From Stopgap Measures to Longterm Solutions - Addressing Foreign Aid to Afghanistan
Date & Time
Aug 08 2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location
YouTube
Department
SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab
Speaker(s)
Melinda Good
Tomas Niklasson
Kanni Wignaraja
Orzala Nemat, Panel Moderator
Amb. Adela Raz, Panel Opening Remarks
Alyssa Sharkey, Panel Closing Remarks
Audience
Open to the Public, Registration Required
Policymakers and experts will consider how the international community can best fund, prioritize, designate, and distribute humanitarian aid across Afghanistan and collectively shift from stopgap solutions to economic stabilization initiatives — as the country continues to face economic collapse, humanitarian and refugee crises, and the effects of climate change. The panelists will look into the best practices and innovative thinking required of donors, humanitarian, and development actors to optimize foreign aid in shock-prone and conflict-affected settings like Afghanistan.
Remarks by:
Melinda Good
Country Director for Afghanistan, The World Bank
Tomas Niklasson
Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan
Kanni Wignaraja
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator, and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme
Orzala Nemat
Panel Moderator
Research Associate, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Amb. Adela Raz
Panel Opening Remarks
Afghanistan’s Former Ambassador to the U.S. & the U.N.; Director, SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab
Alyssa Sharkey
Panel Closing Remarks
Lecturer in Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
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SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab
The SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab aims to help build an inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Afghanistan that represents all its citizens equally.