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World Bank’s Development Report Presented Dec. 1

Emmanuel Jimenez of the World Bank will present  “World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation” on Friday, Dec. 1, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in 4151 Grainger Hall. The presentation is sponsored by the Executive MBA program, the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).

The number of people worldwide under age 25 is the largest in history.  What can governments and society do to expand opportunities, enhance capabilities, foster exercise of citizenship, and provide fair chances to the pool of youth talent?  What policies of investing in young people work?  How can countries coordinate actions to unleash the development of young people and fight poverty?

 Jimenez, staff director of the World Development Report 2007 team, will address these questions through an overview of this World Bank report. Jimenez has held a variety of positions as an economist and manager in the policy, research and operational units of the World Bank.  In addition to his role as staff director of the World Development Report team, since early 2002 he has also been sector director, human development, in the World Bank’s East Asia Region, where he is responsible for managing operational staff working on education and health issues.  Prior to joining the World Bank, he was on the faculty of the economics department at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada.