Trade and Development Events
Debts, Deficits, and Development
August 02, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
Wilson Center on the Hill
The outcome of the current debate over the U.S. national debts and deficits will have implications for many parts of the national budget. Panelists will discuss the impact on the budgets for USAID, Department of State, and what it could mean for U.S. development policy.
The Elephant and the Jaguar: Whither Indo-Latin America Relations?
July 19, 2011 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Latin American Program
Much has been made of China’s growing presence in the Western Hemisphere. Yet, in the course of the past decade India has become a valued partner of Latin America as well. From 2000 to 2010, Latin America’s diplomatic missions in New Delhi increased from 12 to 18, and India’s in Latin America from 7 to 14. Trade, worth $20 billion in 2010, is growing fast, as is Indian investment in the region. Indian IT companies have been in the lead, but companies in other sectors, from oil to pharmaceuticals, are not far behind. What are the implications of this for Latin America and the Western Hemisphere more generally? What is the significance of the relationship in economic as well as political terms?
Whose Logo? Sustainable Consumption and Production in North America
June 23, 2011 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Canada Institute
Stefanie Bowles of Policy Horizons Canada discussed her research findings exploring the economic implications and changing regulatory structure relating to “green” products.
Africa: 53 Countries, One Union - The New Challenges
June 15, 2011 // 4:30pm — 6:30pm
Africa Program
Steve McDonald, Director of the Africa Program and Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, Woodrow Wilson Center; Jessica Einhorn, Dean of SAIS, Johns Hopkins University; Romano Prodi, President, Foundation for World Wide Cooperation
Latin America's Development and Social Agenda
June 15, 2011 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Latin American Program
On the occasion of the first meeting of the Latin American Program Advisory Board, Wendy Luers leads former Uruguayan President Dr. Tabaré Vázquez and other distinguished Board members in a discussion on the region.
Book Launch: So Much Aid, So Little Development: Stories from Pakistan
June 14, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
A presentation by former Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar Samia Altaf about her new book, a study of why international assistance to Pakistan has been so ineffective.
Book Launch: The Eagle and the Elephant: Strategic Aspects of U.S.-India Economic Engagement
June 01, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Raymond E. Vickery, formerly a Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar and now a senior director at Albright Stonebridge Group, discussed his new book about the relationship between U.S.-India economic engagement and the broader strategic relationship.
A Discussion with Colombian Foreign Minister María Angela Holguín
June 01, 2011 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Latin American Program
Under the Santos administration, Colombia has pursued a new set of foreign policy priorities and is seeking to play a more active role in regional and international affairs. Minister Holguín discussed Colombia's changing political and economic relations with its closest neighbors and the rest of Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
May 31, 2011 // 4:30pm — 5:30pm
Brazil Institute
A discussion with Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Brazilian Foreign Minister
Union to Union: How are Europe and Africa Getting Along?
April 07, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Africa Program
“My role as Managing Director is to try and bring together all of the diverse threads of Europe’s relationship with Africa in a way that we have not been able to before,” Dr. Nick Westcott said of his post in the European External Action Service (EEAS) at an event co-hosted by the Africa Program and Leadership Project on April 7, 2011.