On April 11, 2014, The World Bank/GFDRR, the Government of Japan, the European Commission and USAID are hosting the sixth round of the Resilience Dialogue series as part of the 2014 WBG-IMF Spring Meetings. To better safeguard aid and development against disasters, this round will explore how a changing world requires a new approach to development action to counter rising humanitarian needs.
Submit questions for the speakers at resilience.dialogue@gmail.com or on twitter @GFDRR #resilience
Watch the event live at www.gfdrr.org/resiliencedialogueSM14
Speakers:
Justine Greening
Secretary of State for International Development, DFID, UK
Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning, Philippines
Børge Brende
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Kristalina Georgieva
Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, European Commission
Kiyoshi Kodera
Vice President, JICA
Rachel Kyte
Vice President and Special Envoy for Cliamte Change, World Bank Group
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance, Nigeria
Rajiv Shah
Administrator, USAID
Moderated by:
Matt Frei @mattfrei
Channel 4 News
For more information about the Resilience Dialogue series, please visit www.gfdrr.org/resiliencedialogue