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Vivek Maru and Michael Woolcock evaluate efforts of nonprofits and global development institutions to help all people exercise their rights,...
Speakers: Vivek Maru, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Namati
Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Development Specialist, Development Research Group, World Bank
Presider: Terra Lawson-Remer, Fellow for Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy, Council on Foreign Relations
November 29, 2012
Vivek Maru and Michael Woolcock evaluate efforts of nonprofits and global development institutions to help all people exercise their rights, increase government accountability, and participate in governance.
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