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Speakers
Jean-Daniel
Gerber (Switzerland)
State Secretary, lic.rer.pol., SECO Director and
Director of the Foreign Trade Directorate since
01.04.2004. Previously Director of the Federal Office
for Refugees from 1998. 1993–1997 Executive Director
and Dean (1997) of the Board of the World Bank Group.
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Richard Gerster
(Switzerland)
PhD from the University of St Gall. 1972–1981 working
for Helvetas. Executive Director of the Swiss Coalition
of Development Organisations (Alliance Sud) until
1998; since then consultant and publicist (Gerster
Consulting).
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Adrian Hadorn
(Switzerland)
Studied history in Berne. Has been working in development
cooperation since 1974 – in Bolivia, Berne (SDC)
and with the World Bank. 2001–2006 Head of Swiss
development cooperation in Mozambique, 2004–2006
as Swiss Ambassador.
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Eveline Herfkens
(Netzerlands)
Executive Coordinator for the UN Millennium Development
Goals Campaign. Studied law and economics in Leiden.
1990-1996 Executive Director of the World Bank Group.
1996-1998 Ambassador/Permanent Representative of
the Netherlands at the UN and other international
organisations. 1998-2002 served as the Netherlands
Minister for Development Cooperation.
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Oscar Knapp
(Switzerland)
PhD from the University of St Gall. Head of the
Financial, Economic and Trade Division at the Swiss
Embassy in Washington; Swiss Ambassador to Brazil
from 1996–2000; head of SECO’s Economic Development
Cooperation Division since 2003.
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Andrew Lawson
(Great Britain)
M.A. in development economics. Contributed to numerous
scientific studies. Lead the budget support evaluation
in Tanzania; researcher at the Overseas Development
Institute (ODI) in London since 2005.
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Ngosha S. Magonya
(Tanzania)
Commissioner of External Finance
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Eva Lithman
(Sweden)
Head of Evaluation and Internal Audit of the Swedish
International Development Agency (SIDA); Chair of
the OECD/DAC-Network for Development Evaluation.
Member of the Steering Group for the Independent
DAC Evaluation on General Budget Support.
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Ebenezer Mireku
(Ghana)
PhD from the University of St Gall. Worked for numerous
Swiss NGOs and the OSEC. Returned to Ghana and works
as an independent entrepreneur since 1991; CEO of
Peabo Ltd.
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Beatrice Müller
(Switzerland)
News presenter and editor at the Swiss national
television.
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Roberto Tarallo
(Italy)
Studied economics, business administration and banking.
Joined the World Bank in 1998, where he is currently
with the Operations Service Sector of the Latin
America and the Caribbean Region (LCR), as Regional
Manager, Financial Management. Prior to joining
the World Bank, he held various senior staff positions
within European financial institutions as accountant,
financial controller and internal auditor.
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Daniel Armand
Thiéba (Burkina Faso)
Development economist and sociologist. Since 1993
Director of the Groupe de Recherche, de Formation
et de Conseils (GREFCO) in Ouagadougou. Worked as
a consultant for numerous international organisations
(UNDP, OECD and FAO).
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