Private Sector Development Workgroup Event

Non Non-Profit Thinking: Development with a Defined Purpose

When: May 17, 2012, 12:30 p.m - 1:45 p.m. 

Where: Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Rome Auditorium, Room 200, 2nd Floor, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

Top business leader and author, Steven Rothschild, will be joining SID-Washington for to discuss techniques highlighted in his book The Non Nonprofit: For-Profit Thinking for Nonprofit Success. The discussion promises insights on essential nonprofit principles, such as having a clear and appropriate purpose, creating economic value from social benefit and establishing mutual accountability.

International Health and Nutrition Workgroup Event

Positioning to Scale up Nutrition

When: May 22, 2012, 12:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m. 

Where: Chemonics, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Please join the SID-Washington International Health and Nutrition Workgroup on May 17th, for a discussion on the importance of nutrition with Noreen Mucha, Senior Nutrition Advisor Consultant at Bread for the World Institute, and Diane Bernardo, Nutrition Advisor at International Medical Corps. In the last few years, there has been an unprecedented global effort to scale-up maternal and child nutrition programs. The effort was prompted by increasing recognition of the devastating and largely irreversible impact of malnutrition on children under five and those in the 1,000-day window from pregnancy to age two—and by a growing consensus on a set of evidence-based, cost-effective nutrition interventions. The United States has been a leader in the global effort and has made maternal and child nutrition improvements a primary objective of its Feed the Future and Global Health initiatives. Additionally, global efforts such as the Scaling up Nutrition Movement (SUN), the UN Renewed Efforts to End Child Hunger (REACH) and WHO Landscape Analysis have also contributed significantly to position high burden stunting countries to scale up nutrition.

Africa Workgroup Event

Bottle Necks and Border Crossings in Africa

When: May 31, 2012, 9:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m. 

Where: Crown Agents USA, 1129 20th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Cross border trade is increasingly important in an interdependent world. The SID-Washington Africa Workgroup will host a discussion to take a look at efforts to streamline trade flows at borders and to explore the indicators that monitor this activity. The workgroup will host William Petty, Crown Agents USA and Toni Matsudaira, Senior Trade Facilitation Specialist at The World Bank.

Africa Workgroup Event

A Silver Bullet for Poverty Reduction? An Examination of Microfinance's Potential for Africa

When: June 19, 2012, 12:00 p.m - 1:30 p.m. 

Where: SID-Washington/The Grameen Foundation, 1101 15th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Please join the SID-Washington Africa Workgroup for a discussion with David Roodman, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development. Access to financial services in Africa is becoming an increasingly attainable reality for many. However, the need for financial security remains greatest among the rural poor. Microfinance, specifically microcredit, has been touted as a silver bullet for large scale poverty reduction, yet evidence to support such claims has not been forthcoming. What role can microfinance realistically play in reducing poverty in Africa? Can and should microfinance be linked to capital markets? What is the future of microfinance on the African Continent? SID-Washington's Africa Workgroup will host a discussion with David Roodman, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, and author of Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance to explore answers to these questions.