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World Bank Headquarters
1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC
DAY 2 – Thursday, February 12, 2015
8:00 - 8:45 am - REGISTRATION and BREAKFAST (Main Lobby)
9:00 - 10:30 am - “Was Ebola a disease waiting to happen?”: Strengthening health systems in FCV areas to avert
catastrophic epidemics
Preston Auditorium
Building robust health systems in any context is a challenge. In fragile environments, however, this challenge is
especially difficult: limited resources, weak governance, poor to non-existent infrastructure, insecurity and
instability, all converge to create tremendous barriers that can hamper the delivery of basic health services. These
difficulties have become very apparent in the quest to manage and stop the spread of Ebola. This panel discussion
will delve into the practical issues that have hindered effective health system strengthening in post-conflict states.
It will explore how these challenges can be resolved as well as the investments that will be needed to build
resilient health systems that are capable of sustaining core services and can withstand future crises.
Opening remarks:
- Keith Hansen, Vice President, Global Practice Cross-Cutting Solutions, World Bank Group
Speakers:
- Hon. Tolbert G. Nyenswah, Assistant Minister of Health, Bureau of Preventive Services, Ministry of Health
and Social Welfare of Liberia
- Dr. David Nabarro, United Nations Secretary-General´s Special Envoy on Ebola (via videoconference)
- Dr. Edward Kelley, Director, Service Delivery and Safety Department, World Health Organization
Moderator:
- Phillip Jeremy Hay, Manager, Africa-External Communications, World Bank Group
9:00 - 11:00 am - Rebuilding public services in post-conflict countries: How to walk the line between building and
bypassing the State?
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In post-conflict settings, short-term demands typically trump the long-term objective of building a capable public
service. To ensure peace and stabilize fragile political coalitions, governments are often obligated to hand out
public jobs and better pay to constituents, regardless of merit. Donor-financed projects relying on highly paid
staff, rather than on public servants, often become the primary vehicle to address citizens’ immediate service
delivery needs. In view of these trade-offs, this panel will discuss the question how to find pragmatic compromises
between building and bypassing the state. The discussion will be informed by the policy lessons from a new
comparative study on how to (re)build public services in post-conflict countries.
Speakers:
- William Byrd, Senior Expert-Afghanistan, United States Institute of Peace
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Vivek Srivastava, Lead Public Sector Development Specialist, Governance Department-Global Practice,
World Bank Group
- Jurgen Rene Blum, Public Sector Management Specialist, Governance Department-Global Practice, World
Bank Group
- Verena Maria Fritz, Senior Public Sector Specialist, Governance Department-Global Practice, World Bank
Group
- Satyendra Prasad, Senior Governance Specialist, Governance Department-Global Practice, World Bank
Group
- Bella Bird, Country Director, South Sudan and Somalia, World Bank Group
- Stephen N. Ndegwa, Operations Manager, Kabul (Afghanistan), World Bank Group
Moderator:
- Joel Hellman, Chief Institutional Economist, Governance Department-Global Practice, World Bank Group
9:00 am - 12:30 pm - Building resilience in FCV: Safety nets and jobs
MC C2-131
Social protection and labor policies as well as interventions are among the main instruments for building
resilience and for protecting the poor in FCV. They help prevent common damaging coping strategies, which
affected populations resort to in time of stress. Well targeted safety nets including cash transfers, school feeding
and cash-for-work programs are most valuable where the population has been hit hard by domestic and
International – including violent conflicts, natural disasters, or extended periods of political and social instability.
During difficult times, SPL interventions promote income earning opportunities, including jobs. The objectives of
the workshop are a) to provide an overview on the main issues and strategies of Social Protection and Labor
priorities in FCV states; b) to design selected Safety-nets-country-responses in specific FCV contexts, c) present
and discuss country-level analytical work that tests new approaches for data collection on jobs, including recent
work in Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone funded by the Korea Trust Fund for Economic and Peace-Building
Transitions, and d) discuss opportunities and constraints to cash transfers in FCV.
Speakers:
- Ethan B. Kapstein, Senior Advisor, United States Institute of Peace
- Rachel Slater, Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium Project Research Director and Research Fellow
Social Protection, Social Protection, Overseas Development Institute (by videoconference)
- Arup Banerji, Senior Director, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global Practice, World Bank Group
- Nigel Twose, Senior Director, Jobs-Cross Cutting Solutions Area, World Bank Group
- Mirey Ovadiya, Senior Social Protection Specialist, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global
Practice, World Bank Group
- Yasser El-Gammal, Practice Manager, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global Practice, World
Bank Group
- Edmundo Murrugarra, Senior Social Protection Specialist, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global
Practice, World Bank Group
- Nicola Pontara, Head of South Sudan Country Office and Program Leader, World Bank Group (by
videoconference)
- Patrick Premand, Senior Economist, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global Practice, World Bank
Group
- Nina Rosas Raffo, Specialist, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global Practice,World Bank Group
- Kristen Himelein, Senior Economist, Poverty, World Bank Group
- Utz Pape, Economist, Poverty, World Bank Group
Moderators:
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Giuseppe Zampaglione, Lead Social Protection Specialist, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global
Practice, World Bank Group
- Dena Ringold, Lead Economist, Social Protection and Labor Department-Global Practice, World Bank
Group
Discussants:
- Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Senior Principal Specialist, Jobs-Cross Cutting Solutions Area, World Bank
Group
Keynote Speaker:
- Christopher Blattman, Associate Professor, Columbia University
9:00-10:30 am - Working meeting of the Community of Practice for Land and Fragile, Conflict and Violence
Situations
MC C1-200
This session is open to all those engaged with analytic work and projects supporting land rights and
administration in FCV. You are invited to come and meet each other, share experiences, compare projects and
discuss how the Community of Practice can best serve your needs and contribute to improved practice in this
sector.
Panelists:
- Deborah Isser, Senior Counsel, World Bank Group
- Matthew Stephens, Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank Group
- Hugo de Vries, Consultant, Fragility, Conflict and Violence-Cross Cutting Solutions Area, World Bank
Group
Moderators:
- Sandra Kdolsky, Social Development Specialist, World Bank Group
- Mika-Petteri Törhönen, Senior Land Policy Specialist, World Bank Group
9:00 - 10:30 am - Challenges of international standards for corporate responsibility in FCV (Joint event with
OXFAM Novib)
MC C1-100
Over the last 15 years, a plethora of international standards on corporate responsibility have emerged to address
negative effects of businesses. Some of these standards are generic; other standards have a special focus on FCV.
However, it is often not clear to companies which guidelines to use and how to apply them, and it is difficult for
governments and civil society organizations to hold companies accountable as most of the international
guidelines do not have accountability or complaint mechanisms. A panel will discuss the impact of these
guidelines and the actions that are needed to make these guidelines really work and reach scale.
Speakers:
- Fia van der Klugt, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
- Mark van Dorp, Researcher and Author of Report, Center for Research on Multinational Corporations
(SOMO)
- Farouk Ismail Ukach, South Sudan Law Society
- Lauren Berry, Director Social Performance, Kosmos Energy
- Morgan J. Landy, Director, Transactional Risk Solutions, International Finance Corporation, World Bank
Group
Moderator:
- Joyce Kortlandt, OXFAM Novib
10:30 am - 12:00 pm (noon) – From Fragile States to States of Fragility – A pre-view of the OECD’s 2015 report
MC C2-137
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While in the MDG era the focus was on progress in developing countries, the post-2015 development agenda
will be universal. What does that mean for fragility? The OECD’s report States of Fragility 2015 – Meeting post2015 Ambitions argues in favour of proposed SDG 16 and seeks to present a new understanding of fragility
“beyond fragile states”. It assesses fragility as an issue of universal character that can affect all countries, not only
developing ones traditionally considered “fragile” or “conflict-affected”. To do so, it takes indicators related to
five SDG targets: institutions, violence, economic foundations, and capacity to adapt to shocks and disasters. It
applies them to all countries worldwide, and identifies the 50 most vulnerable ones in all five dimensions. The
group of countries most challenged on all five fronts differs little from the traditional list of fragile states and
economies. But several middle-income countries with disproportionately high levels of crime-related violence,
sub-national conflict or poor access to justice move into the spotlight. Making headway on the SDG targets will
require building a new portfolio of tools and interventions, and a new understanding of the international
community’s role in assisting this process.
Speakers:
- H.E. Ambassador Sofia Borges, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations
- Jolanda Profos, Peace and Conflict Adviser, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Sarah Hearn, Associate Director and Senior Fellow, CIC/NYU
- Robert Parker, Director of Policy and Communications, Saferworld
- Kathryn Nwajiaku, Head of Secretariat, International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding
- Gary Milante, Director of Security and Development Programme, SIPRI
Moderator:
- Alexandre Marc, Chief Technical Specialist, Fragility, Conflict and Violence Cross-cutting Solutions Area,
World Bank Group
11:00 am - 12:30 pm – Using micro-level data on welfare and behavior for policy making in FCV
MC C1-100
The last few years have seen an explosion of data, including satellite crop cover, weather, night time lighting,
indices of political freedom, geocoded conflict data, and detailed individual, household and firm level data. Even
in areas affected by violent conflict such data are often available or can be collected. The potential of these data
to study and understand human behavior is huge. But how can project managers and policy makers in conflict
affected settings use such information? The clinic will give an overview of current research in the micro-level
analysis of welfare and behavior in conflict settings and discuss pitfalls, challenges and opportunities of the use
of data for economic and policy purposes.
Speakers:
- Philip Verwimp, Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
- Tilman Brück, Director, International Security and Development Center, Berlin
- Patricia Justino, Professor, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
Moderator:
- Marcelo M. Giugale, Senior Director, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management-Global Practice, World
Bank Group
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Practitioners for youth in peace building
MC 13-121
A panel discussion to launch the joint UN-Habitat and World Bank Global Assessment of the Role of Youth as
Peace Builders will feature testimonials from peace activists and mediators in conflict situations. Several key issues
related to the role of youth in peace building will be addressed. These include how can youth contribute to peace
building, what actions are being taken in post-conflict contexts so that youth break the cycle of violence, lessons
learned from successfully empowering young people as peace builders, the structures that can be put in place
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for youth to contribute to reconstruction and peace building, and how effective programs can be designed to
strengthen the role of youth as peace builders.
Speakers:
- Oyebanji Oyeyinka, Chief Scientific Officer, UN-Habitat
- Joao Felipe Scarpelini, Acting Executive Director, Change Mob, Brazil
- Aline Rahbany, Urban Learning Hub Leader, World Vision, Lebanon
Moderator:
- Ferid Belhaj, Country Director, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, World Bank Group
Welcome Remarks:
- Betty Bigombe, Senior Director, Fragility, Conflict and Violence-Cross Cutting Solutions Area, World Bank
Group
12:30 - 2:00 pm - PLENARY SESSION: YOUTH VOICES AND RESILIENCE IN FCV: STORIES FROM FERGUSON TO
UKRAINE UNPLUGGED (Lunch included from 1:30 – 2:00 pm)
Preston Auditorium
Opening remarks:
- Sanjay Pradhan, Vice President, Leadership, Learning and Innovation, World Bank Group
Speakers:
- Amira Yahyaoui, Tunisian Human Rights Advocate, President and Founder, Al Bawsala, and 2014 Laureate
for the Chirac Prize for Conflict Prevention
- Emmanuel Jal, former Child Soldier (South Sudan), Political Activist, and Musician
- Rasheen L. Aldridge Jr., Youth Representative, Ferguson Commission
- Mouaz Moustafa, Syrian Activist and Member of the Government Relations Committee for the Coalition
for a Democratic Syria (CDS)
- Razan Shalab Al-Sham, Field Director, Syrian Emergency Task Force
- Kurtmolla Abdulganiyev, Programme Analyst, United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine
- Jesica Zermeño Nuñez, Reporter and Producer, Univision Network (Mexico Bureau)
Moderator:
- Ozong Agborsangaya-Fiteu, Senior Operations Officer, Fragility, Conflict and Violence-Cross Cutting
Solutions Area, World Bank Group
Closing remarks:
- Keith Hansen, Vice President, Global Practice Cross-Cutting Solutions, World Bank Group
2:00 - 5:00 pm - Young minds: Addressing stress and adversity in youth programming in FCV
MC 2-800
Stress and adversity exert strong influences on behavior. For youth, stress and adversity can complicate transitions
to adulthood. What does this mean for work with youth in FCV? This session will explore these dynamics via a
discussion of the findings of the World Development Report 2015 on Mind, Society and Behavior for FCV, and a
workshop focused on addressing stress and adversity in youth programming in FCV. Speakers will include
policymakers and technical experts in youth programming in FCV.
Speakers:
- Varun Gauri, Director of WDR 2015
- Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria
- Jimmie Briggs, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Man Up Campaign
- Daisuke Funai, Technical Advisor, Youth and Livelihoods, International Rescue Committee
- Peter Darvas, Senior Education Economist, Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI)
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Christopher MacLay, Mercy Corps Program Manager-PROSPECTS (Promoting Sustainable Partnerships
for Economic Transformation), Liberia
- Chris Blattman, Associate Professor, Political Science & International Public Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator:
- Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Global Practice on Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience, World Bank
Group
2:00 - 5:00 pm – Addressing Transition, Conflict and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Challenges
and Opportunities
MC 13-121
This mini conference will examine the Middle East & North Africa’s transitional dynamics in light of the region’s
shifting political landscape and drivers of conflict, the challenges they present for long-term stability and
development, and implications for institutions such as the World Bank. A first panel will examine current drivers
of conflict and fragility, including sectarian divisions and ethnic conflicts, social and economic inequalities and
marginalization, and contested transition processes, including their consequences on national development
prospects and regional stability. The second panel will consider how the international development community
has responded, and discuss priorities for strengthening institutional and social resilience against external shocks
in contexts of transition.
Speakers:
- Charlotte Slente, Ambassador, Special Envoy for Fragile States, Government of Denmark
- Tim Williams, Senior Governance Advisor, Middle East and North Africa Department, Department for
International Development, United Kingdom
- Francois Reybet-Degat, Deputy Director and Deputy Regional Coordinator, Regional Bureau for the
Middle East and North Africa Region, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Paul Salem, Middle East Institute, United States
- Peter Bartu, University of California (Berkeley)
- Ishac Diwan, Research Affiliate, Middle East Initiative, Harvard University
- Ferid Belhaj, Country Director, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, World Bank Group
Moderator:
- Maninder Gill, Senior Director, Urban, Rural and Social Development Department-Global Practice, World
Bank Group
- Franck Bousquet, Senior Regional Advisor, Office of the Regional Vice Presidency-Middle East and North
Africa, World Bank Group
2:00 - 3:30 pm – Financing SME Growth in Fragile and Conflict-affected Countries: A Knowledge-sharing
workshop
MC C2-137
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of job growth in FCV areas, but they face even greater
barriers to success than their counterparts in non-fragile economies. This session will review models used to
provide much-needed financing (often with technical assistance) for SMEs to grow and develop. What are our
definitions of success? What models have seen success along these lines?
Speakers:
- Hugh Scott, Director, The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
- Simon Bell, Global Lead on SME Finance, World Bank Group
- Florence Boupda, Senior Investment Officer, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance
Corporation, World Bank Group
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Tracy Washington, Program Manager, SME Ventures, International Finance Corporation, World Bank
Group
Discussant:
- Michel Botzung, FCS Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Moderator:
- John Speakman, Lead Private Sector Development Specialist, Trade and Competitiveness-Global Practice,
World Bank Group
2:00 - 3:30 pm - Learning in the face of adversity
MC C1-200
Palestinian refugee students attending United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in the West
Bank, Gaza and Jordan are achieving higher-than-average results in international assessments, despite the
challenging and adverse circumstances they live under. The UNRWA Education Program for Palestine Refugees
represents a resilience approach that includes effective classroom practices of teachers, strong school leadership,
assessments and shared accountability for learning, can support adaptability and performance in high-risk
contexts. The panel will discuss the findings and implications of the study of UNRWA schools, as well as contrast
cases of resilience in education in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Speakers:
- Harry Patrinos, Manager, Education Practice, World Bank Group
- Husein Abdul-Hamid, Senior Education Specialist, Education Practice, World Bank Group
- Joel Reyes, Senior Institutional Development Specialist, Education Sector, World Bank Group
- Emanuela Di Gropello, Education Program Leader, Education Practice, World Bank Group
Moderator:
- Claudia Costin, Senior Director, Education Practice, World Bank Group
* The dialogue on cross-group collaboration will include representatives from the FCV CCSA, and the Social, Urban Rural, and Resilience
Group.
2:00 - 3:30 pm - Trust, voice, and incentives for service delivery: Windows of opportunity in transition
MC C2-131
Transitions create spaces for institutional innovation and can accelerate reforms toward improving service
delivery. They have the potential to initially increase citizen trust and engagement. But transitions also place
additional demands on service providers as citizens expect to see improvements. Transitions should aim at
creating institutions and accountability mechanisms at the political, administrative and social levels to motivate
providers, public servants, and policymakers to deliver quality services to the poor and other non-privileged
populations. Success on this front would foster the state’s legitimacy and citizen trust in public institutions. The
session will share recent success stories and discuss emerging innovative approaches and lessons.
Introductory remarks:
- Hana Brixi, Lead Economist and Program Leader, Governance Global Practice, World Bank Group
Speakers:
- Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank Group
- Neil Simon M. Gray, Country Director for Morocco, World Bank Group
- Roberto Adrian Senderowitsch, Program Manager, Governance-Global Partnership for Social
Accountability, World Bank Group
- Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Development Specialist, Development Research Group: Poverty and
Inequality, World Bank Group
- Zahid Hasnain, Senior Public Sector Specialist, Governance Department-Global Practice, and WDR 2016
Co-Director, World Bank Group
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- Ellen Lust, Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, and Consultant, World Bank Group
Moderator:
- Stella Dawson, Chief Correspondent, Thomson Reuters
3:30 - 5:00 pm - The balancing act between effective service delivery and state building: The case of Afghanistan
MC C2-131
Access to basic services in Afghanistan has significantly improved in all sectors. The way in which public services
are delivered, in terms of administrative arrangements vary, both within and between sectors from ‘off budget’
arrangements implemented directly by NGOs and donors to ‘on budget’ flagship national programs. The
different modalities have had their successes and failures and the implications are wide ranging. This presentation
will discuss the contrasting modalities chosen in an FCV environment such as Afghanistan and the decade long
balancing act between effective service provision, capacity development of sub-national staff or structures,
accountability and strengthening sub-national governance.
Speakers:
- Jain Holsheimer, Project Manager, Altai Consulting
Discussants:
- Samantha de Silva, Senior Social Protection Specialist, Education Global Practice, World Bank Group
- Naila Ahmed, Rural Development Specialist, Urban, Rural, and Social Development Global Practice, World
Bank Group
Moderator:
- Richard Hogg, Program Leader, Afghanistan Country Management Unit, World Bank Group
3:30 - 5:00 pm - Amplifying the voice of civil society in the New Deal (Joint event with the Civil Society Platform
for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding)
MC C1-100
As the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS) enters a critical phase, the Civil Society
Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS) presents its work in support of the implementation of the
New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States and shares key strategic perspectives for the year 2015 and beyond.
Speakers from civil society, government and multilateral New Deal stakeholders will offer perspectives and upto-date reporting about the status of New Deal implementation and elaborate on the role of civil society in that
process. CSPPS as the official forum for coordinated civil society participation in the International Dialogue on
Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS) aims to develop and strengthen the voice and capacity of civil society in
support of successful New Deal implementation.
Speakers:
- Mustafa Aria, Aid Management Director, Ministry of Finance, Afghanistan (representing the g7+ group
of fragile and conflict-affected states)
- Lancedell Mathews, Director, New African Research and Development Agency (NARDA), Liberia
- Rita Martin Lopidia, Executive Director, EVE Organisation for Women Development, South Sudan
- Dr. Tolbert Jallah, Secretary General, Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches of West Africa
(FECCIWA), Togo
- Anne-Lise Klausen, Head, Partnerships, Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, World Bank Group
Moderator:
- Melanie Greenberg, CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding and CSPPS Executive Committee Member
5:00 - 6:30 pm - The Interrupters: Screening and Q and A with Cure Violence
Preston Auditorium
The Interrupters is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence
interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a
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year in which Chicago drew national headlines for violence and murder that plagued the city. The film features
the work of Cure Violence, an international NGO, working on four continents to reduce lethal violence. Cure
Violence has been proven effective at reducing shootings and killings by multiple independent evaluations.
Speakers:
- William D. Euille, Mayor, City of Alexandria
- Gary Slutkin, MD Founder/Executive Director, Cure Violence
- Ricardo (Cobe) Williams, National Community Coordinator & Violence Interrupter, and National Trainer,
Ceasefire [Also featured in the documentary]
Moderator:
- Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Urban, Rural and Social Development-Global Practice, World
Bank Group
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