Events preview: This week in development cooperation

The future of international development cooperation is not just hashed out in dusty field offices and ramshackle schools and hospitals, but also at a variety of events, celebrations and other gatherings. Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting Nov. 17: Employment, demographic change and well-being: Avoiding poverty among the elderly in aging populations Nov. 17 Washington, D.C., United States Innovation and the future of Latin America and the Caribbean Nov. 17 Washington, D.C., United States Can the determinants of obesity and undernutrition be captured in the same model: Evidence from Valparaiso Chile and Mombasa Kenya Nov. 17 London, United Kingdom Cancel the cruise missiles: Military intervention cannot build peace between warring parties Nov. 17 Geneva, Switzerland Access to education in Brazil through the conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Família Nov. 17 London, United Kingdom Ebola: Qu’en est-il réellement? Nov. 17 Geneva, Switzerland Asian Regional Cooperation and Integration Roundtable Conference: The future of regional cooperation and integration and productivity Nov. 17-18 Global Forum 2014 : Our path to a digital connected world Nov. 18 Geneva, Switzerland Structural HIV prevention and how to pay for it Nov. 18 London, United Kingdom Asian Development Bank’s outreach presentation and networking events Nov. 17-19 Washington, D.C., United States Third ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum Nov. 17-19 Singapore, Singapore e-Consultation: The economics of land degradation Nov. 17-Dec. 12 Online Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review Nov. 17-20 Bangkok, Thailand BID-OMC sobre Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias para países de América Latina Nov. 17-20 Montevideo, Uruguay Social Enterprise Collaboration Lab Nov. 18 São Paulo, Brazil No más silencio, no más violencia: Tres miradas a la prevención de la violencia contra las mujeres en América Latina Nov. 18 Washington, D.C., United States Trust Women Conference: Putting the rule of law behind women’s rights Nov. 18-19 London, United Kingdom Urban Future Conference Nov. 18-19 Graz, Austria Our future, our rights: Youth rising #UpForSchool Nov. 19 London, United Kingdom Pecha Kucha Cambio Climático Nov. 19 Lima, Peru Ebola: Responding to the human security crisis Nov. 19 Geneva, Switzerland Towards peace and development in Central Africa — the EU perspective Nov. 19 London, United Kingdom A decade of integrated water resources management: NARBO’s 10th anniversary Nov. 19-20 Manila, Philippines Workshop on Biofuels and Food Security Interactions Nov. 19-20 Washington, D.C., United States Second International Conference on Nutrition Nov. 19-21 Rome, Italy Fifth Global Entrepreneurship Summit Nov. 19-21 Marrakech, Morocco The Green Climate Fund high-level pledging conference Nov. 20 Berlin, Germany 2014 LEAD Symposium: The future corporation Nov. 20 New York, United States New voices in investment: A survey of investors from emerging countries Nov. 20 Washington, D.C., United States Why Europe's problems need global solutions and global problems need European action Nov. 20 London, United Kingdom Hamas, Israel and the 2014 Gaza war Nov. 20 Geneva, Switzerland Cookstoves Future Summit Nov. 20-21 New York, United States Anti-corruption Seminar Nov. 20-21 Baku, Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Latin America & Caribbean Conference & Exhibition Nov. 20-21 Fajardo, Puerto Rico Powering Africa Nov. 20-21 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The 2014 annual meeting for the Latin American Caribbean Economic Association and Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society Nov. 20-22 São Paulo, Brazil 57th annual meetings of the African Studies Association: Rethinking violence, reconstruction and reconciliation Nov. 20-23 Indianapolis, United States The Triumph of the City: How to boost productivity and innovation Nov. 21 Washington, D.C., United States Training Workshop for EU Staff on the Human Rights and Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Nov. 21 Brussels, Belgium What future for peacebuilding? Needs, policy, action Nov. 21 Geneva, Switzerland International celebrations African Statistics Day Nov. 18 Universal Children’s Day Nov. 20 Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Leave a comment below or email us at news@devex.com. Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.