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