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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    This week, the governments of Ethiopia and India will host the fourth Acting on the Call conference of ministers and policymakers on maternal and child survival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Check out our preview for more events happening this week and next.

    By Devex Editor // 22 August 2017
    A nurse and mother admiring a newborn child in a postnatal ward in Mbanza Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo by: Sven Torfinn / CC BY-NC-ND

    Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting Aug. 22:

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    Infrastructure Africa
    Aug. 21-22
    Johannesburg, South Africa

    Webinar: Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU): Improving Nutrition Outcomes Through Optimized Agriculture Investments
    Aug. 21-24
    Online

    Tax Compliance in the Developing Digital Economy
    Aug. 21-24
    Tokyo, Japan

    Civil Society's Role in Overcoming Critical Barriers to Maternal and Child Survival
    Aug. 23
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Developing the Seed Sector: What Role for Policy?
    Aug. 23
    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Future Learning 2020 Summit
    Aug. 23-24
    Santa Clara, California, United States

    Acting on the Call Summit 2017
    Aug. 24-25
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Conference: Implementation of Agenda 2030: Financial, Economic and Political Challenges
    Aug. 25
    Tokyo, Japan

    2017 World Water Week
    Aug. 27 -  Sept. 1
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Empowering Local Communities with Social Accountability Tools
    Aug. 30
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Webinar: Engaging African youth in agribusiness in a changing climate
    Aug. 30
    Online

    Financing Infrastructure Connectivity for Economic Corridor Development
    Aug. 30-31
    Bangkok, Thailand

    INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES AND EVENTS

    International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
    Aug. 23

    International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
    Aug. 30

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