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. Assembler v2.3 en-us 2006 The World Bank Group, All Rights Reserved. bspan@worldbank.org bspan@worldbank.org Audio The latest workshops, brownbags, conferences happening in the World Bank. http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2146/2146.mp3 There’s an old joke that Economics is the only field in which two people can win the Nobel prize for saying the exact opposite thing. For evidence that economic disagreements can be spirited, especially in development, look no further than this entry from the B-SPAN archives. After former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz published his controversial book, Globalization and its Discontents, which expressed his own discontent with the International Monetary Fund, he and IMF Research Director Ken Rogoff squared off in a 2002 panel discussion on its claims. The debate has become one of the most relevant on the role of international institutions in promoting globalization.BSPAN Audio Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2146/2146.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2145/2145.mp3 When most people think about scientists, they may imagine white lab coats, bubbling beakers, and sporadic cries of "it’s alive!" Yet that perception may be due for a change. Problems like global warming, disease epidemics, and pollution require both scientific wisdom and political will before they can be solved. David King, Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK, dissects the bonds between science and policy in this presentation, and explains his vision for them both in the future.BSPAN Audio Sunday, July 15, 2007 7/15/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2145/2145.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2144/2144.mp3 How does podcasting work and what role can it play in delivering information? In this conference June on 4th to 6th, entitled “Publishing for Impact 2007: Reaching Readers Across Boundaries” Curtis Franklin, author of The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting is interviewed by Christopher Keannelly, Director of the Copyright Clearance Center. Franklin talks about what sets podcasts apart from other audio technologies and how this format is being used by publishers, universities and the general public. BSPAN Audio Sunday, July 01, 2007 7/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2144/2144.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2100/2100.mp3 Finding the money to care for your family is a troubling and familiar problem for people around the world. Increasingly, families are supported across international boundaries by immigrants who send money home and often settle in their new countries permanently. But becoming a bread-winner across borders is no simple task, and the consequences of immigration are complex. In this address to the Migration and Development Conference on May 23rd, 2007, Louka Katseli, Director of the Development Centre at the OECD, describes why international migration is ‘here to stay’, and the importance of flexible human capital.BSPAN Audio Friday, June 15, 2007 6/15/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2100/2100.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2098/2098.mp3 Is it possible for people to voluntarily give up their power? No one gives up their power easily, and yet this is one of the main questions behind decentralization. In his address to the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Seminar Series on decentralization, held at the World Bank Washington offices on May 10th 2007, Richard Bird, Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto talks about decentralization, power and the advantages of local input. He raises the possibility that decentralization’s benefits and downfalls might just be two sides of the same coin.BSPAN Audio Friday, June 01, 2007 6/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2098/2098.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2054/2054.mp3 Are great leaders born or are they made? With China on the rise as one of the world’s financial heavyweights, their economy is facing ever growing demands, including the search for highly skilled leadership. In this address from the World Bank Institute’s Capacity Day 2007 on April 19th, Dr. Xue Lan, Executive Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at Tsinghua University, speaks about leadership development in China, and what lessons this offers for fostering leadership around the world.BSPAN Audio Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5/15/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2054/2054.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2037/2037.mp3 What lessons can be learned from the experiences of a fragile state? In her address to audiences at the World Bank Institute’s Capacity Day 2007, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the President of Liberia and the first female president of an African nation speaks about the difficulties of leading a country out of conflict into social and economic stability. Johnson-Sirleaf discusses her philosophies on leading this monumental challenge, by practicing a ‘break from the past’ in order to re-assert the prosperity and the confidence of a nation’s people. As she advises, this kind of leadership requires the creativity, the courage and the sheer determination to see positive change from all members of society.BSPAN Audio Tuesday, May 01, 2007 5/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2037/2037.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2021/2021.mp3 Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink, was the cry of the ancient mariner. But for development organizations, managing precious H2O is more than just a poetic albatross: over a billion people lack access to a reliable water supply, and more than half the population of the developing world lives without proper sanitation. In this plenary address from Water Week 2007, Vahid Alavian, Adviser to the World Bank’s Energy, Transport and Water department, speaks about the challenges and horizons ahead for water resource management.BSPAN Audio Sunday, April 15, 2007 4/15/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2021/2021.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2011/2011.mp3 As William Gibson once said, the street finds its own uses for things. Nowhere is this more true than in the developing world, where technology can often be used in very different ways from its original design. In this presentation, microfinance specialist Guatam Ivatury presents on the choice between the cell phone and the mattress.BSPAN Audio Sunday, April 01, 2007 4/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/2011/2011.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1997/1997.mp3 Even before the Grameen Bank won the Nobel Prize for it in 2006, microfinance has been a hot topic for development. But can it be adapted to serve social development by small entrepreneurs? Harold Rosen, Director of the IFC’s Grassroots Business Initiative, certainly thinks so.BSPAN Audio Thursday, March 01, 2007 3/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1997/1997.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1991/1991.mp3 Ron Ross, a computer scientist at the National Institute for Standards and Technology, discusses guidelines for keeping government data safe from malicious hackers and other risks.BSPAN Audio Thursday, February 15, 2007 2/15/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1991/1991.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1985/1985.mp3 A penny saved is a penny earned, they say. But for impoverished people, that’s often easier said than done. In this presentation, Professor Michael Sherraden from the Washington University at Saint Louis discusses savings and whether the banks can outperform the mattress.BSPAN Audio Thursday, February 01, 2007 2/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1985/1985.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1968/1968.mp3 Welcome to the Best of B-SPAN. Governance matters—we all agree on that. But what do we mean by governance, and how do we measure it? On that point, opinions are a little bit more divided. In this excerpt from a roundtable on Measuring Governance, Aart Kraay, World Bank Lead Economist, discusses the methodology behind the Governance Matters report for additional insight into these questions.BSPAN Audio Monday, January 15, 2007 1/15/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1968/1968.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1965/1965.mp3 There is no podcast for January 1, 2007BSPAN Audio Monday, January 01, 2007 1/1/2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1965/1965.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1959/1959.mp3 In this excerpt from her book presentation, as hosted by the World Bank Infoshop, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina discusses business as a woman, globalization, and her career at one of the world’s largest technology companies.BSPAN Audio Friday, December 15, 2006 12/15/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1959/1959.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1954/1954.mp3 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?BSPAN Audio Friday, December 01, 2006 12/1/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1954/1954.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1936/1936.mp3 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.BSPAN Audio Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11/15/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1936/1936.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1913/1913.mp3 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, conducted partly over videoconference from the Banks headquarters in DC, and organized by the Urban Planning department of the World Bank Institute, Dr. David Shaffer, Associate Professor of Learning Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, speaks on how games can create useful frames for knowledge and roleplaying.BSPAN Audio Sunday, October 15, 2006 10/15/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1913/1913.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1909/1909.mp3 The brain is not just a repository for knowledge, but also an organ of the body that must be cared for and understood on a biological level. In this presentation, World Bank Senior Evaluation Officer Helen Abadzi elaborates on the findings of cognitive neuroscience, and what they imply for education in poor countries.BSPAN Audio Sunday, October 01, 2006 10/1/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1909/1909.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1904/1904.mp3 Although conflict and war have long been recognized as obvious barriers to successful development, programs for disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (or DDR) have not always kept nations from slipping back into a cycle of violence. In this short presentation to a pan-African videoconference, Patrick Hayford, Director of the UN Office of the Special Adviser for Africa, laid out the objectives for an international UN conference on DDR and stability issues, to be held in 2007.BSPAN Audio Friday, September 01, 2006 9/1/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1904/1904.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1902/1902.mp3 In this podcast, we reach back into the B-SPAN archives for one of our most popular events: Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, speaks on achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the responsibilities of the donor communityBSPAN Audio Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8/15/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1902/1902.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1901/1901.mp3 It is like a tug-of-war with poverty, and we have to pull together. In this podcast, Andrew Lawson of the Overseas Development Institute presents a draft report on the World Banks record regarding harmonization and alignment.BSPAN Audio Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8/1/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1901/1901.mp3 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1894/1894.mp3 Development was once thought to be simply a matter of macroeconomics and infrastructure. Today, we know that successful development requires a mix of those factors with knowledge sharing, human development, and technical guidance what economists call building capacity. In this interview from the World Bank Institutes Capacity Matters workshop, Hilary Bowker, former CNN Senior Anchor, and Gobind Nankani, Vice President of the Banks Africa region, discuss the Capacity Development Management Action PlanBSPAN Audio Saturday, July 15, 2006 7/15/2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/53/1894/1894.mp3