Moving Development Forward: Accountablility, Transparency and Equitable Trade Policies

The speeches and presentations, Which you can find here., were fantastic.

Afternoon Panel Session:
3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Conference Room 4

Moving Development Forward:
Accountability, Transparency, Equitable Trade Policies

Governments, corporations, NGO’s and other civil society actors are forming global partnerships for development. In order for these partnerships to be effective – as called for by the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) #8 – all stakeholders must exercise commitment to accountability, transparency and good governance. For development to go forward on a truly global level, least developed, landlocked and small island developing countries’ special needs must be addressed. These include tariff- and quota-free access for their exports, enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries, cancellation of official bilateral debt, and more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction.

This panel will provide examples of how accountability, transparency, good governance and equitable trade policies are helping to raise resources for and successfully complete projects. Panelists will examine existing debt and trade policies that have a negative impact on the ability of less developed nations to develop and to protect jobs, thereby alleviating poverty and raising the standard of living on an ongoing basis.

Moderator:

Katherine Marshall, Senior Advisor, Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics, World Bank
Speakers:

Hans Blix, Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
Grace Nshemeire, Low Unit Pack Champion, Unilever
Mal Nuhu Ribadu, Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Government of Nigeria
Lester Salamon, Director of the Centre for Civil Society Studies at the John Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies
Christopher Sinckler, Executive Coordinator, Caribbean Policy Development Centre