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Famine Forum
Office of Food for Peace/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
Washington, DC
March 24-25, 2004
Agenda


Wednesday, March 24, 2004 (OFDA Conference Room)

Day One: Lessons Learned from USAID Response to Recent Famine Situations


9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome

William Garvelink, Lauren Landis, and Tami Halmrast-Sanchez

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM  Intensity and Magnitude Scales for Famine

Stephen Devereux, Paul Howe, IDS

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM  USAID Responses to Recent Famine Situations

Facilitators: Marc Cohen, IFPRI and Anne Swindale, FANTA

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Applying the Lessons Learned from Recent Experiences

Facilitators: Marc Cohen, IFPRI and Anne Swindale, FANTA

Thursday, March 25, 2004 (Administrator's Conference Room)

Day Two: (Executive Session) Strengthening the U.S. Government Response

Participation will include senior and executive-level USAID management, international famine experts, and representatives from FEWSNet, IFPRI and FANTA.


1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lessons Learned from USAID Response to Recent Famine Situations

Facilitators: Marc Cohen, IFPRI and Anne Swindale, FANTA

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Policy and Program Changes Necessary to Strengthen USAID Response

Facilitators: Jon Brause, USAID and Marc Cohen, IFPRI

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