Making Development Policy in the New Era Symposium Agenda

Date

Jan. 29, 2002

Event Series

Making Development Policy in the New Era:
Priorities, Politics, and Structures of U.S. Policymaking on Global Poverty and Hunger

An RFF Symposium
RFF Conference Center
1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC
Tuesday, January 29 (9:30 am to 1:00 pm)

Time	Event/Speaker	Audio/Video
9:30 - 9:35 a.m.	Welcome Paul R. Portney (President, Resources for the Future)
9:35 - 11:00 a.m.	Panel I: Perspectives on How Development Policy is Made and Executed

	Introduction to Panel I Thomas Freedman, Moderator (Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future)

	Dan Glickman (former Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
	John Podesta (former Chief of Staff to the President)
	Alan Larson (Undersecretary for Economics, Business and Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State)
	Emmy Simmons (Advisor, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development)
	Mike Taylor (Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future)
	G. Edward Schuh (Co-Chair, Food Security Advisory Committee)
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Panel II: Roundtable Discussion Connecting National Interest, Domestic Politics and the War on Hunger

	Introduction to Panel II Thomas Freedman, Moderator (Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future)
	James McGovern (D-MA 3rd, U.S. House of Representatives)
	David Beckmann (President, Bread for the World)
	Mara Rudman (former Chief of Staff to the National Security Council)
	Bill Nichols (State Department Reporter and Diplomatic Correspondent, USA Today)
	Robert Thompson (Director of Rural Development, The World Bank)
	Michael O'Hanlon (Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution)
12:45 p.m.	Reception and Lunch

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