Gary Stevenson, wealth inequality economist, London, UK. @garyseconomics Make development about politics, not aid: Polite conversations about development have thrown the politics out of the window.
Last month in New York, FHI 360 brought together a group of distinguished leaders from across the development community to advance the conversation about integrated development.
Ilana Preuss, vice president of Smart Growth America, a national coalition of nonprofits that supports economic development while conserving open spaces and farmland, said, "The real danger is not that they will get rid of some piece of software from Iclei" but that "people will be too scared to have a conversation about local development.
"I look forward to engaging in a conversation about the development, stewardship and regulation of our energy resources, safeguarding our nuclear arsenal, and promoting an American energy policy that creates jobs and puts America first," Perry said in accepting Trump's nomination.
Since the massive blackout that wracked the east coast of the United States and large parts of Canada back in 2003, there has been a tremendous amount of conversation about the development of a "smart grid" that will provide a safe, reliable, efficient and resilient energy infrastructure.
Gates writes that he's emphasizing his philanthropic goals to spark an online conversation about global development.
"We hope that day comes sooner rather than later so we can have a real conversation about a development proposal rather than about EPA's hypothetical mine".
It is fitting that the conversation about financing development was kicked off in an African city rather than in New York or Paris.
Finally, we should all take part in a larger conversation about the development of more concrete international standards to ensure scientifically sound and ethically harmonious genetic research in the future.
The Russian crackdown on news media and opposition business leaders like Mikhail Khodorkovsky has introduced another concern into Russian-American relations, but Mr. Powell again declined to criticize Moscow, saying only that he would have an "open and candid" conversation about such developments.
