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| Start Date and Time | Event Details |
| Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Conflict, Security & Development: The Youth-Economic Engagement-Conflict Conundrum
The Youth-Economic Engagement-Conflict Conundrum:
Understanding When Economic Interventions May Prevent Youth Violence
Rebecca Wolfe, senior youth and peacebuilding advisor, Mercy Corps
In the last few years, the donor community has emphasized the use of youth employment programs as a way to promote stability. However, recent research by Berman, Shapiro, Blattman and others call into question the link between unemployment and youth violence. Based on field experience in Yemen, Kashmir, Kenya, Kosovo, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan, and a review of the literature that examines the reasons why young people participate in violence, I put forth four conditions under which youth employment programs will or will not help promote stability, and where youth employment programs may indirectly affect stability.
Please note location: NYU Wagner
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| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | In Print featuring Edward Glaeser, Triumph of the City
This series features James F. Hoge, Jr., counselor at the Council on Foreign Relations, chairman of Human Rights Watch, and CGA advisory board member, in conversation with leading journalists and authors. Books are available for sale.
Edward Glaeser—
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the 3 percent of land that contains our cities. Yet cities get a bad rap: they’re dirty, poor, unhealthy, crime-ridden, expensive, environmentally unfriendly...Or are they? In this myth-shattering book, Edward Glaeser travels through history and around the globe to reveal the hidden workings of cities, finding that even the worst cities confer surprising benefits on the people who flock to them, including better health and more jobs than the rural areas that surround them. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
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