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 Oct. 5:
Digital India: Transforming India into a digitally empowered nation
Oct. 5
Washington, D.C., United States
Launch of the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
Oct. 5
Singapore
From words to action: Delivering inclusive growth
Oct. 5
Washington, D.C., United States
Webinar: Aligning policies for a low-carbon economy
Oct. 5
Online
Challenges in mainstreaming disaster risk management into development: Infrastructure and DRM
Oct. 5
Tokyo, Japan
Second Our Oceans Conference
Oct. 5-6
Washington, D.C., United States
2015 Corporate Citizenship Conference
Oct. 5-7
Washington, D.C., United States
Developing anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism approaches, methodologies and controls for nonbanking financial Institutions — Workshop for trainers
Oct. 5-16
Manila, Philippines
Are emerging markets still developing? And what is development anyway?
Oct. 6
London, United Kingdom
A world of promise: Advancing mining communities reception
Oct. 6
Washington, D.C., United States
Children’s Rights and Business Principles Asia Regional Event
Oct. 6
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Protracted urban conflict response: What needs to change
Oct. 6
London, United Kingdom and online
Food security in Malawi: Direct and indirect effects of its public works program
Oct. 6
Washington, D.C., United States
Rethinking Liberia’s forests: Implementing the New Vision
Oct. 6-7
Monrovia, Liberia
More heat with less wood
Oct. 6-7
Geneva, Switzerland
Eye on Earth Summit 2015
Oct. 6-8
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Global Forum of the International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities
Oct. 6-8
Moscow, Russia
SOCAP15
Oct. 6-9
San Francisco, California, United States
Agrarian political economy and modern world capitalism: The contributions of food regime analysis
Oct. 7
London, United Kingdom
The future of extractive industries: Pathways for social and environmental sustainability
Oct. 7
Washington, D.C., United States
Food versus fuel: Examining tradeoffs in the allocation of biomass energy sources to domestic and productive uses in Ethiopia
Oct. 7
Washington, D.C., United States
India today: A conversation with Indian members of parliament
Oct. 7
Washington, D.C., United States
Does China really care? Corporate social responsibility and labor relations in China
Oct. 7
London, United Kingdom
Innovation for Cool Earth Forum
Oct. 7-8
Tokyo, Japan
Practitioners’ dialogue on climate investments in cooperation
Oct. 7-9
Jakarta, Indonesia
Fragility in middle-income countries: New ideas for unique challenges
Oct. 8
Lima, Peru
Asian Development Bank recruitment outreach mission
Oct. 8
Bangkok, Thailand
World Disasters Report 2015: Local actors, the key to humanitarian effectiveness
Oct. 8
London, United Kingdom
'Helping Hands’ — Hope for Europe!
Oct. 8
Brussels, Belgium
IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
Oct. 8-11
Seattle, Washington, United States
Balancing sustainable growth and social equity: Lessons from Latin America and East Asia
Oct. 9
Lima, Peru
Pan-African Business and Biodiversity Forum: Investing in natural capital for inclusive development
Oct. 9-10
Akosombo, Ghana
2015 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund
Oct. 9-11
Lima, Peru
State of the Africa region: Sustaining growth amid rising global risks
Oct. 10
Lima, Peru
Conference on Innovation in Food
Oct. 10
Milan, Italy
World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Defense of Life
Oct. 10-12
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Third Meeting of the Gender Equality Community of Practice for Finance Ministers
Oct. 11
Lima, Peru
International celebrations
World Habitat Day
Oct. 5
World Teachers’ Day
Oct. 5
World Mental Health Day
Oct. 10
International Day of the Girl Child
Oct. 11
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