Category: Governance
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G20 Leadership for Post-2015
Note – THP will be represented at the June 2014 C20: the Civil Society Forum of the G20 Summit. THP is an NGO registered in 9 members of the G20. Under Australia’s presidency, the G20 will focus on economic growth and resilience, and the C20 is addressing four key issues. In partnering with women and…
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How THP Engages Governments
In inviting us to “rethink world hunger,” THP asks us to recognize that ending hunger requires us to (1) start with women, (2) mobilize everyone, and (3) engage government. But what does this mean? As some would say – isn’t this just asking for trouble? Aren’t governments just hopelessly corrupt at worst and unworkable at best? Engaging…
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Easterly: Rights of the Poor are Key
On May 7, 2014 the mighty THP-DC team attended a discussion by the NYU professor and author William Easterly and the World Bank Chief Economist for the MENA region Shanta Devarajan (former colleagues). The topic was Easterly’s new book The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor. Unlike his previous…
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A Panel on Ending Extreme Poverty in Conflict-Affected Contexts at Center for American Progress 01/28/14
A panel was held at the Center for American Progress (CAP) this morning on ending extreme poverty in conflict-affected contexts. Among the Panelists were Alex Thier, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID , Larry Attree, Head of Policy, Saferworld ,Nancy E. Lindborg, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), USAID , John Norris, Executive…