The Business Case for Development: Initiative for Global Development (IGD) Report Launch at CSIS

July 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012– The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Project on U.S. Leadership in Development will host representatives from the public and private sector to discuss the Initiative for Global Development’s new report: “The Business Case for Development: How Companies Can Drive Sustainable Development and How Government Donors Can Leverage Their Impact.” The panel appears below.
 
WHEN/WHERE:      
Tuesday, July 24, 1:30pm – 3:30pm
B1 Conference Center
CSIS, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006
 
Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.
Panel:

Tara Acharya
Director, Global Health and Agriculture Policy, PepsiCo, Inc.
 
Agnes Dasewicz
Director, Private Capital Group for Africa, Africa Bureau, USAID

Marco Faes
Head of Sustainability and Responsibility, Diageo Africa

Papa Madiaw Ndiaye
CEO, Advanced Finance and Investment Group
Introductory Remarks by:

Jennifer Potter
President and CEO, Initiative for Global Development

Moderated by:

Daniel Runde
Codirector, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development and Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, CSIS
 
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