Network Governance and the Development Potential of Middle-Income Countries

Opening keynote by:
H.E. Enrique Castillo
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica

Panel discussion: “The Future of International Cooperation: Growing Prosperity through Knowledge Partnerships”

Jan Wouters
Jean Monnet Chair and Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven

Timothy Meyer
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia School of Law

Laurence Prusak
Founder, Institute for Knowledge Management

Kazuki Kitaoka
Manager of “Networks for Prosperity” initiative, UNIDO

Jerry O'Brien
Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology, USAID

Moderated by:
Daniel F. Runde
Director of the Project on Prosperity and Development and William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, CSIS

Panel discussion: “Resolving Complex Development Challenges: Connecting to Private Enterprise and Global Value Chains”

William Reese
President and CEO, International Youth Foundation

Radha Muthiah
Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

Barbara Kreissler
Manager, UNIDO Business Partnerships

Kathleen Vickland
Vice President, Latin America & the Caribbean, CARANA Corporation

With a response by:
Michael Levett
Senior Associate, CSIS

Moderated by:
Daniel Runde

Thursday, May 16, 2013, 9:00AM to 12:30PM

Middle-income countries are of massive importance to the success of global development efforts because it is these countries that are experiencing rapid economic growth, accompanied by ambitious national development agendas, while at the same time being home to the majority of the world’s poor. 

Beyond the governmental level, middle-income countries are host to rich and growing networks of civil society organizations, academia, and private foundations, not to mention for-profit corporations with a stake in development.  Realizing this potential requires the consolidation and expansion of the knowledge networks that have taken shape among both developing and industrialized countries since the turn of the millennium. Indeed, with the 2015 deadline approaching for the original Millennium Development Goals, there is a critical need to form a coordinated agenda beyond that date.

CSIS and UNIDO have partnered to organize this public forum to highlight the importance of a multi-stakeholder network-driven approach to the future of global development, with a particular focus on the capabilities of middle-income countries. This conference builds on the June 2012 CSIS report Strategic Foreign Assistance Transitions: Enhancing U.S. Trade and Cooperation Relations with Middle-Income Countries, and on the November 2012 report Networks for Prosperity: Connecting Development Knowledge Beyond 2015, a collaboration between UNIDO and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies.

Please RSVP to PPD@csis.org.

A light breakfast will be available.