Africa House hosts a dissussion of the millennium development goals.

• Click here for summary of event

• Click here for video

• Click here to see photos

 

SUMMARY

(NOTE: CLICK ON THE PRESENTATION TITLES TO SEE A PDF VERSION)

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Time: 4 PM to 7 PM
Location: Room 802
Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life
New York University
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

• 4:00 PM Introductory Remarks, NYU Vice Provost Yaw Nyarko
• 4:05 PM Prof. Angus Deaton (Princeton) Growth, Health, and Policy
• 4:35 PM Prof. Michael Kremer (Harvard) Contracting For Health
• 5:00 PM Break
• 5:15 PM Prof. William Easterly (NYU) Why the Millennium Development Goals Idea is Failing
• 5:45 PM Dr. Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development) Paying for Results on the Millennium Development Goals
• 6:15 PM Break
• 6:30 PM Keynote Address, Sir Quett Ketumile Masire, Former President of Botswana Global Action, Local Leadership: How External Agencies Can Best Support Strong Local Governance and Leadership
• 6:55 PM Concluding Remarks, Vice Provost Yaw Nyarko
• 7:00 PM Close