Harvard African Law Association

In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world’s poorest countries that guarantees economic growth and a significant decline in poverty—without reliance on foreign aid or aid-related assistance.

Dambisa Moyo was born and raised in Zambia, Southern Africa. She completed a PhD in Economics at Oxford University and holds a Masters from Harvard University. She completed a Bachelors degree in Chemistry and MBA in Finance at the American University in Washington D.C. She worked at Goldman Sachs for 8 years in the debt capital markets, hedge fund coverage and in global macroeconomics teams. Previously she worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C.. Dambisa was recently nominated to the Board of Lundin Petroleum – a global independent oil and gas exploration and production company.
Venue: Harvard Kennedy School, Perkins Room (4th Floor of Rubenstein Building)
Time:  4pm

We look forward to seeing you all. For more information about the book and the author visit: http://www.dambisamoyo.com/

Here’s an e-mail I’ve been sending around…if you’re reading this, please come out on Thursday evening!

Hi Everyone,

I’m writing to personally invite you to the HALA Social/Dinner this Thursday, March 12th at 7pm in Hauser 101 on the Harvard Law School campus. At the social, HALA, along with representatives from the Africa Caucus at the Kennedy School, will launch the Africa Week at Harvard Website (Africa Week will be an exciting week full of Africa centered events all over Harvard), as well as update you on upcoming events and on-going projects.  You will have a chance to voice any Africa-related concerns you might have and/or request that HALA or the Africa Caucus engage in a particular activity or host specific events, panels, etc….

Finally, and most importantly, it will be a great opportunity to meet Africans and others interested in Africa from various parts of the Harvard Campus over GOOD FREE FOOD! I hope to see you there.

Amaka

On February 27th, 2009, HALA and the Africa Caucus at HKS hosted Mallam Nasir El-Rufai at HLS to speak on the legal and political factors that drove his controversial policies during his tenure as the Minister of Abuja, Nigeria.  Click here for the powerpoint presentation he used during his talk:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hala/AbujaRestoration.ppt

Click here for some pictures of Abuja:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hala/AbujaNigeria.ppt