On April 11, 2014, The World Bank/GFDRR, the Government of Japan, the European Commission and USAID hosted the sixth round of the Resilience Dialogue series as part of the 2014 WBG-IMF Spring Meetings. To better safeguard aid and development against disasters, this round explored how a changing world requires a new approach to development action to counter rising humanitarian needs.
Speakers:
Justine Greening @JustineGreening
Secretary of State for International Development, DFID
Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning, Philippines
Børge Brende @borgebrende
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Kristalina Georgieva @KGeorgievaEU
Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, European Commission
Kiyoshi Kodera
Vice President, JICA
Rachel Kyte @rkyte365
Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala
Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance, Nigeria
Rajiv Shah @rajshah
Administrator, USAID
Moderated by:
Matt Frei @mattfrei
Channel 4 News
Send your questions to the speakers at resilience.dialogue@gmail.com or on twitter @GFDRR #resilience
For more information about the Resilience Dialogue series, please visit www.gfdrr.org/resiliencedialogue.