Development Roundtable Academic Year 2011 - 2012 Under the guidance of IDEV leadership and faculty, the Development Roundtable provides a forum for informed discussion of major issues facing the development community today. The biweekly event gives speakers the opportunity to address the challenges of global development assistance and to suggest new initiatives that will improve the field. For more than a dozen years, the annual series has hosted influential speakers at the lunchtime hour before a diverse audience comprised of the SAIS community and representatives from the academic, policy and government sectors. Development Roundtable Coordinator 2011 - 2012: Elliot Waldman Please direct additional questions and comments to developmentroundtable@jhu.edu
SPRING 2012 SCHEDULE:
Wed, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m
February 8th, 2012
BOB 50
Unnatural Selection: Probing The Consequences of a Global Gender Imbalance
Mara Hvistendahl, Correspondent, Science Magazine Wed, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
February 15th, 2012
Rome 203
Due Deligence: Separating Fact from Fiction in Microfinance
David Roodman, Senior Feloow, Centarl for Global Development Fri, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
February 24th, 2012
Rome Auditorium
The Future of Social Enterprise
Harold Rosen, CEO, Grassroots Business Fund Fri, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
March 2nd, 2012
Rome 200
Measuring and Combating Corruption in the 21st Century
Nathaniel Heller, Co-founder and Executive Director, Global Integrity Fri, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
April 13th, 2012
Rome 200
The Evolution and Diffusion of Transactional Human Rights Norms
Amitav Acharya, Professor of International Relations and UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, American University Fri, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
April 20th, 2012
Kenney Auditorium
The Open Government Partnership: A Progress Report
Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs
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