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| What is IPD? |
| Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz founded The Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) in July 2000 to help developing countries explore policy alternatives, and enable wider civic participation in economic policymaking. |
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Climate Change Task Force
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| Event: at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, UK: Jun 17, 2009 - Jun 18, 2009 |
| Climate scholars and advocates from all over the world discussed negotiations in North-South burden-sharing on climate change mitigation. Chairman's summary forthcoming. |
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Intellectual Property Task Force meeting 2009
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| Event: at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester: Jun 22, 2009 - Jun 23, 2009 |
| Our group of intellectual property scholars will present and discuss papers for inclusion in IPD's forthcoming volume on IPRs and Development. |
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Decentralization Task Force Meeting 2009
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| Event: Jun 10, 2009 - Jun 11, 2009 |
| The top academics studying decentralization presented and debated the latest research in the field and discussed and evaluated the resulting policy options in the company of World Bank professionals working on decentralization and policymakers from countries with notable decentralization experiments. |
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Shadow Gn Meeting in Italy
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| Event: May 06, 2009 - May 07, 2009 |
| The Initiative for Policy Dialogue, in collaboration with and with support from Luiss University, held the second Shadow Gn 2009 meeting in Rome. |
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| Featured or Recently Updated IPD Programs: |
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| Task Forces |
| Financial Markets Reform |
| Among the most important issues for countries to achieve sustainable, long-term growth are the development of a strong financial sector and the extension of credit to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This task force will work towards a new paradigm in the regulation of financial markets; one that both serves prudential purposes while also providing incentives for banks to extend credit to companies that need it the most, when they most need it. |
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| Task Forces |
| Migration |
| At its first meeting, IPD's Migration Task Force discussed the costs and benefits of migration through four types of migration and different policies. |
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| Upcoming and Recent IPD Events |
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Climate Change Task Force
Jun 17, 2009 - Jun 18, 2009
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| at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, UK |
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Advanced Graduate Workshop on Poverty, Development, and Globalization 2009
Jun 15, 2009 - Jul 03, 2009
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Shadow GN New York February 4-5 2009
Feb 04, 2009 - Feb 05, 2009
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Migration Task Force - Second Meeting
Jan 15, 2009 - Jan 16, 2009
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Global Financial Crisis Meeting
Nov 13, 2008
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Global Financial Crisis - Open Panel Discussion
Date To Be Announced
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| November 13, 5:30-7:00pm, Rennert Hall, Kraft Center, 606 W 115th St |
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Africa Task Force Meeting, Addis Ababa, 2008
Jul 10, 2008 - Jul 11, 2008
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China Task Force Meeting, Manchester 2008
Jun 25, 2008 - Jun 26, 2008
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Bringing Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives to IMF Reform Debates
Apr 10, 2008 - Apr 10, 2008
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European Regulation of Hedge Funds and Private Equity
Mar 31, 2008 - Mar 31, 2008
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| Discussion with Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
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Journalism Training Workshop: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Feb 20, 2008 - Feb 22, 2008
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| Journalism Workshop in Sierra Leone |
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Discussion on the Subprime Crisis, Financial Regulation, and Hedge Funds
Feb 06, 2008 - Feb 06, 2008
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