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Global Development Discussion Group

Global Development Discussion Group Description

The Global Development Discussion Group will provide a forum for member to discuss some of the most pressing issues of international development and the role of the rich countries' public, private and non-profit sectors. The monthly Discussion Group will aim to build on Global Development Speaker Series that will cover a wide range of topics including: how to create enabling business environments for private sector growth; evolution in efforts to improve public sector governance at all levels; the growth and impact of community development programs and micro-level interventions; the potential and constraints of expanding education; addressing health crises and building robust health systems; the links between international development and security; provision of global public goods; evaluating aid effectiveness and reforming the global aid regime; evolving roles and cooperation of private, public and non-profit sectors.

The discussion group will also encourage members to produce a concrete output from their discussions, including op-eds, summaries for the YPFP website and support ongoing engagement with partners working on these issues.

Discussion Group Chair: Chris Uregian

Chris Uregian is currently a consultant in the Private Sector Development, Europe and Central Asia Unit at the World Bank. Previously, he worked for the European Commission and the UNDP on Trade and Development issues in Brussels, Geneva and Armenia, as well as for a local business consultancy and think-tank in Armenia between 2003 and 2004. He completed his Masters in Public Affairs (MPA) at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School in June 2006, focusing on Economic Policy and Development Studies.

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Renewable Energy to light villages
Zablon Wagalla's picture

Energy is the engine of development in all economies. With energy poverty in Africa, pollution due to green house gas emissions from the fossil fuel, world largest economies are developing targets for example the EU has set a 2010 target of blending with biofuel in 5.75%. This is in response to the need of clean energy to power development. In African villages that are remote and poor to afford initial investments for electricity installations, has poverty aggravating since their is no development in terms of cottage industries and lighting in schools, health centers,and community centers. We as professionals need to develop ways that develop this sector. This triggered me to start and intitiate an organization "Trees for Clean Energy Network". This organization works towards the development of clean and renewable energy through the promotion of biofuel crops, capacity building of communities to invest in farming of biofuel crops, initiating energy Kiosks in rural areas to provide electricity to rural areas and our main focus is to provide liquid biofuel to the market which is already in demand.

I therefore appeal to all like minded professionals to join me with ideas, material support and social support to make our world achieve sustainable development and let us meet Millennium Development Goals.


Submitted by Zablon Wagalla on December 5, 2007 - 3:06am.
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