Weekly Events for April 28 - May 4

Continue reading for some of the events next week in D.C. concerning Africa.

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MONDAY, April 28, 2014
Philip Musgrove Memorial Lecture: Effective Incentives for HIV Prevention and Treatment
Hosted by: Center for Global Development at the World Bank
Location: The World Bank – James D. Wolfensohn Atrium
700 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Summary: Despite tremendous medical progress, the struggle to control the AIDS epidemic is not yet won. Biomedical marvels notwithstanding, individual behavior is arguably the most important determinant of HIV infection and treatment success. Risk behaviors are motivated by profound biological drivers, but evidence shows that they are also partly under an individual's control and thus responsive to incentives. And treatment adherence is greater for people who receive travel vouchers. These findings suggest an important and underutilized tool to control the epidemic: the selection and deployment of carefully designed and calibrated incentives. But some hold that sexual behavior and treatment adherence are insufficiently responsive to incentives, while others fear that incentives would have unintended perverse consequences. The lecture will use the lens of behavioral economics to argue that public support of innovative incentives, including for example commitment mechanisms, may represent the best hope for eventually eliminating this epidemic from the list of threats that face our children and our children's' children.
For more information, please visit: http://www.cgdev.org/event/philip-musgrove-memorial-lecture-effective-incentives-hiv-prevention-and-treatment

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WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2014
More Than Growth: Africa and Economic Transformation
Hosted by: Center for Global Development
Location: 2055 L ST NW - Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Summary: African nations have seen impressive economic growth in the last couple decades, but more is needed to sustain that growth and continue to improve the lives of African citizens. The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) argues that African nations need to vigorously promote economic transformation by diversifying their production; making their exports competitive; increasing the productivity of farms, firms and government offices; and upgrading the technology they use throughout the economy. At this CGD seminar, ACET's founder and chief economist will present the 2014 African Transformation Report, which provides action plans for African nations to transform — rather than simply grow — their economies.
For more information, please visit: http://www.cgdev.org/event/more-growth-africa-and-economic-transformation

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THURSDAY, May 1, 2014
Subcommittee Hearing: The Central African Republic: From "Pre-genocide" to Genocide?
Hosted by: U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Time: 10:00am
Summary: A subcommittee hearing will be held on this topic.
For more information, please visit: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-central-african-republic-pre-genocide-genocide

US-Africa Trade Policy Forum
Hosted by: Advancing Investments & Trade in Africa (AITA)
Location: Washington Marriott at Metro Center
775 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Summary: Please join AITA for a lively discussion on US-Africa Trade policy.  Speakers will discuss the economic impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Power Africa, District of Columbia Africa business initiatives, current private sector Africa business initiatives, and more.
For more information, please visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-africa-trade-policy-forum-tickets-10962644565?aff=eorg

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FRIDAY, May 2, 2014
Twin Challenges to Peace and Stability in Africa and to U.S. Policy: Boko Haram in Nigeria and Civil Conflict in South Sudan
Hosted by: The Wilson Center's Africa Program
Location: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Summary: The Africa Program and the International Crisis Group (ICG) invite you to join in a discussion on two of the most imposing threats to African stability: Boko Haram in Nigeria and civil conflict within South Sudan.  Earlier this month, the ICG published its disturbing findings of the political and humanitarian impact of the spreading violence in Nigeria less than one year before the presidential elections.  It also released an analysis of the international community's failure to foresee and prevent the deadly consequences of the closure of political space in South Sudan.  Both Nigeria and South Sudan are critical to U.S. policy objectives in the region and there has yet to be proposed a clear way forward.
For more information, please visit: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/twin-challenges-to-peace-and-stability-africa-and-to-us-policy-boko-haram-nigeria-and-civil