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2009 Seminar Series
The seminar series provide a forum for presentations and panel discussions that allow participants to explore special international development topics in performance, implementation, measurement and evaluation, policy, management, and business operations.
2009 Spring Seminar: “Sustainable Economic Recovery in Conflict-Affected Environments” focused on best practices and lessons learned from enterprise development initiative case studies in 13 conflict-affected countries.
2009 Summer Seminar sessions:
- July 1- What Capitalists and Slumdogs Now Have in Common
Presenter: Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Peru
Opening Remarks: Michael Yates, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID
Moderator: Mary Ott, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID
Video Clip: Hernando de Soto
- July 8- Asia's Future: Critical Thinking for a Changing Environment
Presenters: Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Mary Melnyk, Senior Advisor, Natural Resources Management, Asia and Middle East Bureaus, USAID
Howard-Yana Shapiro, Global Director, Plant Science and External Affairs, Mars, Incorporated, Adjunct Professor, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis
Jennifer L. Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center
Moderator: Margot B. Ellis, Acting Assistant Administrator for Asia, USAID
Video Clip: Asia's Future: Critical Thinking for a Changing Environment
- July 15- Administrator's Forum: Smart Power and Development: Civilian-Military Cooperation
Presenters: Dr. Reuben Brigety, Director of the Sustainable Security Program, Center for American Progress
Ms. Linda Poteat, Director, Disaster Response, InterAction
Colonel Gregory A. Hermsmeyer, United States Air Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense Policy Staff
Opening Remarks: Lisa Chiles, Counselor, USAID
Moderator: Chris Milligan, Acting
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Legislative and Public
Affairs Bureau, USAID
Handouts: National Strategy for Global Development (from the Center for American Progress - Reuben Brigety and Sabina Dewan, May 2009) (PDF - 400KB) | Civilian-Military Relations - An LTL Strategies Study Group - Consensus Report, July 2009 (PDF - 499 KB)
Video Clips: Dr. R. Brigety | Colonel G. Hermsmeyer & Ms. L. Poteat | Question and Answer
- July 22- China in Africa
Presenters: His Excellency, Mr. Ombeni Sefue, Ambassador of Tanzania to the United States
Dr. Deborah Brautigam, Associate Professor, International Development Program, School of International Service, American University
Dr. David Dollar, U.S. Treasury Economic and Financial Emissary to China and former World Bank Country Representative for China and Mongolia
Opening Remarks: Karen Turner, Director, Office of Development Partners, USAID
Welcoming Remarks: Alonzo Fulgham, Acting Administrator, USAID
Moderator: Earl Gast, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa, USAID
- July 29 - Integrating Gender in Agricultural Programs
Presenters: Nienke Beintema, Head of the Agricultural Science & Technology Indicators Initiative, International Food Policy Research Institute
Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Panelists: Thomas Hobgood, Senior Agricultural Advisor, Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development, USAID
Haven Ley, Program Officer, Agricultural Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Catherine Ragasa, Agricultural Economist, Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
Moderator: Michael Yates, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID
PowerPoint presentations: N. Beintema presentation (340 KB) | R. Meinzen-Dick presentation (2.21 MB) | T. Hobgood presentation (667 KB)
Handout: Women's participation in agricultural research and higher education: key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa - N. Beintema and F. Di Marcantonio, July 2009 (PDF - 351 KB)
Video Clip: Integrating Gender in Agricultural Programs
2009 Fall Seminar: "The Untold Impact of Chronic Disease on Young Women and Mothers"
focused on the impact of chronic disease on young women and mothers in developing countries,
using the example from the recent Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) in the Republic of Georgia, which finds that breast cancer is the single leading underlying cause of death for women aged 15-49.
Previous USAID Summer Seminars
Notes, Q&A transcripts, handouts, and slides from previous USAID Summer Seminar are available for the following years: 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003.
How to Contact Us
Any questions concerning the Summer Seminars should be directed to the 2009 Summer Seminar Planning Team at ksc@usaid.gov
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