The New Rules for Global Finance Coalition

and the Institute for Policy Studies

 

invites you to a brown bag lunch presentation and discussion of

 

Hijacking the Development Debate

 

with Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

 

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

 

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

 

NOTE NEW LOCATION

Johns Hopkins University – Rome Building

1619 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 200

Washington, DC 20036

 

Directions: The building is adjacent to the Australian Embassy and next to the Airline Pilots Association building at Scott Circle.  

 

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You must bring a photo ID

 

Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat and Jeffrey Sach's The End of Poverty have dominated the bestseller lists for books on globalization and development over the past 18 months.  Yet, according to Broad and Cavanagh, their admonitions of "more aid" and "more trade" are based on a series of myths about definitions of poverty, the creation of poverty, and the global economy.  Broad and Cavanagh will introduce a discussion on how and why Friedman and Sachs are wrong, and what are more effective approaches to the problems of poverty and unequal globalization. 

 

Click here to download Broad and Cavanagh's new article in the summer 2006 issues of the World Policy journal, entitled: "Hijacking the Development Debate: How Friedman and Sachs Got it Wrong."

 

Robin Broad is a professor in the International Development Program of the School of International Service at American University.  She has done extensive field-work in the Philippines, and previously worked as an international economist in the Treasury Department and on Capitol Hill.  She is the author of three books on development and globalization, most recently: Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy.  John Cavanagh is director of the Institute for Policy Studies and co-author of 12 books on the global economy, most recently (with Sarah Anderson and Thea Lee) "Field Guide to the Global Economy."  He formerly worked for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and currently serves on the civil society committee of the United Nations Development Program.  Broad and Cavanagh have co-authored numerous publications, including six articles in Foreign Policy and World Policy journals over the past two decades on the rise and fall of the "Washington Consensus."

 

All are welcome to this open discussion.

Bring your own lunch. Cookies and drinks will be provided.

Kindly RSVP: jbaker@new-rules.org

 

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