Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Petteri Lammi, Senior Project Manager at Saana Consulting on Aid for Trade

In the Organisation for Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) meeting of 8 April 2014, Petteri Lammi, Senior Project Manager at Saana Consulting on Aid for Trade, gave his impressions on the OECD's Aid for Trade programme.



Ben Shepherd of Developing Trade Consultants Ltd. on OECD and Aid for Trade

In the Organisation for Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) meeting of 8 April 2014, Ben Shepherd, the Principal of Developing Trade Consultants Ltd. and Consultant at the World Bank, gave his impressions on the OECD's Aid for Trade programme. 



Ben Shepherd is the Principal of Developing Trade Consultants Ltd. His work with international organizations and development agencies focuses on trade facilitation, trade in services, non-tariff measures, and governance. He holds a PhD in economics from SciencesPo Paris, and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University.


Word Trade Organisations Michael Roberts on Aid for Trade at the OECD

In the Organisation for Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) meeting of 8 April 2014, Mr. Michael Roberts, Coordinator World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) discussed the review of the DAC's Aid for Trade programme.

Aid for Trade - Yonov Frederick Agah of the World Trade Organisation

In the Organisation for Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) meeting of 8 April 2014, Yonov Frederick Agah participated in presenting the review of the DAC's Aid for Trade programme. Yonov Frederick Agah is the Deputy Director working on development at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).



Yonov Frederick Agah was appointed as Nigeria’s Ambassador to the WTO in 2005. In that capacity, he served as the Alternate Chief Negotiator for the Doha Round and Head of Nigeria's Trade Office to the WTO in the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva. The Trade Office is responsible for Nigeria’s participation in Geneva-based trade-related international organizations, particularly the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the International Trade Centre and the WTO.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Dr. Linda Kleemann - Social business – a new private sector contribution to development

Dr. Linda Kleemann, Researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Managing Director PEGNet (Poverty, Equity and Growth Network), spoke 13 March 2014 at the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Development Debate "Social business - a new private sector contribution to development."

Dr. Linda Kleemann made three points:

1. It's an exciting global phenomenon and a potential resource to overcome social and environmental problems.
2. There are lots of risks and limitations involved - most importantly, it takes time and access to finance to build up social business.
3. How do we figure out which businesses have a social impact and how can we measure this?






To hear more about DAC Development Debates, please visit: http://www.oecd.org/dac/dacdevelopmentdebates.htm

Dr. Kerstin Humberg of McKinsey and Company on Social business â a new private sector contribution to development

Dr. Kerstin Humberg, Engagement Manager, McKinsey and Company, spoke 13 March 2014 at the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Development Debate "Social business â a new private sector contribution to development".

Dr. Humberg made 3 points:

1. Social entrepreneurship - find market-based solutions for social sector challenges
2. Creating social business solutions is challenging. Initial losses are a matter of fact, and it takes time to see real results.
3. To overcome a core challenge, start bottom up. Ask what are target beneficiaries demanding, not what can your product do?

To hear more about DAC Development Debates, please visit: http://www.oecd.org/dac/dacdevelopmentdebates.htm

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Policy coherence for development - Rintaro Tamaki

On 5 March 2014, Rintaro Tamaki,Deputy Secretary-General, OECD, moderated a panel on 'Goals, targets and indicators to inform coherent and integrated policy making' at the OECD's Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) in a post-2015 Era: How can PCD help advance universal goals and contribute to transformational change? Deputy Secretary-General Tamaki pointed out the importance of integrating OECD work across all topics into policy coherence.