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USAID: From The American People

USAID Poverty Reduction
&
Natural Resources Management Seminars

Schedule

These seminars took place between October 2004 and April 2005 at USAID’s Africa Bureau, Office of Sustainable Development. A training module for Agency field staff based on the series is in development, and portions may be posted at this site in the coming months.

Oct.28, 2004   Why an Interest in the Links between Natural Resources Management & Poverty?
Panelists: Jan Bojö (World Bank), Sara Scherr (Forest Trends),
Andrew Warner (Millennium Challenge Corporation)
Dec. 2, 2004   Power & the Social Dimensions of Poverty & Natural Resource Management
Facilitators: Ruth Meinzen-Dick (IFPRI), Marilee Kane (USAID)
Dec. 9, 2004   Assets, Poverty Traps & Rights
Presenters: Chris Barrett (Cornell University), Marilee Kane (USAID)
Jan. 6, 2005   Markets, Trade & Poverty Reduction
Panelists: Aaron Cosbey (International Institute for Sustainable Development), Augusta Molnar (Forest Trends), John Lamb (Abt Associates)
Feb. 3, 2005   Migration, Marginal Lands & Least-Favored Areas
Presenter: Kevin O’Neil (Migration Policy Institute), John Pender (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Feb.17, 2005   Macro/National Level Issues
Panelists: Kadi Warner (Winrock International), Peter Veit (World Resources Institute)
Mar. 3, 2005   Programmatic Issues & Tools
Panelists: Gary Eilerts (USAID-Africa Sustainable Development), Dan Tunstall and Norbert Henninger (World Resources Institute), and Tony Pryor (International Resources Group, Ltd.)
Apr.19, 2005   Conflict, Corruption, Natural Resources Management & Poverty Reduction
Presenters:Geoffrey Dabelko (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars), Nalin Kishor (World Bank), and Miguel Schloss (DAMConsult, Ltd.)
 
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