World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for development
On 14 November 2007, the WDR 2008 will be presented at Sida in Stockholm. In connection with this, the Nordic Africa Institute will present its forthcoming publication The World Bank and African Agriculture - Development or Impoverishment?.
Morning session: Presentation of the World Development Report 2008
10.00-12.00 in Oasen
Registration: not necessary
Afternoon session: Agriculture for Development in Africa
14.00-16.00 in Hörsalen
Registration: by e-mailing helle.rosencrantz@ksla.se
Venue: Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm.
Each year the World Bank publishes its flagship report "World Development Report" on different themes. World Development Report 2008 has chosen as theme Agriculture for Development. This is the first time the World Development Report addresses this issue in 25 years. That the World Bank recognizes the subject now reflects the attention agriculture is getting in the international development debate on the Millennium Development Goals and the fight against poverty, in general.
The program has two sessions. The World Development Report will be presented during the morning session. Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, and representatives from the World Bank, the International Fund for Agriculture Development, IFAD, and the International Federation of Agriculture Producers, IFAP, will participate.
During the afternoon Sida and the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry will hold an open seminar onAgriculture for Development in Africa.
The Nordic Africa Institute's forthcoming publication The World Bank and African Agriculture - Development or Impoverishment? will be presented during the afternoon session of the seminar.
The World Development Report 2008, and a lot of related material, is available on the World Bank website: http://go.worldbank.org/ZJIAOSUFU0
14.00-16.00 in Hörsalen
Registration: by e-mailing helle.rosencrantz@ksla.se
Venue: Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm.
Each year the World Bank publishes its flagship report "World Development Report" on different themes. World Development Report 2008 has chosen as theme Agriculture for Development. This is the first time the World Development Report addresses this issue in 25 years. That the World Bank recognizes the subject now reflects the attention agriculture is getting in the international development debate on the Millennium Development Goals and the fight against poverty, in general.
The program has two sessions. The World Development Report will be presented during the morning session. Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, and representatives from the World Bank, the International Fund for Agriculture Development, IFAD, and the International Federation of Agriculture Producers, IFAP, will participate.
During the afternoon Sida and the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry will hold an open seminar onAgriculture for Development in Africa.
The Nordic Africa Institute's forthcoming publication The World Bank and African Agriculture - Development or Impoverishment? will be presented during the afternoon session of the seminar.
The World Development Report 2008, and a lot of related material, is available on the World Bank website: http://go.worldbank.org/ZJIAOSUFU0
See also the two most recent issues of AfricaFocus Bulletin October 24, 2007. Africa: Neglecting Agriculture, 1 and Africa Neglecting Agriculture, 2.
AfricaFocus Bulletin is an independent electronic publication providing reposted commentary and analysis on African issues, with a particular focus on the US and international policies. For a full archive and other resources, see http://www.africafocus.org