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=2415&EID=1091 On March 31April 2, 2009, the World Bank held Energy Week 2009 in the spirit of gathering field specialists, practitioners and policymakers to discuss energy and development issues. The conference was organized by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), The Energy and Mining Sector Board and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The objective of this event was to enable leading energy experts to provide and exchange solutions and insights towards the current challenges in global energy issues. B-SPAN Urban Development Thursday, April 02, 2009 Thursday, April 02, 2009 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2415&EID=1091 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2413&EID=1091 On March 31April 2, 2009, the World Bank held Energy Week 2009 in the spirit of gathering field specialists, practitioners and policymakers to discuss energy and development issues. The conference was organized by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), The Energy and Mining Sector Board and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The objective of this event was to enable leading energy experts to provide and exchange solutions and insights towards the current challenges in global energy issues. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2413&EID=1091 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2412&EID=1091 On March 31April 2, 2009, the World Bank held Energy Week 2009 in the spirit of gathering field specialists, practitioners and policymakers to discuss energy and development issues. The conference was organized by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), The Energy and Mining Sector Board and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The objective of this event was to enable leading energy experts to provide and exchange solutions and insights towards the current challenges in global energy issues. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2412&EID=1091 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2029&EID=939 In developing countries, more than half of populations live at least eight kilometers from the nearest health clinic. 1.2 million people are killed yearly in road accidents, mainly in developing nations. With millions of people around the world streaming into urban centers, transportation is an increasingly important issue for the World Bank. This event, held at the Washington offices of the World Bank on April 17th, 2007, introduced Peter Freemans report ‘A Decade of Action in Transport An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to the Transport Sector, 19952005 by bringing together four panelists to discuss the topic. B-SPAN Urban Development Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Tuesday, April 17, 2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2029&EID=939 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1912&EID=887 As children, we learn through play. Can the same process, through carefully designed games, prove a practical learning tool for development? In this learning event on September 28, 2006, conducted partly via videoconference from the World Banks headquarters in Washington, DC, and organized by the Urban Planning Department of the World Bank Institute, experts in interactive learning design spoke about the potential of these technologies. Victor Vergara, Lead Urban Sector Specialist for the World Bank, chaired the session. B-SPAN Urban Development Thursday, September 28, 2006 Thursday, September 28, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1912&EID=887 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1911&EID=887 As children, we learn through play. Can the same process, through carefully designed games, prove a practical learning tool for development? In this learning event on September 28, 2006, conducted partly via videoconference from the World Banks headquarters in Washington, DC, and organized by the Urban Planning Department of the World Bank Institute, experts in interactive learning design spoke about the potential of these technologies. Victor Vergara, Lead Urban Sector Specialist for the World Bank, chaired the session. He introduced the speakers and conducted a quick tour of the remote sites in Guatemala, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. He noted experiments in using games for learning in development already, such as corruption studies. B-SPAN Urban Development Thursday, September 28, 2006 Thursday, September 28, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1911&EID=887 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1898&EID=877 The city of Muscat, capital of the Sultanate of Oman, has been transformed by the 21st century. This presentation by the World Bank InfoShop and the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center on July 12, 2006, at the Banks headquarters, explores how that reform and transformation was conducted, while still respecting Muscats rich history and traditions. The speaker was introduced by Heidi Shoup, Executive Director of the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, July 12, 2006 Wednesday, July 12, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1898&EID=877 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1866&EID=872 The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together every year academics, policy makers, representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies, research institutes, civil society organizations, students, and journalists, and thus provides an excellent opportunity to foster exchange of knowledge and understanding of development issues. The 2006 edition of the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) took place in Tokyo and was coorganized by the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Japan and gathered nearly 900 participants over two days. The theme of the conference was Rethinking Infrastructure for Development. B-SPAN Urban Development Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Tuesday, May 30, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1866&EID=872 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1835&EID=53 Today we head across town to visit the issue of urban development. Cities are often the fastest growing parts of developing countries, and are engines for economic growth. They also face unique problems, including environmental impacts, housing and land rights, and managing infrastructure. Isa Baud, Professor at the University of Amsterdam, discusss the role of cities in globalized development. B-SPAN Urban Development Saturday, April 01, 2006 Saturday, April 01, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1835&EID=53 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1790&EID=853 On April 25 and 26, 2006, the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Conference 2006 was convened in Washington, DC, to discuss the theme of Microeconomic and Institutional Foundations of Growth. The conference offered an opportunity to reflect on issues at the heart of the World Banks engagement with clients. The key theme was how to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty in light of the broadening agreement that economic growth is the basic condition for achieving and sustaining social progress and development. This sessions topic is Urban Economics and Growth. B-SPAN Urban Development Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Tuesday, April 25, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1790&EID=853 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1760&EID=839 Poverty diagnostics provide an essential foundation for creating good poverty reduction strategies. Through this analysis, economists should be able to identify the sectors most affected by poverty and lack of growth in developing countries, and formulate a solution. But have these diagnostics really helped to target development? In this workshop, convened at the World Banks headquarters on March 23, 2006, participants examined the current state of poverty analysis at the Bank, and evaluated it in terms of its effectiveness and policy relevance. Judy Baker, Senior Economist for Transportation at the Bank, chaired a session on Understanding How Households Benefit from and Contribute to Growth Analyzing Urban and Rural Poverty. B-SPAN Urban Development Thursday, March 23, 2006 Thursday, March 23, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1760&EID=839 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1747&EID=53 Today we head across town to visit the issue of urban development. Cities are often the fastest growing parts of developing countries, and are engines for economic growth. They also face unique problems, including environmental impacts, housing and land rights, and managing infrastructure. Frannie Leautier, Vice President of the World Bank Institute, discusses the role of cities in globalized development. B-SPAN Urban Development Saturday, April 01, 2006 Saturday, April 01, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1747&EID=53 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1708&EID=826 As nodes where power, trade, and culture concentrate, cities play an important role in development. But exactly what is that role, and how can the World Bank use it effectively? To answer that question, the InfoShop and the World Bank Institute launched a book titled Cities in a Globalizing World Governance, Performance, and Sustainability on February 15, 2006, at the World Bank Headquarters. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Wednesday, February 15, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1708&EID=826 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1706&EID=824 As we develop a better understanding of economics, we begin to see how external factors such as geography can affect markets in the developing world. Sponsored by the World Banks Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network on February 16, 2006, Philippe Martin, professor at the University of ParisSorbonne, presented his work on policy and economic geography at Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. An introduction was provided by Shigeo Katsu, Regional Vice President for the World Bank in Europe and Central Asia. B-SPAN Urban Development Thursday, February 16, 2006 Thursday, February 16, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1706&EID=824 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1634&EID=786 At the heart of many World Bank policies is the problem of governance, as it is intimately tied to the problems of corruption, spending, trade, and other development issues. In this session of the Global Issues Seminar Series on March 1, 2006, students from the University of Amsterdam, University of Beirut, Sussex University, Sofia University, and Washington, D.C. area schools met by videoconference to learn about governance. The panel was chaired by Edith Wilson, Communication Advisor for the Bank, and assisted by Asli Gurkan, Consultant for External Affairs, at Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, March 01, 2006 Wednesday, March 01, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1634&EID=786 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1435&EID=707 Urban Forum 2005 was held on March 9 and 10 at World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC. This years forum was entitled Cities Grounding the Development Agenda and focused on the challenges and opportunities to urban development in World Bank member countries. The first day of the forum included four city panel presentations. The objective of the city panels was to enhance understanding of urban development issues and to establish a dialogue with the Banks external clients. Mayors of each of the four cities—Bogotá, Colombia; Maputo, Mozambique; Foshan City, China; and Tbilisi, Georgia—were in attendance and shared comments that served as the backdrop for the sessions. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, March 09, 2005 Wednesday, March 09, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1435&EID=707 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1434&EID=707 Urban Forum 2005 was held on March 9 and 10 at World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC. This years forum was entitled Cities Grounding the Development Agenda and focused on the challenges and opportunities to urban development in World Bank member countries. The first day of the forum included four city panel presentations. The objective of the city panels was to enhance understanding of urban development issues and to establish a dialogue with the Banks external clients Mayors of each of the four cities—Bogotá, Colombia; Maputo, Mozambique; Foshan City, China; and Tbilisi, Georgia—were in attendance and shared comments that served as the backdrop for the sessions. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, March 09, 2005 Wednesday, March 09, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1434&EID=707 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1419&EID=707 Urban Forum 2005 was held on March 9 and 10 at World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC. This years forum was entitled Cities Grounding the Development Agenda and focused on the challenges and opportunities to urban development in World Bank member countries. The forum was opened by Maryvonne PlessisFraissard, Director of the World Banks Transportation and Urban Development Department, and Eleoterio Codato, Sector Manager for the Urban Unit at the Banks Transport and Urban Development Department. Katherine Sierra, Network Head and Vice President for Infrastructure at the Bank, also shared introductory remarks. The first day of the forum included four city panel presentations. The objective of the city panels was to enhance understanding of urban development issues and to establish a dialogue with the Banks external clients. Mayors of each of the four cities—Bogotá, Colombia; Maputo, Mozambique; Foshan City, China; and Tbilisi, Georgia—were in attendance and shared comments that served as the backdrop for the sessions. B-SPAN Urban Development Wednesday, March 09, 2005 Wednesday, March 09, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1419&EID=707 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1407&EID=701 On January 27, 2005 Dana Weist, Lead Public Sector Specialist for the World Banks Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Public Sector Unit, shared the findings of her research on decentralization and urban financing in India with colleagues at the World Bank headquarters in Washington. The presentation, entitled The Challenge of Urban Finance and Governance in India Findings from Three Indian States, was part of the South Asia Decentralization Series, sponsored by the Banks South Asia Region. B-SPAN Urban Development Thursday, January 27, 2005 Thursday, January 27, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1407&EID=701 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1270&EID=629 There are many examples of inappropriate land policies posing a serious constraint on economic and social development insecure land tenure, outdated regulations, and dysfunctional land institutions constrain private investment and undermine local governments ability to raise taxes in many countries. Highly skewed land ownership distributions and limit economic opportunities for the disadvantaged groups and foment social conflict, making the ground more complicated for policy change. B-SPAN Urban Development Thursday, May 27, 2004 Thursday, May 27, 2004 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1270&EID=629