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The Present and Future of European Energy Security
2023-01-25 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Webex Meetings
Sponsored by Energy Thematic Group
Speaker: Nikos Tsafos, Energy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece
Nikos Tsafos is currently the chief energy adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece. A leading authority on energy, Nikos has worked with companies, banks, and governments in over 30 countries on some of the world’s most complex energy projects. Most recently, he held the Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and served on the Climate Advisory Committee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). From 2016 to 2019, he was a lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Moderators: Stratos Tavoulareas and Eugene McCarthy
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The Many Challenges of Caregiving - An Interactive Virtual Discussion
2023-01-24 11:00 - 12:15 | Webex Meetings
Sponsored by the Members Helping Members (MHM)
1818 members and retirees Paula Donovan and Paula Stone will facilitate an interactive virtual discussion about the many challenges of caregiving. The discussion is a follow-up to the December 15 Webex presentation, which was also sponsored by Members Helping Members and based on Paula Stone’s play Because She’s My Mother.
In this event, participants will have an opportunity to share their own experiences and reflections on the challenges of both caregiving and care receiving, including varying cultural differences and expectations. The interactive discussion will be limited to the first 8 people who register to enable meaningful participation. If this session is oversubscribed the facilitators will schedule another session at a time to be announced. A waiting list will be kept. If you register and are unable to attend, please notify the 1818 Society office asap so that someone else can participate.
The “Table Read” of Because She’s My Mother is available for viewing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K47-vzRQ9ZQ.
The link to the recording of the 12/15/2022 presentation is available for viewing here: https://1930181.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/The%20Many%20Challenges%20of%20Caregiving/1_uopsmdrv

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How to Nominate an Organization to the FY24 Community Connections Campaign (CCC) List of Organizations
2023-01-19 11:00 - 12:30 | Webex Meetings
Organizations must be nominated to join the CCC by WBG staff/consultants/retirees. After nomination, the organizations undergo a thorough application and vetting process to ensure they fulfill the CCC criteria.
In this virtual presentation Lindsey Buss and his team will explain the criteria and timetable to get your organization included in the FY24 CCC List of Organizations and answer questions.
You can find the FY23 criteria here when you scroll down to the “Joining the CCC” section.
Speakers:
Lindsey Buss, Ricardo Vargas, Beatriz Reis, Kelly Sullivan, Community Connections Campaign
Moderator: Susan Dubas
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COP 27 Findings on Climate Change and what the World Bank and Developing Countries are Committing to in the Transport Sector
2022-12-15 12:00 - 13:30 | via Zoom
Sponsored by the 1818 Society Transport Thematic Group
We are pleased to confirm that either or both Nicolas Peltier and Binyam Reja will be available to make a presentation via zoom on the COP 27 Findings on Climate Change and what the World Bank and Developing Countries are Committing to in the Transport Sector. Nicolas and Ben are the Director and Manager, respectively, of the Bank’s Global Transport Unit. In addition to managing the transport global agenda, they have a key role in ensuring that the Transport Group continues functioning as a Global Practice despite the reorganization of 2019. This should be a very interesting and timely presentation.
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Nicolas Peltier – Global Director, Global Transport
Binyam Reja – Practice Manager, Global Knowledge

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The Many Challenges of Caregiving
2022-12-15 11:00 - 12:30 | Webex Meetings
Join us for a Discussion on Caregiving, sponsored by 1818 Society Members Helping Members
“There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter
Caregiving is one of the most difficult life experiences many of us will ever have. On Thursday, December 15, from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, Members Helping Members is organizing a Webex discussion about the many challenges of caregiving based on the play Because She’s My Mother, written by Bank retiree Paula Stone. Told with both humor and poignancy, the play follows the bittersweet journey of an adult daughter as she struggles to take care of both her aging mother and herself. The link to the unlisted YouTube of a “Table Read” of Because She’s My Mother is available for viewing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K47-vzRQ9ZQ
The discussion will be facilitated by both the playwright and Bank retiree Paula Donovan. Topics to be addressed include why caregiving is so hard; the various issues and conflicts that arise for both the caregiver and the one being cared for; differences in cultural expectations; and some lessons and strategies for navigating the experience.
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We encourage those who register to view the video in advance of the event. The video runs for about 75 minutes and is divided into two acts. It can be viewed in one sitting, or broken into shorter segments at the viewer’s convenience. The reading was produced by PlayZoomers, Inc., a theatre company that specializes in online theatre. The video is being offered to the World Bank community at no charge as a community service.
Paula Stone retired from the WB in 2001 and has been writing plays for about a dozen years. Prior to covid, Because She’s My Mother had several public readings in the Washington DC area, and as a result, Paula was invited to lead workshops under the auspices of Montgomery County’s Caregiver Support Program for adult children who are caring for aging parents.
Paula Donovan retrained as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) after retiring from the WB in 2005.
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The Experience and Challenges of the Manila Water Supply and Sanitation Public-Private Partnerships
2022-12-15 09:00 - 10:30 | Webex Meetings
The 1818 Society Urban and Water Thematic Group (TG) invites you to its last “Talk Shop” of 2022.
Speaker: Mr. Virgilio (Perry) Rivera
Moderator: Vijay Jagannathan, former manager of the World Bank water practices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and East Asia Pacific (EAP) regions.
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In 1997, the Government of the Philippines awarded after international competition two 25-year “Concessions” of the water supply and sanitation (WSS) service in the Metro-Manila area (2022 total population: about 18 million). In 2009, the Government extended the expiration dates of the Concessions by 15 years to 2037 and that of the franchises of the Concessionaires to 2047. These Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) are considered a real success if the performance of the WSS service is measured against access, reliability, efficiency, financial sustainability, environmental sustainability, and affordability criteria. The presentation will focus on lessons learned from the last 25 years and upcoming challenges including how to:

Ensure that additional water sources developed by the Government are made available in a timely manner to the Concessionaires.
Provide sanitation services through a combination of sewers/wastewater treatment plants and septic tanks desludging/septage treatment facilities to comply with environmental standards, including nutrient removal.
Mitigate the foreign exchange risk associated with long-term debt (often) denominated in foreign exchange and revenues (always) generated in local currency.
Guarantee that the Regulatory mechanism put in place to monitor the performance of the Concessionaires and periodically reset user charges operates in an independent, transparent, and predictable manner; and
Ensure that all stakeholders, including central and local governments, Concessionaires, financiers, and all categories of customers, including low-income households living in informal settlements, remain reasonably happy.

Mr. Perry Rivera has been associated with the Metro-Manila WSS PPP since 1997 when he was seconded to the Manila Water Company Inc. (MWCI), one of the two Concessionaires, by the Ayala Corporation, the Philippines’ largest conglomerate, where he was Managing Director. At MWCI, he was until 2021 Chief Operating Officer for New Business, Subsidiary Operations, and Business Development, including international operations. MWCI has now extended its operations outside of the Metro-Manila area to other cities in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia to serve an additional 10 million people. Mr. Rivera’s expertise includes WSS utility management, design and implementation of large PPP schemes, corporate strategy, public policy, regulation, and tariff renegotiations.
Mr. Rivera was an Independent Director of the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), a Founding Member of The Academy of Regulatory Professionals, and an Adjunct Professor at the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland (Australia). He is a Board Member and Fellow (first Filipino) of the International Water Association (IWA) and a member of Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) and its advisory council on Mutual Accountability Programs. In 2021, he established “WatSan Analytics”, a management consulting firm focused on water supply and sanitation. Mr. Rivera is currently a consultant to the World Bank. His book Tap Secrets: The Manila Water Story – An Exercise in Successful Utility Reform in the Urban Water Sector, was published by the Asian Development Bank in 2014. He is a co-author of a World Bank report titled Strengthening Philippine Water Supply and Sanitation (to be published shortly).
Mr. Rivera earned two undergraduate degrees in Economics and Behavioral Science at the University of Santo Tomas (Philippines) and completed his graduate-level coursework in M.S. Economics at De La Salle University (Philippines). In 2011, he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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BFSFCU - Savings & Investment Session
2022-12-12 10:00 - 11:30 | MC C2-370 / Webex Meetings, (near BFSFCU) WBG Main Complex, 1818 H Street,, Washington, DC, United States
The 1818 Society and BFSFCU are conducting a session on Savings and Investment Options at BFSFCU. This session responds to the request expressed by several members during the 1818 Society Annual Meeting for a discussion about investment options and returns on investments at the Credit Union. Join us at this session in person or by WebEx to learn about the latest options being offered by the Credit Union and to obtain answers to your questions directly from Credit Union management. In addition to the session, the Credit Union will provide an Accounts Executive on site to answer more specific questions about Credit Union services from those of you who are attending in person.
Topics covered during the session will include:

Rising Interest Rate Environment Update
Savings Rate Historical Trends & Comparisons
BFSFCU’s Total Value Membership Proposition
Overview of Checking & Savings Product
Digital Banking

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Special Hybrid In-Person and Online Event for the Community Connections Campaign
2022-11-29 11:00 - 12:30 | MC C2 – 350 / Webex Meetings
As part of this event scheduled in support of Giving Tuesday, we will provide an opportunity for members to briefly introduce the non-profit organizations they are involved with.
Agenda:
– Welcome
– Introduction to CCC & Event
– Introduction to NonProfit Organizations that members are involved with – 1818 Society Members (60 minutes)
– Q & A
– Statement of Thanks
Speakers:

L’Arche Greater Washington DC, Francoise Aubry-Kendall
Back on My Feet (BoMF), Mavee Park
Dek Noi Pattana Foundation, Ian Porter
HelpAge USA, Daniel Cotlear
Homes Not Borders, Hannah Koilpillai
IMAGO Global Grassroots, Isabel Guerrero
Kid Power, Robin Weisman
KIVA, Sid Edelman
Mosaic Theater Company, Frank Vogl
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Montgomery County Affiliate (NAMIMC), Myra Jacobs
Shoebox Project (under Friends Meeting of Washington DC), Eric Nothman
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (WLCH), Claire McGuire
WETA, Uma Lele

Moderators:
– Susan Dubas, 1818 CCC Coordinator
– Angelica Silvero, 1818 CCC Coordinator
Note: organizations which were featured last year will have the opportunity to display publications at the in-person event.
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Cooperation on Transboundary Waters in Africa – The Nile Basin and Beyond
2022-11-17 11:00 - 14:30 | Webex Meetings
Sponsored by 1818 Society Urban and Water Thematic Group

Speaker: Anders Jägerskog, PhD, Program Manager of the “Cooperation on International Waters in Africa” Trust Fund, Water Practice, World Bank
Anders Jägerskog Ph.D is Program Manager of the Cooperation on International Waters in Africa (CIWA) Trust Fund. He is also the focal point at the World Bank for Transboundary Waters. His work focuses primarily on the African continent and on the Middle East and North Africa region but is also global. Previously he was Counsellor for regional water resources in the MENA region at the Swedish Embassy in Amman, Jordan; Director, Knowledge Services, at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) where he headed the Transboundary Water Management Unit and was work area leader for applied research. He managed the UNDP Shared Waters Partnership which facilitates and promotes dialogue and cooperation on transboundary water resources. He is Associate Professor (Docent) at Peace and Development Research, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.
Moderator: Ariel Dinar, former Lead Economist on Water and Climate Change at the World Bank and currently Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside.
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An Update on the Governance Global Practice
2022-11-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Webex Meetings
Sponsored by Governance Thematic Group
Speaker: Arturo Herrera Gutierrez, Director, Global Governance Practice
Moderator: Debbie Wetzel, Chair, Governance TG
The session will give 1818 Society members a chance to meet the new Director of the Governance Practice, to hear a bit about what the practice is doing and how he hopes to take it forward. It will also offer the chance to share 1818 Society Members perspectives on the Bank’s governance work.
Before returning to the World Bank as Director of the Global Governance Practice, Arturo was Secretary of FInance and Public Credit for Mexico. Arturo had previously served as Assistant Secretary in the same office. Prior to his time in Mexico, Arturo worked at the World Bank as the Governance Practice Manager in East Asia and as Public Sector Manager in Latin America and the Caribbean. From 2000-2006, he served as Secretary of Finances for Mexico City. Arturo has degrees from Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (BA), El Colegio de Mexico (MA) and NYU.
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WBG’s Current Energy Strategy and Operations
2022-11-04 14:00 - 15:30 | Webex
Sponsored by the Energy Thematic Group
The presentation will provide insights on how the Bank is working with clients to assist in addressing the challenges of energy security, economic growth and poverty reduction, and climate change in a period marked by volatile energy markets and rapid technological change. The presentation will be followed by Q&A and discussion.
Speaker: Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director for the World Bank’s Energy and Extractives Global Practice
Moderator: Charles (Chas) Feinstein, co-Chair, Energy TG
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Are our Cities Sinking? Observations of Subsidence in Coastal Cities around the World
2022-11-03 11:00 - 12:30 | Webex
The 1818 Society Urban and Water Thematic Group (TG) invites you to a Webex presentation on sinking cities. This presentation is a continuation of our Urban & Water Group’s “Talk Shop” series.
Speakers:

Matt Wei is a geophysicist with extensive experience on measuring and understanding ground deformation by various processes. He holds a PhD in earth sciences from the University of California San Diego and is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Oceanography, Rhode Island University.
Steve D’Hondt is a geological oceanographer with extensive experience in study of ocean change and in mapping global distributions of environmental and ecological data. He holds a PhD in geological and geophysical sciences from Princeton University and is a professor at the Graduate School of Oceanography, Rhode Island University.

Satellite data indicate that land is subsiding faster than sea level is rising in many coastal cities throughout the world. If subsidence continues at recent rates, these cities will be challenged by flooding much sooner than projected by sea level rise models. Subsidence rates in 99 coastal cities around the world between 2015 and 2020 were measured using satellite data (PS Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar method and Sentinel-1 data). Subsidence rates are highly variable within cities and from city to city. The most rapid subsidence is occurring in South, Southeast, and East Asia. However, rapid subsidence is also happening in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Human activity—primarily groundwater extraction—is likely the main cause of this subsidence. Expanded monitoring and policy interventions are required to reduce subsidence rates and minimize their consequences. Known examples of sustained and reasonably successful management of coastal subsidence involve relatively localized subsidence, effective governance, and large capital investment. It will be a challenge to reproduce this success in cities throughout the world. However, cities and nations that fail to address the cause(s) of their subsidence will be challenged by flooding much sooner than projected by sea level rise models.
The link to a research paper by the authors is provided below:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL098477
Moderator: Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic, Coordinating Committee Member of the Urban & Water Thematic Group.
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Women’s Lives and Rights– Origins and Prospects of an Evolving Revolution
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Webex
Sponsored by Gender and Development Thematic Group
Demonstrations in Iran have amazed the world. It is coined as the first women’s revolution. How did this happen? What makes these protesting GenZ men/women and their message different from the efforts of previous generations? How will they impact women from countries where their rights are challenged?
Speakers:

Dr. Mahnaz Afkhami – Founder and President of Women’s Learning Partnership, former Minister of Women’s Affairs of Iran, and author of recent: “The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women’s Movement”
Dr. Habiba Sarabi – Former Governor of Bamiyan Province, Former Minister of Women’s Affairs, and Former Minister of Culture of Afghanistan
Prof. Ali Dadpay – Professor of Economics, University of Dallas
Dornaz Memarzia – Women’s Rights Activist and Corporate Sales Specialist, CrowdStrike, California

Moderator: Nadereh Chamlou, co-Chair, Gender and Development TG
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44th Annual Meeting - Face-to-Face with David Malpass, President, World Bank Group
2022-10-27 14:30 - 15:30 | MC C2 -350 / Webex webinar
Speech by David Malpass, President, WBG
Members Q&A with the President, WBG,
Moderator: Anis Dani, President, 1818 Society

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44th Annual Meeting - 1818 Society Business Meeting
2022-10-27 11:00 - 13:00 | MC C2 – 350 / Webex Meetings
Agenda:

President’s Report
Annual Financial Report
Results of Election of Directors
Results of Voting on Amendments to the By-Laws
In Memoriam
Vote of Thanks

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44th Annual Meeting - Keynote Session: The State of the Global Economy
2022-10-27 09:00 - 10:30 | MC C2 – 350 / Webex webinar
A panel discussion with former Chief Economists of the World Bank
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war, and policy responses to them, the global economy has changed dramatically over the last two years. Inflation is high and, in some countries, rising. Supply chain disruptions slowed world trade, prompting a rethinking of globalization. A global recession followed by rising food and fuel prices are threatening debt sustainability in many developing countries. A panel of three World Bank Chief Economists will engage with their former colleagues on these and other issues facing the global economy.
Welcome remarks – Anis Dani, President, 1818 Society
Panelists:
Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University. He was the Chief Economist of the World Bank from 1991 to 1993. He was then appointed Under Secretary to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, serving as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001. He also served as President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006.
Anne O. Krueger, Senior Fellow, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. She was the Chief Economist of the World Bank from 1982 to 1986, and the first deputy managing director at the IMF from 2001 to 2006. As an economist, she is well known in macroeconomics and trade. In 1974, she wrote “The Political Economy of the Rent-Seeking Society” in which she famously coined the term rent-seeking.
Kaushik Basu, Carl Marks Professor of International Studies, Cornell University. He was the Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. Previously he served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, from 2009 to 2012. He was elected President of the International Economic Association from 2017 to 2020 and also served as president of the Human Development and Capabilities Association founded by Amartya Sen.
Moderator:
Shanta Devarajan is Professor of the Practice of International Development at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Previously serving as Chief Economist in several regions, he was Senior Director for Development Economics and Acting Chief Economist before retiring from the World Bank.
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44th Annual Meeting - Seminar on the Staff Retirement Plan (SRP)
2022-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Webex Webinar
Presentation on the Staff Retirement Plan – Webex Webinar
Panelists:

Lee Meddin– Chair, Pension Committee
Ivan Zelenko – Director, Investment Management, PENDB
Gabriel Petre – Lead Investment Strategist, PENIN
Bernard Murira -Njogu – Manager and Head of Investments, PENIN
Sharada Sundar – Manager, PENAD

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44th Annual Meeting - Seminar on Retiree Health Insurance Plan
2022-10-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Webex Webinar
Virtual Presentation on the Retiree Health Insurance Plan – Webex Webinar
Panelists:

Eduardo Wallentin, Chair, 1818 Society’s Health Insurance Committee
Sean Kiernan, Senior HR Specialist, Compensation and Benefits, WBG
Juan Zhang, HR Specialist, Compensation and Benefits, WBG
Saniya Anwar, Analyst, Compensation and Benefits, WBG
AETNA Representatives
CIGNA Representatives

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Acres of Money Laundering: Why US Real Estate is a Kleptocrat's dream?
2022-10-25 14:00 - 15:30 | WebEx Meetings | MC10-300
A presentation by the Governance Thematic Group.
Speaker:
Lakshmi Kumar, Policy Director at Global Financial Integrity.
Discussants:

Alex Habershon – Manager, Integrity Vice Presidency-VPU, WBG
Emile Van Der Does De Willebois – Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions-VPU, WBG

Topic:
What do the Iranian government, a fugitive international jeweler, and a disgraced Harvard University fencing coach have in common? They have all used real estate to launder their ill-gotten gains. In this presentation, Ms. Kumar, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity (GFI) dives into the murky world of global money laundering and demonstrates the ease with which kleptocrats, criminals, sanctions evaders, and corrupt government officials choose the real estate market as their preferred destination to hide and launder proceeds from illicit activities. The presentation looks at data analysis from within the US but also elsewhere to demonstrate why real estate is such a preferred mechanism for money laundering and hiding the proceeds of corruption. The presentation maps where this illicit money is coming from?, how the money makes its way into the real estate sector, and the laws and professionals that enable this illicit activity. Finally, the presentation will also look at ongoing policy developments both in developed and developing countries and discusses the problem in simply duplicating laws for countries with widely different real estate markets and at widely different stages of development.
About the speaker:
Lakshmi Kumar is the Policy Director of Global Financial Integrity. She oversees GFI’s policy, advocacy, and regulatory work focusing on illicit financial flows in the U.S. and Africa. She oversees the organization’s US and Africa operations focusing on illicit finance. Ms. Kumar is invited regularly to provide comment and expertise to governments and international organizations on a host of issues including money laundering through real estate, gold, private investment funds, free trade zones, and policy reforms on beneficial ownership. She has testified before the U.S. Congress on these issues. She is a Senior Fellow at George Mason University and an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service,where teaches classes on trade based money laundering and illicit finance respectively. She is a regular speaker and commentator on anti-corruption and money laundering issues at conferences and events around the world. Her comments and work have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, BBC among other leading outlets in Latin America and Africa.
To view the report, click this link – Acres of Money Laundering: Why U.S. Real Estate is a Kleptocrat’s Dream
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Global Inequality: A Historical Perspective
2022-10-25 11:00 - 12:30 | Webex Meetings
On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, from 11:AM – Noon, the 1818 Society World Bank History Thematic Group and the World Bank Group Library will host a presentation by Professor Branko Milanovic entitled Global Inequality: A Historical Perspective.
Professor Milanovic, a Research Professor at The Graduate Center, CUNY, obtained his Ph.D. in economics (1987) from the University of Belgrade with a dissertation on income inequality in Yugoslavia. He served as lead economist in the World Bank’s Research Department for almost 20 years, leaving to write his book on global income inequality, Worlds Apart (2005).
He was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington (2003-2005) and has held teaching appointments at the University of Maryland (2007-2013) and at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (1997- 2007). He was a visiting scholar at All Souls College in Oxford, and Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (2010-11).
Established in 2014, Professor Milanovic’s blog globalinequality covers topics from Marxism to capitalism, as well as many other issues affecting global inequality. He posts several times a month and attract visitors globally.

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Foundational learning outcomes of Arabic speaking children - Piloting a perceptually enhanced curriculum in Egypt
2022-09-22 12:30 - 14:00 | WebEx & MC 10-300
Hosted by the Education GP and the 1818 Society Education Thematic Group
Presenters:

Fatma Abdelkhalek, Assiut University, Egypt, and Southampton University, UK
Ray Langsten, American University of Cairo

Discussant: Andreas Blom, Practice Manager, World Bank (HMNED)
Chair: Robin Horn, Chair of the 1818 Society Education Alumni Group
Description:
The webinar focuses on a pilot study of innovative curricular mechanisms to improve learning outcomes of students in the Arab world. The Al Qasimi Foundation of Ras al Khaimah, UAE, developed a curriculum for grade 1 that teaches fundamental reading skills based on perceptual learning concepts and oral standards of Arabic grammar. In the pilot study, these were taught in two different sessions. The aim was to speed up reading fluency and automaticity and to generate instant comprehension of standard Arabic. The privately funded pilot was carried out during two summer months in Assiut, Egypt. Students made clear progress in reading and language use. The pilot will be repeated during the summer of 2022. The presentation will discuss the rationale, procedures, and prospects for a broader strategy to improve early grade learning outcomes in the Arab world.
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Fatma Abdelkhalek is a research fellow at Southampton University for the CHERISH (Couples Health Research and Intervention Studies) Programme in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Commerce, Assiut University, Egypt. She has a PhD from Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Statistics/Mathematics. Her current research focuses on using applied statistics to examine social science issues in Egypt and elsewhere.

Ray Langsten, is with the American University in Cairo. He has a PhD from the University of Michigan in Sociology/Demography. His current research focuses on education, mainly measurement issues related to the sustainable development goals, as well as a variety of topics dealing with education in Egypt and elsewhere.

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Andreas Blom is a Manager in the World Bank’s Education Global Practice, responsible for the portfolios of 19 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. He leads a team of 30 technical specialists and economists who assist the region’s governments with policy advice, financing and technical assistance to improve education and human development. He is passionate about poverty reduction and improvements of well-being through education.

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Ecological Economics in Four Parables
2022-09-22 10:00 - 11:30 | WebEx & MC 10-300
The 1818 Society World Bank History Thematic Group and the World Bank Group Library will host a webinar by Herman Daly, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland entitled Ecological Economics in Four Parables. A parable of course is a little story that teaches a big lesson that opens one’s eyes. It depicts a different vision than the prevailing one.
Part I contrasts the pre-analytic vision of ecological economics with that of conventional economics by recounting a true story about the drafting of the World Bank’s World Development Report for 1992. That story serves as a basic parable by which to envision ecological economics as the study of the relationships between the economic subsystem (the economy) and the ecological parent system (the biosphere).
Part II provides the beginning analysis of the ecological economics vision. Here the instructive parable is provided by the story of Samuel Plimsoll and the maritime institution establishing a ship’s load limit represented by the “Plimsoll line”, and the absence in conventional economics of an economic analog to the Plimsoll line.
Part III tells a tragic story about a chemical engineer, Thomas Midgley, Jr., and the too eager reliance on technology as the sufficient solution to the problems revealed by analysis of the ecological economic paradigm.
Part IV considers the philosophical and ethical foundations needed to support the radical policy reversals indicated by a scale-limiting economic analog to the Plimsoll line.
Professor Daly was Senior Economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank from 1988 to 1994, where he helped to develop policy guidelines related to sustainable development. While there, he was engaged in environmental operations work in Latin America. He is closely associated with theories of a steady-state economy.
For more on Professor Daly’s ideas, see the July 17, 2022 interview with him in The New York Times Magazine:

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Can Carbon Emission Reduction be harmonized with Economic Well-being?
2022-09-15 11:00 - 12:30 | WebEx & MC 10-300
A joint presentation by 1818 Society Energy TG and Social & Environment TG.

The current, polarizing debate between priority given to carbon emission reduction rather than economic well-being has diverted attention from efforts to reconcile these objectives. The focus of environmental policy discussion must now shift towards providing incentives to align these objectives.
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Miguel Schloss is President of Surinvest Ltda. and member of the Bretton Woods Committee. He was Chairman of the 1818 Society Chapter in Chile, Chief Executive and member of several Board and governing bodies of international private and civil society entities, including Executive Director of Transparency International, and Expert Advisory Board Member of Dalberg Global Development.
The presentation draws from his recent book: Carbon Neutrality in Uncertain Territory; Generis, 2022.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2K8RWV7
Generis Publishing: http://www.generis-publishing.com//book.php?title=mapping-carbon-neutrality-in-uncharted-territory-521
Moderator: Eugene McCarthy, Chair, Energy TG
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Retiree MIP Information Session with Aetna & CIGNA Dental
2022-07-28 12:00 - 13:30 | WebEx & MC 10-300
The World Bank Group HR Global Benefits team is pleased to invite you to an information session on the HQ Retiree Medical Insurance Plan (RMIP). This repeat session is for Retirees on the RMIP plan administered by Aetna and Cigna Dental.
WBG HR Benefits Specialists will lead the sessions along with representatives from Aetna and Cigna Dental.
Topics will include:

Medical and Dental Care Coverage and Benefits, including an overview of common health plan terms, a review of plan options, and an overview of tools available to navigate the health insurance marketplace.
An overview of how the plans coordinate with Medicare in the US
Access and Usage of the respective websites and applications
How to submit claims online
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Q & A session will follow at the end of the session

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Tech Tips for Retirees
2022-06-29 11:00 - 12:30 | Webex
Back by popular demand, this training session is aimed at helping members with information technology, including the use of the Society’s website and email Weekly Updates and making better use of your home technology. It is a repeat of the April 27, 2022 session.
This webinar will focus on the following areas:

Overview of the 1818 Society Website
Member resources
Joining Thematic Groups, Hiking club, etc.
New features on the Website
Your home technology setup

The event is sponsored by the Information Management and Technology (IMT) Committee and Member Helping Members (MHM) Committee.
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Lesley Shneier, MHM Co-Chair
Venkat (KV) Kalicheti, IMT Committee
Susan Dubas, Board Director and IMT Committee
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Similarities and Differences in Confronting Global Food Security Crises in 2008 and 2022
2022-06-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Webex
This event is co-sponsored by WBG Library, Agriculture & Rural Development TG, and WB History TG.
Operational issues in food response are complicated. Join Christopher Delgado for a conversation on the main similarities and differences for food crises in 2008 and 2022. What lessons did the Global Food Crisis Response Program of 2008-2012 teach us for the overall strategic and operational response to global food crises and how does it impact planning for the future?
Speaker: Christopher Delgado is Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute. Previously, he was Economics and Policy Practice Leader in the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department, he coordinated the Secretariat of the Bank’s Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP), and was Program Manager for the Global Agricultural and Food Security Program (GAFSP). He also worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute and the International Livestock Research Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University.
Moderator: Chuck Ziegler, Chair of WBG History TG
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Reconsidering Sites and Services as an Approach to meeting Urban Development and Housing Needs in Rapidly Growing Urban Areas
2022-06-16 11:00 - 12:30 | Webex
This presentation is a continuation of the Urban & Water Thematic Group’s “Talk Shop” series.
Synopsis: With African cities urbanizing rapidly, there is a growing appreciation that it is time to take a fresh look at the potential for ‘sites and services’ approaches to meet urban development and housing needs in these rapidly growing urban areas. The session will present guiding principles on designing sites and services projects for TTLs/operations teams that emerge from a study conducted by the Urban Poverty, Inclusive Cities and Housing Global Solutions Group (GSG). The study has provided a clear understanding of the large scale 1st generation sites and services of the 60s and 70s by assessing their structure and guiding principles, establishing their effectiveness in meeting the set objectives, examining reasons most governments and donors abandoned the intervention, identifying factors that contributed to their success or failure in countries where they were adopted, identifying how building technologies, land and housing markets have changed over time in support of or against sites and services, and draws lessons and potential guiding principles for possible future projects.
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Judy Baker is a Global Lead, Urban Poverty and Housing, and a Lead Economist in the Global Practice for Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience in the Africa Region. She has worked extensively across the World Bank on projects and analytical work, particularly in East Asia, Latin America, and South Asia. This work has covered topics related to urbanization and its impacts, urban poverty, slum upgrading, service delivery, affordable housing, climate change, and impact evaluation. She has published six books, as well as produced numerous country and regional reports.
Sheila Kamunyori is a Senior Urban Specialist based in Nairobi with over 15 years’ experience in urban development. At the Bank, she leads the Bank support in Kenya on slum upgrading, affordable housing and land, and is the TTL of the Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP). She also supports informal settlement upgrading and affordable housing in South Africa and Rwanda. Prior to the Bank, Sheila worked in international development across multiple sectors, including ICT, health, education and local economic development, and across a number of countries in Africa and Asia-Pacific. Sheila, a Kenyan national, holds a Master’s degree in International Development and Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a PhD in Urban Planning from the London School of Economics.
Keziah Mwanga is an urban development specialist with over seven years global work experience in development and applied research. An Urban Development Consultant at the World Bank, she supports projects on slum upgrading, affordable housing, land and urban development. She is also a Lecturer at Kenyatta University in Kenya, teaching urban and regional planning. Previously, she has worked both in Kenya and USA with governments, non-profit organizations, universities and research institutions working to promote equitable development. Keziah holds a PhD in Urban Studies jointly awarded by the Gran Sasso Science Institute and Sant’Anna Scuola Universitaria Superiore in Italy and a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the University of California Berkeley, USA.

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Inclusive Recovery and the Future Role of the Bretton Woods Institutions
2022-06-14 10:00 - 11:15 | Webex
A presentation by IMF Library, the WBG Library, the 1818 Society, and the Center for Global Development
Join Masood Ahmed, current President of the Center for Global Development, and former staff at the IMF and the World Bank, for a thought provoking look at how the past will impact the future of the Bretton Woods Institutions.
Even before the war in Ukraine, the recovery from the pandemic was projected to be fragile and uneven for most developing countries. In addition, the traditional focus of development cooperation on poverty and improving living standards in Lower Middle Income Countries was being supplanted by greater emphasis on addressing climate change and other global challenges and doing so within a geo-political context of tension and rivalry among the great powers. How will these changes impact the future role and operations of the Bretton Woods Institutions? Is the time ripe for a Bretton Woods 2.0?
Moderated by IMF Historian, Atish Rex Ghosh
Opening Remarks by Elisa Liberatori-Prati, WBG Chief Archivist and Director of Knowledge & Information Services

Masood Ahmed, is the President of the Center for Global Development. He joined the Center in January 2017, capping a 35-year career driving economic development policy initiatives relating to debt, aid effectiveness, trade, and global economic prospects at major international institutions including the IMF, World Bank, and DFID. Ahmed is a leading expert on Middle East economics, having served on the Advisory Board of the LSE Middle East Center, as well as on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Middle East and North Africa.

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BFSFCU's Fraud Prevention/Financial Scams Webinar
2022-06-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Webinar
Please join BFSFCU fraud experts to learn about identity theft, different types of fraud, and common forms of scams. BFSFCU will guide you on various prevention methods and useful resources to protect your identity and your accounts.
The presentation will cover:
• COVID-19 Scams
• Common Types of Scams and Fraud
• Preventing Identity Theft
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Ukraine's Tragedy is Now Global: Impacts on Food Security
2022-06-03 13:00 - 14:30 | WebEx & MC 10-300
A joint presentation by the 1818 Agriculture and Rural Development Thematic Group and IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Summary: IFPRI has been monitoring the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on food security. High food prices and supply disruptions are hitting Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries like Egypt, Sudan, Yemen and Lebanon hard, partly due to their heavy dependence on wheat imports. We are delighted to have David Laborde, Joe Glauber and Clemens Breisinger from IFPRI and our own Nadim Khouri to discuss: (i) the global impact of the Ukraine war; (ii) the role of global instruments such as the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) in helping grain markets in times of uncertainty; (iii) on-going policy and program responses at country level; and (iv) how we all could get better at supporting countries to analyze (future) crisis impacts and policy responses.
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Joseph Glauber is a Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division. He also serves as interim Secretary for the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS). Prior to joining IFPRI, he spent over 30 years at USDA including as chief Economist from 2008 to 2014. He also served as chief US agricultural negotiator at the WTO during the Doha talks as well as economic adviser during the Uruguay Round negotiations.
David Laborde is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division and the Theme Leader on Macroeconomics and Trade for IFPRI. His research interests include globalization, international trade, measurement and modeling of protectionism as well as environmental issues. He is a contributor to the GTAP database and a GTAP research fellow since 2005. Prior to joining IFPRI (in 2007) he was an Economist at the Centre d’Études Prospectives de d’Information Internationales (CEPII) in Paris and Lecturer at the University of Pau (France);
Nadim Khouri is a member of the 1818 Society, an Independent Researcher who had a 20-year career at the World Bank (mainly South Asia and LAC) before he joined IFAD and then the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). His interests include food security and climate-smart agriculture. His collaboration with IFPRI started while at IFAD on developing a research program with Clemens Breisinger on whether investments in rural development and food security reduce conflict.
Kibrom Abay is a Country Program Leader/Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division at IFPRI, based in Cairo. He is a development and agricultural economist with research interests covering rural development, agricultural transformation, urbanization, food and nutrition security, and behavioral economics. Before joining IFPRI, he has worked as Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

Moderator: Kevin Cleaver, Chair, Agriculture & Rural Development TG
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