DC EVENT: InfoShop Book Event: Have IMF/World Bank Policies ConstrainedResponses to HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries?

[Guest guest]

Have IMF and World Bank Policies Constrained

Domestic Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Developing Countries?

WHEN :

Tuesday, February 23rd from 3pm to 5pm

WHERE : Building I-200 (1850 I Street, NW)

Open to the Public

Rick Rowden, an expert in international economic development, will present his

new book, The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism (Zed Books, November 2009). In his

book, Rowden explores the history of and current collision between two of the

major global phenomena that have characterized the last 30 years: the spread of

HIV/AIDS and other diseases of poverty and the ascendancy of neoliberal

economic ideas. He argues that IMF and World Bank macroeconomic policies have

restricted public investment needed for economic development, with harmful consequences

for domestic health financing and particularly HIV/AIDS in developing

countries.

" Rick Rowden has written a highly accessible volume that clearly links

economic policies to poor health outcomes in developing countries. His clarion

call to health activists to get involved in economic debates is an urgent

one. " - Stein, University of Michigan

NGO Commentator - Brook Baker,

Professor at Northeastern University School of Law, Program on Human Rights and

the Global Economy; Chair of Board, Health GAP

IMF Commentator - Sanjeev Gupta,

Deputy Director of Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF

World Bank Commentator - Berman,

Lead Economist of the Health and Nutrition Department at the World Bank

Moderator - Aldo Caliari,

Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern