Free conference: International Development and Aid - Controversies and Successes

March 6 - 7, 2009

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Icahn Institute Goldwurm Auditorium
1425 Madison Avenue, NYC

http://mssm-ghc.org/conference2009

REGISTRATION
Please email : global.health@mssm.edu for FREE registration and complimentary lunch.

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For more details check out the website above, but generally:

FRIDAY March 6, 2009

6:30 pm Cocktail Reception

7:00 pm Film Screening, "What Are We Doing Here?"


SATURDAY March 7, 2009

9:30am Registration/Breakfast

10:00am "Development 101"Daniella Ballou-AaresPartner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors

11:00am "Case Studies: Zimbabwe and Liberia"Ronald Waldman, MD MPH
Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Guest Moderator: David Rieff

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm "The Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Global Health"Alexander Preker, PhD
Head Health Investment Policy, World Bank Group

2:00pm "Africa's Development Conundrum"George Ayittey, PhD
President, Free Africa Foundation