Development Circle
From: May 1 2013 - 12:15pm
To: May 1 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Fail-Safe Management: Five Rules to Avoid Project Failure" with Jody Kusek, World Bank Advisor.
Jody Zall Kusek is an expert in results based management. During her thirteen years at the World Bank she has held both regional and corporate positions focusing on how the World Bank can better align its resources and investments to achieve development results on the ground. She has worked in all six regions of the Bank and in over 30 countries. She is the co-author of Ten Steps to Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation, now in its 5th printing and available in seven languages. This handbook is used by academic institution, national governments, and developing partner’s
worldwide to better understand the principles and practices of results based M&E. She also coauthored Making Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Work, published in June 2010. Her third book, Fail-Safe Management, Five Rules to Avoid Project Failure will be available in May, 2013. Earlier, Ms. Kusek was a senior advisor and director in two cabinet agencies during the Clinton-Gore Administration in the United States, helping to design and implement the Government Performance and Results Act that is the hallmark of the US’s strategic and program planning model.
Light refreshments will be served.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Fed Event-April 20th at 12:15 PM
Tuesday Policy Forum
From: Apr 30 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Apr 30 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"How the US became the world's leading jailer, the consequent collateral damage and what incarceration has done for the nation's drug problem"
Forty years ago the United States had the same per capita imprisonment rate as many other Western countries. Now it has a rate that is five to ten times that of Western European nations. What led to this increase? What are the consequences of the massive incarceration rates for the prisoners, families and communities from which they come and to which they return? Drugs are very much involved in this mass incarceration, both because 500,000 individuals are incarcerated for drug offenses and even more prisoners are frequent users of expensive drugs like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. How has the incarceration affected America's drug problem?
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
James Lynch is Chair of the University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. From 2010 to 2012 he served as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics in the Department of Justice.
Peter Reuter is a professor both in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His research has focused particularly on drug markets and efforts to suppress them.
From: Apr 30 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Apr 30 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"How the US became the world's leading jailer, the consequent collateral damage and what incarceration has done for the nation's drug problem"
Forty years ago the United States had the same per capita imprisonment rate as many other Western countries. Now it has a rate that is five to ten times that of Western European nations. What led to this increase? What are the consequences of the massive incarceration rates for the prisoners, families and communities from which they come and to which they return? Drugs are very much involved in this mass incarceration, both because 500,000 individuals are incarcerated for drug offenses and even more prisoners are frequent users of expensive drugs like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. How has the incarceration affected America's drug problem?
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
James Lynch is Chair of the University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. From 2010 to 2012 he served as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics in the Department of Justice.
Peter Reuter is a professor both in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His research has focused particularly on drug markets and efforts to suppress them.
Fed Event TODAY!!
Future of Wildlife Conservation Panel
From: Apr 29 2013 - 4:15pm
To: Apr 29 2013 - 6:45pm
Location: 2101F Van Munching Hall
Professor Winegrad's wildlife management course will host three outstanding professionals with many years of dedicated efforts devoted to the conservation of wildlife.
SEMINAR ON THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: HOW CAN WE SUCCESSFULLY CONSERVE EARTH'S BIODIVERSITY AND PREVENT EXTINCTIONS?
Three wildlife conservation leaders with nearly 100 combined years of wildlife management experience at the international, national, and state and local level will discuss the future of wildlife management and comprehensive efforts to prevent extinctions nationally and globally. You are invited to attend.
PANELISTS
William F. Hartwig, Retired Assistant Director and Chief of National Wildlife Refuges, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and now Team Leader for Endangered Species, Migratory Birds and Federal Land Acquisition, Dawson and Associates.Bill served in the U.S. Department of Interior for 29 years and was in charge of the 100 million acre National Wildlife Refuges System where he directed policy and managed a $600 million budget involving 3,500 staff. His career has been dedicated to preserving habitat and working to assure wildlife are properly managed.
Glenn Therres. Associate Director, Wildlife and Heritage Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Glenn, a University of Maryland graduate with a BS degree in zoology, has worked to conserve wildlife at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for 28 years. He started supervising the Department’s endangered and nongame wildlife conservation efforts in 1986 and expanded to all endangered species efforts, including plants and wildlife, in 2001. He oversaw the development and implementation of Maryland’s Wildlife Diversity Conservation Plan. In 2009, Glenn helped initiate the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project and still serves of the Chair of that volunteer-based effort. His duties as Associate Director for Administration now include legislation, regulations, and budget management.
Michael J. Parr, Vice President of American Bird Conservancy, has extensive experience in bird conservation and the prevention of extinctions of rare species. He helped found and serves as Chair of the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). The AZE is a global initiative of 64 biodiversity conservation organizations, which aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. To learn more about AZE, visit www.zeroextinction.org. Michael has authored several books, including the award winning Parrots - A Guide to the Parrots of the World,published by Yale University Press (known locally as Parr on parrots).
From: Apr 29 2013 - 4:15pm
To: Apr 29 2013 - 6:45pm
Location: 2101F Van Munching Hall
Professor Winegrad's wildlife management course will host three outstanding professionals with many years of dedicated efforts devoted to the conservation of wildlife.
SEMINAR ON THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: HOW CAN WE SUCCESSFULLY CONSERVE EARTH'S BIODIVERSITY AND PREVENT EXTINCTIONS?
Three wildlife conservation leaders with nearly 100 combined years of wildlife management experience at the international, national, and state and local level will discuss the future of wildlife management and comprehensive efforts to prevent extinctions nationally and globally. You are invited to attend.
PANELISTS
William F. Hartwig, Retired Assistant Director and Chief of National Wildlife Refuges, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and now Team Leader for Endangered Species, Migratory Birds and Federal Land Acquisition, Dawson and Associates.Bill served in the U.S. Department of Interior for 29 years and was in charge of the 100 million acre National Wildlife Refuges System where he directed policy and managed a $600 million budget involving 3,500 staff. His career has been dedicated to preserving habitat and working to assure wildlife are properly managed.
Glenn Therres. Associate Director, Wildlife and Heritage Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Glenn, a University of Maryland graduate with a BS degree in zoology, has worked to conserve wildlife at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for 28 years. He started supervising the Department’s endangered and nongame wildlife conservation efforts in 1986 and expanded to all endangered species efforts, including plants and wildlife, in 2001. He oversaw the development and implementation of Maryland’s Wildlife Diversity Conservation Plan. In 2009, Glenn helped initiate the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project and still serves of the Chair of that volunteer-based effort. His duties as Associate Director for Administration now include legislation, regulations, and budget management.
Michael J. Parr, Vice President of American Bird Conservancy, has extensive experience in bird conservation and the prevention of extinctions of rare species. He helped found and serves as Chair of the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). The AZE is a global initiative of 64 biodiversity conservation organizations, which aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. To learn more about AZE, visit www.zeroextinction.org. Michael has authored several books, including the award winning Parrots - A Guide to the Parrots of the World,published by Yale University Press (known locally as Parr on parrots).
Friday, April 26, 2013
Fed Event: May 6th, Maryland Global Leaders Program Presents Namık Tan, Ambassador of Turkey to the United States
"Turkish Foreign Policy in a Changing World"
12:15 PM
Van Munching Hall (Policy Side) Atrium
Ambassador Namik Tan was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to the United States in February 2010. Prior to this appointment, Ambassador Tan was Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for bilateral political affairs and public diplomacy.
About the Speaker
Ambassador Namık Tan was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to the United States in February 2010. Prior to this appointment, Ambassador Tan was Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for bilateral political affairs and public diplomacy. He was previously Ambassador of Turkey to Israel from 2007 to 2009.
Ambassador Tan joined the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1982. After working in the Department of Maritime Affairs, he was posted to Moscow as Second Secretary from 1984 to 1987. He then spent two years as First Secretary in Abu Dhabi. After returning to Turkey, Mr. Tan served as the Deputy Chief of Cabinet to the Turkish President until 1991.
He was later assigned to the Turkish Embassy in Washington, where he served as Counselor from 1991 to 1995 and First Counselor from 1997 to 2001. Between these assignments, Mr. Tan served as Chief of Cabinet to the Turkish Foreign Minister.
Upon his return to Turkey in 2001, he first served as Head of the Department for the Americas, and was subsequently named Head of the Information Department in 2002. He went on to serve as the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2007.
Born in 1956, Ambassador Tan holds a law degree from Ankara University. Ambassador and Mrs. Fügen Tan have two children.
The Maryland Global Leaders Program is a joint effort of the Maryland School of Public Policy, and the Office of International Affairs.
RSVP: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/turkish-ambassador-namik-tan-rsvp?destination=node/6314
Fed Event: April 29 4:15 PM, Van Munching Room 2101 F
SEMINAR ON THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: PREVENTING EXTINCTIONS GLOBALLY this Monday, April 29 in Van Munching Room 2101 F from 4:15 p.m.-6:45 p.m. As part of my wildlife management course we will be hosting three outstanding professionals with nearly 100 years of dedicated efforts devoted to the conservation of wildlife.
Professor Gerald W. Winegrad
SEMINAR ON THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION:
HOW CAN WE SUCCESSFULLY CONSERVE EARTH'S BIODIVERSITY AND PREVENT EXTINCTIONS?
Three wildlife conservation leaders with nearly 100 combined years of wildlife management experience at the international, national, and state and local level will discuss the future of wildlife management and comprehensive efforts to prevent extinctions nationally and globally. You are invited to attend this Monday, April 29 at 4:15 p.m. in VMH Room 2101F..
PANELISTS
William F. Hartwig, Retired Assistant Director and Chief of National Wildlife Refuges, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and now Team Leader for Endangered Species, Migratory Birds and Federal Land Acquisition, Dawson and Associates. Bill served in the U.S. Department of Interior for 29 years and was in charge of the 100 million acre National Wildlife Refuges System where he directed policy and managed a $600 million budget involving 3,500 staff. His career has been dedicated to preserving habitat and working to assure wildlife are properly managed.
Glenn Therres. Associate Director, Wildlife and Heritage Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Glenn, a University of Maryland graduate with a BS degree in zoology, has worked to conserve wildlife at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for 28 years. He started supervising the Department’s endangered and nongame wildlife conservation efforts in 1986 and expanded to all endangered species efforts, including plants and wildlife, in 2001. He oversaw the development and implementation of Maryland’s Wildlife Diversity Conservation Plan. In 2009, Glenn helped initiate the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project and still serves of the Chair of that volunteer-based effort. His duties as Associate Director for Administration now include legislation, regulations, and budget management.
Michael J. Parr, Vice President of American Bird Conservancy, has extensive experience in bird conservation and the prevention of extinctions of rare species. He helped found and serves as Chair of the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). The AZE is a global initiative of 64 biodiversity conservation organizations, which aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. To learn more about AZE, visit www.zeroextinction.org. Michael has authored several books, including the award winning Parrots - A Guide to the Parrots of the World, published by Yale University Press (known locally as Parr on parrots).
Professor Gerald W. Winegrad
SEMINAR ON THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION:
HOW CAN WE SUCCESSFULLY CONSERVE EARTH'S BIODIVERSITY AND PREVENT EXTINCTIONS?
Three wildlife conservation leaders with nearly 100 combined years of wildlife management experience at the international, national, and state and local level will discuss the future of wildlife management and comprehensive efforts to prevent extinctions nationally and globally. You are invited to attend this Monday, April 29 at 4:15 p.m. in VMH Room 2101F..
PANELISTS
William F. Hartwig, Retired Assistant Director and Chief of National Wildlife Refuges, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and now Team Leader for Endangered Species, Migratory Birds and Federal Land Acquisition, Dawson and Associates. Bill served in the U.S. Department of Interior for 29 years and was in charge of the 100 million acre National Wildlife Refuges System where he directed policy and managed a $600 million budget involving 3,500 staff. His career has been dedicated to preserving habitat and working to assure wildlife are properly managed.
Glenn Therres. Associate Director, Wildlife and Heritage Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Glenn, a University of Maryland graduate with a BS degree in zoology, has worked to conserve wildlife at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for 28 years. He started supervising the Department’s endangered and nongame wildlife conservation efforts in 1986 and expanded to all endangered species efforts, including plants and wildlife, in 2001. He oversaw the development and implementation of Maryland’s Wildlife Diversity Conservation Plan. In 2009, Glenn helped initiate the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project and still serves of the Chair of that volunteer-based effort. His duties as Associate Director for Administration now include legislation, regulations, and budget management.
Michael J. Parr, Vice President of American Bird Conservancy, has extensive experience in bird conservation and the prevention of extinctions of rare species. He helped found and serves as Chair of the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). The AZE is a global initiative of 64 biodiversity conservation organizations, which aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. To learn more about AZE, visit www.zeroextinction.org. Michael has authored several books, including the award winning Parrots - A Guide to the Parrots of the World, published by Yale University Press (known locally as Parr on parrots).
Fed Event on May 6
The Maryland Global Leaders speakers series, a joint effort of the UMD Office of International Affairs and the UMD School of Public Policy, is pleased to announce a visit to campus by H.E. Namik Tan, Turkish ambassador to the US. Amb. Tan will speak on the topic, “Turkish Foreign policy in a changing world.” His presentation will take place on Monday, May 6, from 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM in the Atrium of the School of Public Policy, in Van Munching Hall. Light lunch (pizza and refreshments) will be provided. All members of the campus community are welcome to attend, so please share this announcement with colleagues and students.
Tuesday Policy Forum | UMD Professors James Lynch and Peter Reuter Discuss the Affects of Incarceration on the Nation’s Drug Problem | April 30 12:15 PM in 1203 Van Munching
How the US became the world's leading jailer, the consequent collateral damage and what incarceration has done for the nation's drug problem
Forty years ago the United States had the same per capita imprisonment rate as many other Western countries. Now it has a rate that is five to ten times that of Western European nations. What led to this increase? What are the consequences of the massive incarceration rates for the prisoners, families and communities from which they come and to which they return? Drugs are very much involved in this mass incarceration, both because 500,000 individuals are incarcerated for drug offenses and even more prisoners are frequent users of expensive drugs like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. How has the incarceration affected America's drug problem?
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
James Lynch is Chair of the University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. From 2010 to 2012 he served as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics in the Department of Justice.
Peter Reuter is a professor both in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His research has focused particularly on drug markets and efforts to suppress them.
The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Fed Event on April 22
April 22nd, 2013 (Mon)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
“Waking the Green Tiger”
Website Link: http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/btccalendar.php
"Waking the Green Tiger" tells the dramatic story of the rise of the first major grassroots environmental movement in China, a significant development that could reshape the country. Seen through the eyes of farmers, journalists, activists and a former government insider, the film traces the historical evolution of the movement and highlights an extraordinary campaign to stop a huge dam project slated for the Upper Yangtze River in southern China. The documentary also portrays the earlier history of Chairman Mao's campaigns to conquer nature in the name of progress. Mao mobilized millions of people in campaigns that reshaped China's landscape, destroyed lakes, forests and grasslands, and unleashed dust storms. Despite the evident consequences, critics of this approach were silenced for decades. The green movement emerged when a new environmental impact law was passed in 2004. For the first time in China's history, ordinary citizens gained the right to speak out and take part in government decisions. Green activism grew into a larger movement as local villagers and urban activists joined forces to oppose a massive new dam at Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Upper Yangtze that would have displaced 100,000 people. Their extraordinary campaign is a primary focus of the film.
"Waking the Green Tiger" also gained unprecedented access to Qu Geping, the former director of China's Environmental Protection Agency, who provides a candid look at the state of the environment in China from Mao until now, and discusses how environmental law and the green movement have a key role to play in the evolution of democracy in China.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
“Waking the Green Tiger”
Website Link: http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/btccalendar.php
"Waking the Green Tiger" tells the dramatic story of the rise of the first major grassroots environmental movement in China, a significant development that could reshape the country. Seen through the eyes of farmers, journalists, activists and a former government insider, the film traces the historical evolution of the movement and highlights an extraordinary campaign to stop a huge dam project slated for the Upper Yangtze River in southern China. The documentary also portrays the earlier history of Chairman Mao's campaigns to conquer nature in the name of progress. Mao mobilized millions of people in campaigns that reshaped China's landscape, destroyed lakes, forests and grasslands, and unleashed dust storms. Despite the evident consequences, critics of this approach were silenced for decades. The green movement emerged when a new environmental impact law was passed in 2004. For the first time in China's history, ordinary citizens gained the right to speak out and take part in government decisions. Green activism grew into a larger movement as local villagers and urban activists joined forces to oppose a massive new dam at Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Upper Yangtze that would have displaced 100,000 people. Their extraordinary campaign is a primary focus of the film.
"Waking the Green Tiger" also gained unprecedented access to Qu Geping, the former director of China's Environmental Protection Agency, who provides a candid look at the state of the environment in China from Mao until now, and discusses how environmental law and the green movement have a key role to play in the evolution of democracy in China.
Fed Event @ Center For American Progress
Lessons Learned: Reflections on Four Decades of Fighting for Families
April 23, 2013, 1:00pm ET - 2:30pm ET
RSVP to attend this event
Bookmark this link to watch the live webcast
Introductory remarks:
Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress
Keynote speaker:
Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Featured panelists:
Netsy Firestein, Executive Director, Labor Project for Working Families
Bethany Robertson, President, American Parents Associations
Kimberly Morgan, Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University
Jocelyn Frye, former Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of Policy and Special Projects for the First Lady
Moderated by:
Judith Warner, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Over the course of the past half-century, the American family has undergone cataclysmic change, due chiefly to the movement of women from the home to the paid workforce. And yet our society consistently fails to adapt to the heightened demands placed upon its families. Despite robust public support for work-family policies and legislative action in some states and cities, progress on national family policy has been remarkably limited.
The Center for American Progress’s forthcoming report, “Lessons Learned: Reflections on Four Decades of Fighting for Families,” examines this history and asks some important questions: Why is change so slow and paltry? Why is there such a gap between public opinion and political will? And why—on the other hand—has it been possible in some places to achieve positive change?
Please join us for a keynote address from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) followed by a panel discussion moderated by the report’s author, Judith Warner. The discussion will explore how changing public policy to support America’s families is viable, doable, and already beginning to happen.
April 23, 2013, 1:00pm ET - 2:30pm ET
Space is extremely limited. RSVP required.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed.
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center
Fed Event on April 24 at 12:15 PM
Development Circle
From: Apr 24 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Apr 24 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: Public Policy Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Gregory Van Kirk, Co-Founder and President, New Development Solutions Group
Gregory Van Kirk is the Social Entrepreneur in Residence at AshokaU where he serves as the Senior Advisor for strategy, university, and social entrepreneur engagement. Mr. Van Kirk is also the Co-Founder and President of New Development Solutions Group, a development leadership and consulting corporation comprised of New Development Solutions Co., Community Enterprise Solutions, and New Development Experience; organizations dedicated to developing and executing business models to benefit development organizations, local entrepreneurs, and low income families in rural communities.
Sponsored by IDEV and the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management
From: Apr 24 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Apr 24 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: Public Policy Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Gregory Van Kirk, Co-Founder and President, New Development Solutions Group
Gregory Van Kirk is the Social Entrepreneur in Residence at AshokaU where he serves as the Senior Advisor for strategy, university, and social entrepreneur engagement. Mr. Van Kirk is also the Co-Founder and President of New Development Solutions Group, a development leadership and consulting corporation comprised of New Development Solutions Co., Community Enterprise Solutions, and New Development Experience; organizations dedicated to developing and executing business models to benefit development organizations, local entrepreneurs, and low income families in rural communities.
Sponsored by IDEV and the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management
Fed Event on April 23: Congressional Briefing
Congressional Briefing with Andrew Olmem
From: Apr 23 2013 - 1:30pm
To: Apr 23 2013 - 3:00pm
Location: 2511 Van Munching Hall
The Center for Financial Policy, in partnership with the School of Public Policy, will host Andrew Olmem, former Republican Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
This talk is part of the Center’s “Congressional Briefings” series that host current and former Capitol Hill staffers to the Smith School to speak about legislative issues related to financial policy.
Register at http://ter.ps/olmem
From: Apr 23 2013 - 1:30pm
To: Apr 23 2013 - 3:00pm
Location: 2511 Van Munching Hall
The Center for Financial Policy, in partnership with the School of Public Policy, will host Andrew Olmem, former Republican Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
This talk is part of the Center’s “Congressional Briefings” series that host current and former Capitol Hill staffers to the Smith School to speak about legislative issues related to financial policy.
Register at http://ter.ps/olmem
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Fed Event: April 25th
CISSM FORUM | APRIL 25, 2013
"The Determinants of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and Research Fellow, CISSM
Madiha Afzal is an Assistant Professor of International Development at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. Her current work examines the determinants of support for militancy and terrorism in Pakistan, with a particular focus on the effect of education and gender on radicalization. Dr. Afzal has written for The Express Tribune and Foreign Policy on girls' education and terrorism in Pakistan. Her other areas of research include elections in Pakistan and Pakistanis' views of the United States. Dr. Afzal received her PhD in Economics from Yale University in 2008, specializing in Development Economics and Political Economy. Her dissertation examined voter rationality and legislator behavior in Pakistan and India. She received her Bachelor's degree in Economics (with minors in Computer Science and Mathematics) from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2002, where she was ranked first in her graduating class. Dr. Afzal has also been a Consultant at the World Bank, is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, as well as a Research Fellow at CISSM and at the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan. She grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Montreal, Canada.
About the CISSM Forum
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
"The Determinants of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and Research Fellow, CISSM
Madiha Afzal is an Assistant Professor of International Development at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. Her current work examines the determinants of support for militancy and terrorism in Pakistan, with a particular focus on the effect of education and gender on radicalization. Dr. Afzal has written for The Express Tribune and Foreign Policy on girls' education and terrorism in Pakistan. Her other areas of research include elections in Pakistan and Pakistanis' views of the United States. Dr. Afzal received her PhD in Economics from Yale University in 2008, specializing in Development Economics and Political Economy. Her dissertation examined voter rationality and legislator behavior in Pakistan and India. She received her Bachelor's degree in Economics (with minors in Computer Science and Mathematics) from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2002, where she was ranked first in her graduating class. Dr. Afzal has also been a Consultant at the World Bank, is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, as well as a Research Fellow at CISSM and at the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan. She grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Montreal, Canada.
About the CISSM Forum
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Fed Event: CISSM FORUM | April 18, 2013
"Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin"
Clifford Gaddy, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Co-author with Fiona Hill of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin
Clifford Gaddy, an economist specializing in Russia, holds a joint appointment as senior fellow in Brookings’ Foreign Policy Studies Program (where he is a member of the Center on the United States and Europe) and Brookings’ Global Economy and Development Program. He is also a co-founder and senior scientific advisor of the joint Russian-American Center for Research on International Financial and Energy Security (CRIFES), based at Penn State University.
He is most recently the co-author of two books: Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (with Fiona Hill) and Bear Traps on Russia’s Road to Modernization (with Barry W. Ickes, to appear in May 2013). His earlier books include The Siberian Curse: How Communist Planners Left Russia Out in the Cold (with Fiona Hill); Russia’s Virtual Economy (with Barry Ickes); The Price of the Past: Russia's Struggle with the Legacy of a Militarized Economy; and Open for Business: Russia’s Return to the Global Economy (with Ed A. Hewett).
Gaddy earned his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University. He has held teaching and research positions at Duke, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University. He has traveled widely in Russia and been a guest scholar at various research institutes in the country, including the Institute for Economic Forecasting (Moscow), the Kostroma Agricultural Institute, and the Perm Technology Research Center. In the mid-1990s he was an advisor to the Russian finance ministry and regional governments on issues of fiscal federalism for the U.S. Government’s Tax Reform Oversight Project for Russia.
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD
Clifford Gaddy, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Co-author with Fiona Hill of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin
Clifford Gaddy, an economist specializing in Russia, holds a joint appointment as senior fellow in Brookings’ Foreign Policy Studies Program (where he is a member of the Center on the United States and Europe) and Brookings’ Global Economy and Development Program. He is also a co-founder and senior scientific advisor of the joint Russian-American Center for Research on International Financial and Energy Security (CRIFES), based at Penn State University.
He is most recently the co-author of two books: Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (with Fiona Hill) and Bear Traps on Russia’s Road to Modernization (with Barry W. Ickes, to appear in May 2013). His earlier books include The Siberian Curse: How Communist Planners Left Russia Out in the Cold (with Fiona Hill); Russia’s Virtual Economy (with Barry Ickes); The Price of the Past: Russia's Struggle with the Legacy of a Militarized Economy; and Open for Business: Russia’s Return to the Global Economy (with Ed A. Hewett).
Gaddy earned his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University. He has held teaching and research positions at Duke, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University. He has traveled widely in Russia and been a guest scholar at various research institutes in the country, including the Institute for Economic Forecasting (Moscow), the Kostroma Agricultural Institute, and the Perm Technology Research Center. In the mid-1990s he was an advisor to the Russian finance ministry and regional governments on issues of fiscal federalism for the U.S. Government’s Tax Reform Oversight Project for Russia.
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD
Monday, April 15, 2013
Fed Event: Health in the 21st Century: Trends and Predictions - 30 April 2013`
THE MID-ATLANTIC PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING CENTER
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS LECTURE SERIES
Health in the 21st Century: Trends and Predictions
Speaker:
Our invited speaker will be Dr. Michael J. Klag, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Klag is the dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For eight years, he was director of the Division
of General Internal Medicine and was the first Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
where he instituted new policies and procedures for oversight of human subject research. A pioneering kidney disease epidemiologist,
Dean Klag’s scientific contributions have been in the prevention and epidemiology of kidney disease, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Cost: FREE
Date: Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Location/Time:
University of Maryland
Eppley Recreation Center, Room 2113
College Park, MD 20742
Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x89b7c69ecb4fc573:0x806b2ed0588cff4a&q=Eppley+Recreation+Center,+College+Park,+MD&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.998492,-76.955967&spn=0.000017,0.000021&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=0
Parking:
Visitor Parking Map: http://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_visitor.pdf
General Campus Map: http://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_campus.pdf
Lecture: 2:00 PM–3:15 PM
(Registration begins at 1:30 PM)
Register today at: https://umd.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_d551gPZeyEOUsEl
Continuing Education Credits will not be offered for this Lecture.
Need more information? Contact the Mid -Atlantic Public Health Training Center at (301) 405-5436 or maphtc@umd.edu
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS LECTURE SERIES
Health in the 21st Century: Trends and Predictions
Speaker:
Our invited speaker will be Dr. Michael J. Klag, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Klag is the dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For eight years, he was director of the Division
of General Internal Medicine and was the first Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
where he instituted new policies and procedures for oversight of human subject research. A pioneering kidney disease epidemiologist,
Dean Klag’s scientific contributions have been in the prevention and epidemiology of kidney disease, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Cost: FREE
Date: Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Location/Time:
University of Maryland
Eppley Recreation Center, Room 2113
College Park, MD 20742
Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x89b7c69ecb4fc573:0x806b2ed0588cff4a&q=Eppley+Recreation+Center,+College+Park,+MD&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.998492,-76.955967&spn=0.000017,0.000021&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=0
Parking:
Visitor Parking Map: http://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_visitor.pdf
General Campus Map: http://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_campus.pdf
Lecture: 2:00 PM–3:15 PM
(Registration begins at 1:30 PM)
Register today at: https://umd.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_d551gPZeyEOUsEl
Continuing Education Credits will not be offered for this Lecture.
Need more information? Contact the Mid -Atlantic Public Health Training Center at (301) 405-5436 or maphtc@umd.edu
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Fed Event: Join us for a Congressional Briefing with Andrew Olmem on April 23
Congressional Briefing – Andrew Olmem
Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
2511 Van Munching Hall
Register at http://ter.ps/olmem
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 the Center for Financial Policy, in partnership with the School of Public Policy, will host Andrew Olmem, former Republican Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
This talk is part of the Center’s “Congressional Briefings” series that host current and former Capitol Hill staffers to the Smith School to speak about legislative issues related to financial policy. The event will take place at 1:30 p.m. at 2511 Van Munching Hall.
We hope that you will join us for this discussion. There is no registration fee for this event. To register, please visit http://ter.ps/olmem.
This event is open to all faculty, staff, and students. Please encourage any interested students to attend.
For additional information about this event, please contact Michelle Lui, Assistant Director, Center for Financial Policy at mlui@rhsmith.umd.edu.
Speaker bio:
Andrew Olmem was most recently the Republican Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. His tenure at the Committee began in 2005 and was marked by the passage of GSE reform, the TARP legislation, and the Dodd-Frank Act. He was a lead staff negotiator for the Dodd-Frank Act and played a key role in the debate over the legislation. Before his Senate service, he practiced corporate law in New York City at Mayer Brown. He began his career as an assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He graduated from Washington and Lee University with a degree in economics, and received his law degree, cum laude, from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
2511 Van Munching Hall
Register at http://ter.ps/olmem
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 the Center for Financial Policy, in partnership with the School of Public Policy, will host Andrew Olmem, former Republican Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
This talk is part of the Center’s “Congressional Briefings” series that host current and former Capitol Hill staffers to the Smith School to speak about legislative issues related to financial policy. The event will take place at 1:30 p.m. at 2511 Van Munching Hall.
We hope that you will join us for this discussion. There is no registration fee for this event. To register, please visit http://ter.ps/olmem.
This event is open to all faculty, staff, and students. Please encourage any interested students to attend.
For additional information about this event, please contact Michelle Lui, Assistant Director, Center for Financial Policy at mlui@rhsmith.umd.edu.
Speaker bio:
Andrew Olmem was most recently the Republican Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. His tenure at the Committee began in 2005 and was marked by the passage of GSE reform, the TARP legislation, and the Dodd-Frank Act. He was a lead staff negotiator for the Dodd-Frank Act and played a key role in the debate over the legislation. Before his Senate service, he practiced corporate law in New York City at Mayer Brown. He began his career as an assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He graduated from Washington and Lee University with a degree in economics, and received his law degree, cum laude, from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Fed Event: American and European Policies
Tuesday, April 16th
Event Details: http://www.centralasiaprogram.org/images/US-EU_workshop_agenda_update.pdf
Event Details: http://www.centralasiaprogram.org/images/US-EU_workshop_agenda_update.pdf
Monday, April 8, 2013
Fed Event: Emerging Markets Forum
Emerging Markets Forum
What: Representatives from International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank and IMF are joining reps from the Embassies of Mexico, Turkey, and South Korea at the Emerging Markets Forum! Topics discussed will include banking and finance in emerging markets and the role of diaspora in emerging economies.
When: April 26th, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Cost: $25 up front and is reimbursed to you by CIBER after you attend.
More information: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/emergingmarkets/ and http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/EmergingMarkets/2013/docs/Agenda.pdf
What: Representatives from International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank and IMF are joining reps from the Embassies of Mexico, Turkey, and South Korea at the Emerging Markets Forum! Topics discussed will include banking and finance in emerging markets and the role of diaspora in emerging economies.
When: April 26th, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Cost: $25 up front and is reimbursed to you by CIBER after you attend.
More information: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/emergingmarkets/ and http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/EmergingMarkets/2013/docs/Agenda.pdf
Fed Event:Dalai Lama visits campus
Dalai Lama visits campus
What: The Dalai Lama will be the latest in a long-list of world leaders who have given the prestigious Sadat Lecture. The Sadat Lecture is an annual series put on by the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and has attracted world figures including Madeleine Albright, James Baker, Nelson Mandela, Henry Kissinger, and Jimmy Carter.
When: Tuesday, May 7. The event will begin at 10 a.m.
Where: Comcast Center
Tickets: Tickets for the event are required, but are free. Students can claim a free ticket through their online account at www.tickets.umd.edu beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 8.
What: The Dalai Lama will be the latest in a long-list of world leaders who have given the prestigious Sadat Lecture. The Sadat Lecture is an annual series put on by the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and has attracted world figures including Madeleine Albright, James Baker, Nelson Mandela, Henry Kissinger, and Jimmy Carter.
When: Tuesday, May 7. The event will begin at 10 a.m.
Where: Comcast Center
Tickets: Tickets for the event are required, but are free. Students can claim a free ticket through their online account at www.tickets.umd.edu beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 8.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Fed Event: Development Circle featuring Kaushik Basu | "Strategic Thinking in Policy Making: Individual Incentives and Corruption Control" | April 10
April 10th, 12:15 PM, Public Policy Van Munching Hall Atrium
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaushik Basu is Senior Vice President for Development Economics and World Bank Chief Economist. He was until recently the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, at the Ministry of Finance—essentially the “Chief Economist” of the Government of India. Kaushik is on leave from Cornell University where he is Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies. He has served as Chairman of Cornell’s Department of Economics and Director of Cornell’s Center for Analytic Economics. Earlier Mr. Basu was Professor of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics, where in 1992 he founded the Centre for Development Economics in Delhi and was its first Executive Director. He is also a founding member of the Madras School of Economics. Mr. Basu has also held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and the London School of Economics, where he was Distinguished Visitor in 1993. He has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Princeton University and M.I.T. He holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.
Mr. Basu is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and has been awarded India’s National Mahalanobis Memorial Award. He is the outgoing President of the Human Development and Capabilities Association, founded by Amartya Sen. He has held advisory posts with the ILO, the World Bank, the Reserve Bank of India and was, for several years, a member of the steering committee of the Expert Group of Development Issues set up by the Swedish Government. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Exim Bank of India.
He is Editor of the journal Social Choice and Welfare, and served or serves on numerous Editorial Boards, including the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and the World Bank Economic Review.
Mr. Basu’s contributions to economics span development economics, welfare economics, industrial organization and game theory. He has published widely, including 160 papers in refereed journals and scholarly volumes. His authored books include Analytical Development Economics (1997, MIT Press), Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics (2000, Oxford University Press) and Of People, Of Places: Sketches from an Economist’s Notebook (1994, Oxford University Press). His most recent books are Beyond the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a New Economics published by Princeton University Press and Penguin, and An Economist’s Miscellany, published by Oxford University Press.
Mr. Basu has also contributed popular articles to magazines and newspapers, such as The New York Times, Scientific American, Economic and Political Weekly, India Today and Business Standard. For several years he wrote a column for BBC News Online. He has appeared on various television programs including CNN (USA), NDTV and CNBC (India) and BBC. In May 2008 he was awarded one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Bhushan, by the President of India. Mr. Basu is the second World Bank Chief Economist from a developing country and the first from India.
The Development Circle is a forum founded in 1998 by a group of MSPP students and faculty and currently brought to you by the IDEV Council. The aim is to bring School and University people together to seek better understanding of development challenges and ways to promote just and sustainable development in both poor and rich countries (and in the relation between the two).
The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaushik Basu is Senior Vice President for Development Economics and World Bank Chief Economist. He was until recently the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, at the Ministry of Finance—essentially the “Chief Economist” of the Government of India. Kaushik is on leave from Cornell University where he is Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies. He has served as Chairman of Cornell’s Department of Economics and Director of Cornell’s Center for Analytic Economics. Earlier Mr. Basu was Professor of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics, where in 1992 he founded the Centre for Development Economics in Delhi and was its first Executive Director. He is also a founding member of the Madras School of Economics. Mr. Basu has also held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and the London School of Economics, where he was Distinguished Visitor in 1993. He has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Princeton University and M.I.T. He holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.
Mr. Basu is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and has been awarded India’s National Mahalanobis Memorial Award. He is the outgoing President of the Human Development and Capabilities Association, founded by Amartya Sen. He has held advisory posts with the ILO, the World Bank, the Reserve Bank of India and was, for several years, a member of the steering committee of the Expert Group of Development Issues set up by the Swedish Government. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Exim Bank of India.
He is Editor of the journal Social Choice and Welfare, and served or serves on numerous Editorial Boards, including the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and the World Bank Economic Review.
Mr. Basu’s contributions to economics span development economics, welfare economics, industrial organization and game theory. He has published widely, including 160 papers in refereed journals and scholarly volumes. His authored books include Analytical Development Economics (1997, MIT Press), Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics (2000, Oxford University Press) and Of People, Of Places: Sketches from an Economist’s Notebook (1994, Oxford University Press). His most recent books are Beyond the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a New Economics published by Princeton University Press and Penguin, and An Economist’s Miscellany, published by Oxford University Press.
Mr. Basu has also contributed popular articles to magazines and newspapers, such as The New York Times, Scientific American, Economic and Political Weekly, India Today and Business Standard. For several years he wrote a column for BBC News Online. He has appeared on various television programs including CNN (USA), NDTV and CNBC (India) and BBC. In May 2008 he was awarded one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Bhushan, by the President of India. Mr. Basu is the second World Bank Chief Economist from a developing country and the first from India.
The Development Circle is a forum founded in 1998 by a group of MSPP students and faculty and currently brought to you by the IDEV Council. The aim is to bring School and University people together to seek better understanding of development challenges and ways to promote just and sustainable development in both poor and rich countries (and in the relation between the two).
The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Fed Event: April 9th
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer Unveils New Initiatives for the ‘Make It In America’ Plan
April 9, 2013, 11:30am ET - 12:30pm ET
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer
Introduction by:
Neera Tanden, Counselor, Center for American Progress Action Fund; President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Three years ago, House Democrats, led by Rep. Steny Hoyer, launched “Make It In America,” a comprehensive plan to create the conditions necessary to help businesses manufacture goods, innovate, and create jobs in the United States. On April 9 Rep. Hoyer will offer an assessment of the “Make It In America” plan at the three-year mark and unveil a new focus on several core policies that could have consensus support and are primed to have the greatest impact on boosting U.S. manufacturing.
The “Make It In America” plan draws on the best ideas from both sides of the aisle and seeks to provide American businesses with the tools they need to expand and create well-paying middle-class jobs that won’t be shipped overseas. The plan focuses on boosting domestic manufacturing, which has been a bright spot in our recovery and is critical to maintaining America’s global leadership in innovation.
April 9, 2013, 11:30am ET - 12:30pm ET
Space is extremely limited. RSVP required.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed.
Center for American Progress Action Fund
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center
RSVP to attend this event
For more information, call 202-682-1611.
Linl: http://www.americanprogressaction.org/events/2013/03/29/58342/house-democratic-whip-steny-hoyer-unveils-new-initiatives-for-the-make-it-in-america-plan/?evlc=email
April 9, 2013, 11:30am ET - 12:30pm ET
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer
Introduction by:
Neera Tanden, Counselor, Center for American Progress Action Fund; President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Three years ago, House Democrats, led by Rep. Steny Hoyer, launched “Make It In America,” a comprehensive plan to create the conditions necessary to help businesses manufacture goods, innovate, and create jobs in the United States. On April 9 Rep. Hoyer will offer an assessment of the “Make It In America” plan at the three-year mark and unveil a new focus on several core policies that could have consensus support and are primed to have the greatest impact on boosting U.S. manufacturing.
The “Make It In America” plan draws on the best ideas from both sides of the aisle and seeks to provide American businesses with the tools they need to expand and create well-paying middle-class jobs that won’t be shipped overseas. The plan focuses on boosting domestic manufacturing, which has been a bright spot in our recovery and is critical to maintaining America’s global leadership in innovation.
April 9, 2013, 11:30am ET - 12:30pm ET
Space is extremely limited. RSVP required.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed.
Center for American Progress Action Fund
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center
RSVP to attend this event
For more information, call 202-682-1611.
Linl: http://www.americanprogressaction.org/events/2013/03/29/58342/house-democratic-whip-steny-hoyer-unveils-new-initiatives-for-the-make-it-in-america-plan/?evlc=email
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Fed Event: Industry Networking Series: Careers & Internships in Government
Industry Networking Series: Careers & Internships in Government
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 • 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Location: 3100 Hornbake Library - University Career Center
Event Details:
Interested in a career with federal, state, local government? Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from and network directly with professionals in the field.
Tentative Panelists include...
Smithsonian Institution (Representative also a former Dept. of Housing and Urban Development employee)
www.sihr.si.edu
District of Columbia Public Schools Central Office (Representative will share both teaching and administrative opportunities)
dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/careers
U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov/jobs
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/employment
The White House Internship Program: www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships
State of Maryland – Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation: http://www.dllr.state.md.us/
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 • 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Location: 3100 Hornbake Library - University Career Center
Event Details:
Interested in a career with federal, state, local government? Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from and network directly with professionals in the field.
Tentative Panelists include...
Smithsonian Institution (Representative also a former Dept. of Housing and Urban Development employee)
www.sihr.si.edu
District of Columbia Public Schools Central Office (Representative will share both teaching and administrative opportunities)
dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/careers
U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov/jobs
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/employment
The White House Internship Program: www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships
State of Maryland – Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation: http://www.dllr.state.md.us/
Upcoming Federal Events!
1. Development Circle: "Generalizability of Impact Evaluations" Featuring Dr. Eva Vivalt, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank: Apr 3rd, 12:15pm- 1:30pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall. Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/development-circle-8
2. “Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement with Robin Wright”, Apr 4th - 12:15pm- 1:30pm, MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall. Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/new-date-saul-i-stern-professorship-civic-engagement-robin-wright
3. Tuesday Policy Forum: "Energy Matters", Apr 9th, 12:15pm-1:30pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall. Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/tuesday-policy-forum-7
2. “Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement with Robin Wright”, Apr 4th - 12:15pm- 1:30pm, MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall. Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/new-date-saul-i-stern-professorship-civic-engagement-robin-wright
3. Tuesday Policy Forum: "Energy Matters", Apr 9th, 12:15pm-1:30pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall. Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/tuesday-policy-forum-7
Monday, April 1, 2013
Fed Event: Development Circle | THIS WEDNESDAY, April 3rd
Development Circle | THIS WEDNESDAY, April 3rd | 12:15 - 1:20pm | 1203 VMH
"Generalizability of Impact Evaluations" with Dr. Eva Vivalt, a Young Professional in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank.
Impact evaluations are known for having internal validity but no external validity. Dr. Vivalt’s paper examines the de facto external validity of impact evaluations of several kinds of international development programs, using a unique data set of impact evaluation results. A theory is developed about how aspects of a particular impact evaluation may affect the generalizability of its results to different settings, and empirical evidence is brought to bear on it. Implications for development
practice are drawn.
Eva Vivalt is the founder of AidGrade, a D.C. research institute that focuses on learning what works from development economics, and is a Young Professional in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank. She has a Ph.D. in Economics and an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. She has extensive experience with international development through work with the UN Development Program, Oxford Development Abroad, and numerous other charity groups. Eva has worked on impact evaluations independently as well as for the Development Impact Evaluation Initiative and other units within the World Bank, the IFC and MIGA.
See you there!
"Generalizability of Impact Evaluations" with Dr. Eva Vivalt, a Young Professional in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank.
Impact evaluations are known for having internal validity but no external validity. Dr. Vivalt’s paper examines the de facto external validity of impact evaluations of several kinds of international development programs, using a unique data set of impact evaluation results. A theory is developed about how aspects of a particular impact evaluation may affect the generalizability of its results to different settings, and empirical evidence is brought to bear on it. Implications for development
practice are drawn.
Eva Vivalt is the founder of AidGrade, a D.C. research institute that focuses on learning what works from development economics, and is a Young Professional in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank. She has a Ph.D. in Economics and an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. She has extensive experience with international development through work with the UN Development Program, Oxford Development Abroad, and numerous other charity groups. Eva has worked on impact evaluations independently as well as for the Development Impact Evaluation Initiative and other units within the World Bank, the IFC and MIGA.
See you there!
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