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For Immediate Release
October 20, 2008
Fact Sheet: White House Summit on International Development
In Focus: White House Summit on International Development
"For decades, the success of development aid was measured only in the resources spent, not the results achieved. Yet, pouring money into a failed status quo does little to help the poor, and can actually delay the progress of reform. We must accept a higher, more difficult, more promising call. Developed nations have a duty not only to share our wealth, but also to encourage sources that produce wealth: economic freedom, political liberty, the rule of law and human rights."
– President George W. Bush, 3/22/02
On October 21, President George W. Bush will deliver remarks at the White House Summit on International Development in Washington, D.C. Attended by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, musician and activist Bob Geldof, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, and other public and private-sector leaders, the Summit will focus on the Administration's core principles that have transformed the U.S. approach to international development by linking assistance with results. This approach is producing historic, life-saving results for millions around the globe.
Summit Agenda: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
| 8:30 am | Remarks by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, on the Importance of Country Ownership and Good Governance |
| Introduction by Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, United States Department of State | |
| 9:00 am | Plenary One: Country Ownership |
| Panel Discussion on Successful Examples of Country Ownership Moderated by Ambassador Mark Dybul, United States Global AIDS Coordinator, United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, United States Department of State |
Panel Participants:
- Congressman Chris Smith, United States House of Representatives (R/NJ 4th)
- Dr. Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatimie, Minister of Public Health, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye, Member, Parliament of Uganda, and Chair, Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS and Related Matters
- Michael Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
| 10:15 am | Plenary Two: Good Governance |
| Panel Discussion on Effective Strategies for Fostering Good Governance Moderated by Henrietta Holsman Fore, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development |
Panel Participants:
- Congressman Donald Payne, United States House of Representatives (D/NJ 10th)
- William A. Swope, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Corporate Affairs Group, INTEL Corporation
- Monica Macovei, Anti-Corruption Consultant to the Prime Minister of Macedonia
- Nancy Zucker Boswell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International - USA
- Petko Georgiev, Director, Broadcast Training Center ProMedia Foundation
| 1:15 pm | Remarks By President George W. Bush |
| Introduction by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia | |
| 2:00 pm | Plenary Three: Results-Based Programs And Accountability |
| Panel Discussion on Accountability: A Shared Responsibility for Success Moderated by Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer, President's Malaria Initiative Coordinator, United States Agency for International Development |
Panel Participants:
- Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Dr. Jean William Pape, Director and Founder, GHESKIO Centers
- Dr. Uche Amazigo, Director, World Health Organization African Programme for Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Control
| 3:15 pm | Remarks by Bob Geldof |
| 3:30 pm | Plenary Four: Economic Growth |
| Panel One Discussion on Reducing Poverty through Economic Growth Moderated by Ambassador John J. Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation |
Panel Participants:
- Ken Hackett, President, Catholic Relief Services
- Sofia Mohapi, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Account - Lesotho
- Ritu Sharma Fox, President and Co-Founder, Women Thrive Worldwide
- Dr. Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Director General, Millennium Challenge Account - Nicaragua
Panel Two Discussion on Trade and Investment Liberalization: How Open Economies and Private Capital Stimulate Growth
Moderated by Robert Mosbacher, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Panel Participants:
- Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
- Shari Berenbach, President and Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Foundation
- Papa Ndiaye, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Finance and Investment Group
- Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics
| 5:30 pm | Closing Remarks by Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, The White House |
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