Conference Summary
Summaries of conference events
Keynote Speech
On Friday, November 4th 2005, Kemal Dervis, UNDP Administrator, was keynote speaker at the GWCSG and GRN sponsored conference "The Challenge of Globalization: Reinventing Good Global Governance."
"It’s the topic of the day!" Kemal Dervis announced, holding up the most recent issue of The Economist magazine to the assembly of experts, researchers, students and professionals...[Read more...]
Global Health
Increased travel and migration of people, and greater global trade and global production, are increasing the risks and the awareness of the desultory effects of global diseases. The "Big Three" (HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria), new pandemic threats (avian flu, SARS), re-emergent diseases (polio), and neglected tropical diseases all overwhelm our current capacity, policies, and funding...[Read more...]
Global Human Security and Development
The first panelist, Inder Sud, Adjunct Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School at George Washington University and former Director for the Middle East at the World Bank spoke about his work-in-progress research on "Promoting Stability and Development in Fragile and Failed States." The research examines the characteristics of fragile and failed states and the approaches that the international community should take to promote stability and redevelopment...[Read more...]
Global Trade and Investment
Countries are becoming ever more economically interdependent as trade volumes and financial flows increase worldwide. Technology is accelerating the flow of goods and capital as well as enabling the mobility of traditionally fixed production factors. These changes are creating viable markets in developing countries and other parts of the world, altering the economic landscape with new areas of growth and prosperity...[Read more...]
