaties and covenants in their development work. At the country level, the majority of national constitutions make health care or education a right of citizens. On October 27, 2006, the World Banks Development Research Group (DECRG) held a seminar titled Social and Economic Rights What Difference Do They Make? to examine how these rights are affecting development outcomes. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, October 27, 2006 Friday, October 27, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1952&EID=902 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1951&EID=902 The idea that health care, education, and a basic livelihood are rights, for which institutions and public officials should be held accountable, is increasingly influential in international development. Many international and bilateral development agencies now regularly use human rights treaties and covenants in their development work. At the country level, the majority of national constitutions make health care or education a right of citizens. On October 27, 2006, the World Banks Development Research Group (DECRG) held a seminar titled Social and Economic Rights What Difference Do They Make? to examine how these rights are affecting development outcomes. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, October 27, 2006 Friday, October 27, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1951&EID=902 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1950&EID=902 The idea that health care, education, and a basic livelihood are rights, for which institutions and public officials should be held accountable, is increasingly influential in international development. Many international and bilateral development agencies now regularly use human rights treaties and covenants in their development work. At the country level, the majority of national constitutions make health care or education a right of citizens. On October 27, 2006, the World Banks Development Research Group (DECRG) held a seminar titled Social and Economic Rights What Difference Do They Make? to examine how these rights are affecting development outcomes. B-SPAN Human Development Friday, October 27, 2006 Friday, October 27, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1950&EID=902 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1943&EID=897 Combining the Infrastructure Group with the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Group, the Sustainable Development (SD) Network of the World Bank brings together experts on these topics for a big picture view on clean and environmentally friendly development. At their SD Week 2006, the first such event, staff met at the Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, to exchange experiences and coordinate on the theme of Governance at Institutions. Laura Tlaiye, Sector Manager for Environment at the World Bank, introduced the session, held November 8, 2006, with thanks to contributors to Environment Matters. The session was chaired by Ralph Begleiter, Professor of Communication at the University of Delaware and former CNN World Affairs Correspondent. B-SPAN Human Development Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Wednesday, November 08, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1943&EID=897 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1939&EID=894 One of the broadest and most crucial development areas, the World Banks Human Development (HD) Network concerns itself with education, health, social protection, youth, and HIV/AIDS. During the HD Forum, part of HD Week 2006, which was held at the World Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, external experts and Bank staff met to discuss these issues and their solutions according to the theme HD in a Globalizing World. This final session on human development funding was chaired by Robert Holzmann, World Bank Sector Director. B-SPAN Human Development Wednesday, November 01, 2006 Wednesday, November 01, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1939&EID=894 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1936&EID=53 Men may be from Mars, and women from Venus, but when it comes to development we are all still stuck here on Earth. In this excerpt from the Global Issues Seminar Series, sponsored by the World Banks External Affairs department, Senior Education Specialist Mercy Tembon explains the importance and the complexities of gender and womens rights in development. B-SPAN Human Development Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Wednesday, November 15, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1936&EID=53 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1933&EID=894 One of the broadest and most crucial development areas, the World Banks Human Development (HD) Network concerns itself with education, health, social protection, youth, and HIV/AIDS. During the HD Forum, part of HD Week 2006, which was held at the World Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, external experts and Bank staff met to discuss these issues and their solutions according to the theme HD in a Globalizing World. This session on The Emerging International Health Architecture was held on October 31, 2006, and was chaired by James Adams, Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific for the World Bank. B-SPAN Human Development Tuesday, October 31, 2006 Tuesday, October 31, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1933&EID=894 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1932&EID=894 One of the broadest and most crucial development areas, the World Banks Human Development (HD) Network concerns itself with education, health, social protection, youth, and HIV/AIDS. During the HD Forum, part of HD Week 2006, which was held at the World Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, external experts and Bank staff met to discuss these issues and their solutions according to the theme HD in a Globalizing World. This session, conducted on October 31, 2006, discussed property rights in knowledgebased economies and was chaired by Francois Bourguignon, Chief Economist of the World Bank. B-SPAN Human Development Tuesday, October 31, 2006 Tuesday, October 31, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1932&EID=894 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1928&EID=886 Bringing together students from around the world to learn about the problems of development and how the World Bank approaches them, the World Banks External Affairs Department sponsored the Global Issues Seminar Series for the third time in the fall of 2006. This session on Gender and Development was chaired by Asli Gurkan, a consultant for the World Banks External Affairs Department. Mark Blackden, Regional Gender Coordinator for the World Banks Africa Region, opened this session on November 1, 2006, with an overview of the speakers and an explanation of what is meant by gender. B-SPAN Human Development Wednesday, November 01, 2006 Wednesday, November 01, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1928&EID=886 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1927&EID=894 One of the broadest and most crucial development areas, the World Banks Human Development (HD) Network concerns itself with education, health, social protection, youth, and HIV/AIDS. During the HD Forum, part of HD Week 2006, which was held at the World Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, external experts and Bank staff met to discuss these issues and their solutions according to the theme HD in a Globalizing World. This session on tertiary education, held October 31, 2006, was chaired by Daniel Malkin, Deputy Manager for Education, Science, and Technology at the InterAmerican Development Bank. B-SPAN Human Development Tuesday, October 31, 2006 Tuesday, October 31, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1927&EID=894 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1926&EID=894 One of the broadest and most crucial of development areas, the World Banks Human Development (HD) Network concerns itself with education, health, social protection, youth, and HIV/AIDS. During the HD Forum, part of HD Week 2006, which was held at the World Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, external experts and Bank staff met to discuss these issues and their solutions according to the theme HD in a Globalizing World. In this session, panelists discussed the effects of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs on the delivery of health and education services. Margaret Grosh, Lead Economist for the World Bank, chaired the panel. B-SPAN Human Development Monday, October 30, 2006 Monday, October 30, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1926&EID=894 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1925&EID=894 One of the broadest and most crucial of development areas, the World Banks Human Development (HD) Network concerns itself with education, health, social protection, youth, and HIV/AIDS. During the HD Forum, part of HD Week 2006, which was held at the World Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, external experts and Bank staff met to discuss these issues and their solutions according to the theme HD in a Globalizing World. This first breakout session, held on October 30, 2006, examined the youth and demographic shift themes that were introduced in the opening plenary. B-SPAN Human Development Monday, October 30, 2006 Monday, October 30, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1925&EID=894 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1924&EID=894 One of the broadest and most crucial of development areas, the World Banks Human Development (HD) Network concerns itself with education, health, social protection, youth, and HIV/AIDS. During the HD Forum, part of HD Week 2006, which was held at the World Banks main headquarters in Washington, DC, external experts and Bank staff met to discuss these issues and their solutions according to the theme HD in a Globalizing World. The opening session on October 30, 2006, was chaired by Nicholas Krafft, Acting Vice President of the HD Network. B-SPAN Human Development Monday, October 30, 2006 Monday, October 30, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1924&EID=894