Calendar of Events
Seminars in 2008
- Taking Charge of Development Through Locally Integrated Governance: The Case of the Rwenzori Region of Uganda
July 16, 2008/Governance Seminar
by: Alex Ruhunda and John Lamb, KRC
Presentation (PDF 2M)
Seminars in 2007
- Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate
April 18, 2007/Governance Seminar
by: Colin I. Bradford, Jr. and Johannes F. Linn, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
Seminars in 2006
- The Role of Farmers' Organizations in Indian Agricultural Policy-Making
October 17, 2006: DSGD/Governance Seminar
by: Prof. Such Singh Gill, Punjabi University Patiala, India - Electoral Competition, Post-Election Bargaining and Special Interest Politics in Parliamentary Systems: The Case of Agricultural Protection
September 5, 2006: DSGD/Governance Seminar
Prof. Christian Henning, University of Kiel, Germany - Governance and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
August 13-14, 2006: Symposium at the IAAE Conference in Gold Coast, Australia
with: Jock Anderson, Sam Benin, Daniel Bromley, Robert Evensen, Klaus Deininger, Simeon Ehui, Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Jonathan Kydd, Carl Pray, Colin Thirtle and Xiaobo Zhang. - A Critical Look at the Role of Democracy and Human Rights in Promoting Food and Nutrition Security
July 27, 2006: FCND/Governance Seminar
by: Dan Banik, University of Oslo/Visiting Research Fellow, IFPRI - Governance Matters for the Rural Poor
July 26, 2006: Policy/Governance Seminar
by: Regina Birner, IFPRI - Governance Matters for the Rural Poor
July 26, 2006: Policy/Governance Seminar
by: Regina Birner, IFPRI - Accountability, Voice and Targeting: Rethinking Mexican Anti-poverty Programs
June 16, 2006: FCND/Governance Seminar
by: Jonathan Fox, University of California-Santa Cruz - Conflict, Food Insecurity, and Globalization
June 15, 2006: FCND/Governance Seminar
by: Ellen Messer, Tufts University, and Marc Cohen, IFPRI - From Insight to Impact: Bridging Research and Policy in International Development
May 18, 2006: Governance Seminar
by: Julius Court, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) - Reclaiming Social Policy: The Role of Poor States during Globalization
April 18, 2006: Governance Seminar
by: Arjan de Haan, Visiting professor at the University of Guelph, Canada; Social Development Advisor, DFID - Understanding Institutional Change -- Modeling China's Economic Transformation Since 1978
March 30, 2006: Policy/Governance Seminar
by: Daniel Bromley, Anderson-Bascom Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison - Governing the Land: Taking Stock of IFPRI’s Research
December 15, 2005: Interdivisional Governance Seminar.
Seminars in 2005
- The Political Economy of Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Reform
October 20, 2005: Policy Seminar
by: David K. Leonard
Professor of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley - Building State Capacity in Africa
October 12, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Brian Levy
The World Bank
Presentation (PDF 187K) - Is Better Governance the Enemy of Good Enough?
October 11, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Derick W. Brinkerhoff
Research Triangle Institute
Presentation (PDF 149K) - Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works
September 16, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Stephen C. Smith
Director, Research Program in Poverty, Development and Globalization
George Washington University - Getting Governance Right: Multi-level and Multi-Stakeholder Approaches to Enhancing Food Security
July 28, 2005: FCND/Governance Seminar
by: James V. Riker, The Democracy Collaborative
University of Maryland
Presentation (PDF 250K) - The Emerging Agrifood System: Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholders
June 20, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Lawrence Busch, Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards
Michigan State University
Presentation (PDF 378K) - State-Building - Governance & World Order in the 21st Century
May 17, 2005: Policy Seminar
by: F. Fukuyama, Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
F. Fukuyama's Presentation (MP3 Audio 40 Minutes)Requires a media player (RealPlayer or Windows Media Player) - Speaking Truth About Power
An IFPRI Workshop on: How to Do Research on Governance?
April 18, 2005: Governance Workshop
with: Merilee Grindle, Harvard University
David Laitin, Stanford University
Paul Sabatier, University of California, Davis, and
Jos Mooij, Institute of Social Studies - Can Aid Reform Institutions?
April 6, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Mary M. Shirley, The Ronald Coase Institute
Presentation (PDF 496K) - Why Do the Poor Receive Poor Services? A Political Economy Explanation and Exploration of Solutions
April 1, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Stuti Khemani, The World Bank
Presentation (PDF 401K) - Governance Research at IFPRI – A Stock-Taking Workshop
February 25, 2005
At this workshop, each Division of IFPRI presented ongoing and planned research activities on governance, illustrated by project examples. - Why Isn't This Working? Identifying Local Bottlenecks to National Poverty Reduction Policies
February 11, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Alicia Phillips Mandaville, The National Democratic Institute
Presentation (PDF 87K) - The Power Game - Participatory Assessment of Natural Resource Governance in Namibia
January 28, 2005: Governance Seminar
by: Eva Schiffer, IFPRI
Outline (PDF 286K) - State Building and Food Security
December 9, 2004: Governance Seminar
by: Raymond Hopkins, Swarthmore College - Strategies for Governance to Address Hunger and Environmental Challenges
November 5, 2004: Governance Seminar, co-sponsored by Swarthmore College
Speakers:
Cheryl Christensen, USDA
David Gordon, National Intelligence Council
Jack Riggs, Aspen Institute, and
Thomas Callaghy, University of Pennsylvania.
Luncheon Talk
by: Ambassador Allen Johnson, US Chief Agriculture Negotiator - Civil Society and Pro-poor Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh: Finding a Workable Strategy
October 29, 2004: Governance Seminar
by: Harry Blair, Political Science Department, Yale University - Statistical and Analytical Strategies to Assess Development Strategies and Outcomes in Africa, 1950-2000
September 30, 2004: Governance Seminar
by: Stephen A. O’Connell, Swarthmore College - Which Path to Peace: Autonomous Recovery and International Intervention in Comparative Perspective
July 15, 2004: Governance Seminar
by: Jeremy Weinstein, Stanford University and Center for Global Development