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SUMMARY:CID Open House
DESCRIPTION:Interested in the cutting edge research in International Development? Here’s your chance to meet CID faculty\, research fellows and staff and learn about student programs and opportunities at CID’s Annual Open House hosted by Marcela Escobari\, CID Executive Director.  Featuring Research Programs:  Building State Capability (Matt Andrews) Evidence for Policy Design (Asim Khwaja) Growth Lab (Ricardo Hausmann) RSVP not necessary. If you have any questions about the event\, please contact Andrea Hayes.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-open-house-2/
LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse\, HKS
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SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: What if Doctors Could Prescribe Seeds? Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture to Address Malnutrition in Rwanda
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessie Cronan\, Executive Director\, Gardens for Health International 	Gardens for Health International (GHI) is an NGO that works in partnership with local health centers in Rwanda to provide lasting agricultural solutions to chronic childhood malnutrition. 	Jessie joined the Gardens for Health team in June 2012. She came to the organization with a broad range of experiences in international development and in Africa specifically. As a Princeton-in-Africa fellow with the Tanzanian Children’s Fund in 2007 – 2008\, Jessie spent 18 months living and working in rural Tanzania to improve educational outcomes of primary school students. Jessie’s work in Tanzania inspired her to pursue a career focused on working at the community level to spark sustainable change in the developing world. 	While pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Policy\, Jessie worked as a consultant with the Aceh Women’s League – an Indonesian NGO dedicated to promoting women’s political empowerment – and with the Network of Women Leaders – a group of public and private sector leaders in the Horn of Africa.Most recently\, Jessie served as a Strategy and New Business Development Coordinator with TechnoServe\, an NGO dedicated to identifying business solutions to poverty in Swaziland. 	Jessie holds a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-what-if-doctors-could-prescribe-seeds-integrating-nutrition-and-agriculture-to-address-malnutrition-in-rwanda/
LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS
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SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - A New Era for Development Assistance: How well are NGOs and their Partners Adapting?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Charles MacCormack\, President Emeritus\, Save the Children \nCharles MacCormack is President Emeritus of Save the Children U.S. and currently an advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University\, where he is working on issues involving the role of private philanthropy in global health and development. Most recently\, Dr. MacCormack has served as Executive Chair of the Millennium Development Goal Health Alliance; Executive in Residence at Middlebury College; and Senior Fellow at Interaction. He was previously CEO of Save the Children from 1993 to 2012 and CEO of World Learning/School for International Training from 1997 until 1993. 	He is a graduate of Middlebury College and holds his Masters and Ph.D degrees from Columbia University.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-a-new-era-for-development-assistance-how-well-are-ngos-and-their-partners-adapting/
LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Making a Mark and Achieving Your Highest Potential in the Development Sector
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Soulaima Gourani\, CEO Capital Aid & Owner\, Tradeconductor.com \nSoulaima Gourani is a Danish CEO\, motivational speaker\, author\, and philanthropist whose vision is to make the world a more tolerant place through international trade and business relations. She is currently CEO of CapitalAid\, a Denmark-based company helping small businesses to accelerate growth through strategic growth loans\, and as CEO of Tradeconductor.com\, a service working to implement trade relations and connecting manufacturers with distributors. Gourani has also worked as an advisor to several major companies (e.g. Samsung\, Microsoft\, Dell\, Ernst & Young\, Deloitte\, Danske Bank\, etc.) on customer loyalty\, strategic networking\, employee motivation\, and designing sustainable products. Alongside her work with business growth and trade\, Gourani serves as the chair of numerous other organizations including Global Dignity\, a nonprofit working to engage youth in conversations about dignity\, and the Mara Mentor Initiative\, an online platform seeking to empower young African entrepreneurs in their business ventures
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-making-a-mark-and-achieving-your-highest-potential-in-the-development-sector/
LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS
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SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Evaluating a Green Finance Investment: Scaling-Up Renewable Geothermal Energy in Indonesia
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Migara Yawardena\, Senior Energy Specialist in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice\, The World Bank Migara Jayawardena has worked throughout the world on issues related to infrastructure reform and development finance. Mr. Jayawardena’s work in the energy sector has focused mostly on power sector and utility reform\, renewable energy\, rural electrification\, public-private partnerships\, and development challenges related to climate change.  In his current position\, he works mainly on business development\, policy advice\, and investment lending challenges in the Latin America and Caribbean region.  Previously\, Mr. Jayawardena worked in the East Asia region of the World Bank where he led work on climate change and support to a globally unprecedented geothermal renewable energy development program; institutional reform of utilities; power transmission and distributional system strengthening; hydropower development; rural energy access; and oil and gas sector issues. Mr. Jayawardena has also worked in Europe and Central Asia and Africa regions of the World Bank\, in addition to holding the position of Special Assistant to the Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining the World Bank\, Mr. Jayawardena was the Assistant Program Director and a Faculty Member for the Program on Investment Appraisal and Management\, at Harvard University’s Institute for International Development (HIID).  He also helped establish Cambridge Resources International (CRI)\, an investment and risk advisory consultancy. Migara received his B.Sc. in Economics from Towson State University and his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-evaluating-a-green-finance-investment-scaling-up-renewable-geothermal-energy-in-indonesia/
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