The Society for International Development (SID) was founded in

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, in 1957. SID has a network of individual and institutional members, local chapters and partner organisations, in more than 80 countries. It works with more than 100 associations, networks and institutions involving academia, parliamentarians, students, political leaders and development experts, both at local and international level.SID Network

Secretariat

The SID Secretariat has been based in Rome since 1979. Additionally, SID opened a Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi in 2003.

Governing Council

SID members elect the SID Governing Council via a mail ballot every four years. The current council for the 2012–2015 period is: *President: Juma Volter Mwapachu, Society for International Development, Tanzania *Vice President: Jean Gilson, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Information Technology at DAI *Treasurer: René Grotenhuis, Chief Executive Officer

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, The Netherlands *Managing Director: Stefano Prato, Society for International Development

SID Journal ''Development''

''Development'' (, eISSN: ) is the quarterly journal of the Society for International Development (SID), published by the

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press. The

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abbreviation for the journal is ''Development (Rome)'', but it is also cited as ''Development (Washington)''.

Membership

Most SID members are organised into local chapters through which they have the opportunity to engage in development initiatives and events (such as conferences, seminars, lecture series, round tables, advocacy campaigns, charity events) in their locale maintaining a strong link with the territory.

Washington Chapter

The Washington Chapter is the largest and most active chapter of the Society for International Development, with 150 member organizations and over a thousand individual members. SID-Washington is committed to three principal objectives: *Stimulating dialogue and cooperation on global development issues *Enhancing skills, knowledge and understanding among development practitioners *Providing a network for individuals and organizations working in various sectors of international development

Notable event speakers

* J. Brian Atwood, former

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and Dean of the

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Paul Collier Sir Paul Collier, (born 23 April 1949) is a British development economist who serves as the Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and co-director of the International Gro ...

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, Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies and author of '' The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done about It'' *Amb. John J. Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer,

Millennium Challenge Corporation The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. It is an independent agency separate from the State Department and USAID. It provides grants to countries tha ...

*Dr.

Kemal Derviş Kemal Derviş (; 10 January 1949 – 8 May 2023) was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's developm ...

, former Administrator of the

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and currently Director of the Global Economy and Development Program at the

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* Dr.

William Easterly William Russell Easterly (born September 7, 1957) is an American economist specializing in economic development. He is a professor of economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and co-director of NYU's Development Research Institut ...

, author of ''The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good'' *Michael Fairbanks, Co-Founder of SEVEN and co-author of ''Plowing the Sea, Nurturing the Hidden Sources of Advantage in Developing Nations'' * Richard Feachem,

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, Director of the Global Health Group * Henrietta H. Fore, former Under-Secretary of State and former Acting Administrator of USAID *Dr.

Francis Fukuyama Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama (; born October 27, 1952) is an American political scientist, political economist, and international relations scholar, best known for his book '' The End of History and the Last Man'' (1992). In this work he argues th ...

, Director of the International Development Program at the

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and author of ''

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'' *Amb.

Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (born March 22, 1951) is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert. Khalilzad was the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation from September 2018 to October 2021. Khailzad was appointed by Preside ...

, former

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* Former U.S. Representative

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, former Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations * Dr. Carol Lancaster, Interim Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and former Counsel to the

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*U.S. Representative

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, Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations *

Ad Melkert Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert (; born 12 February 1956) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Council of State (Netherlands), Member of the Council of State since 2 ...

, Under-Secretary General of the UN and Associate Administrator of UNDP *

Andrew Natsios Andrew S. Natsios (born September 22, 1949) is an American public servant and Republican politician originally from Massachusetts, who served in a number of positions in the administrations of Governor Paul Cellucci and President George W. Bush ...

, former USAID Administrator and President's Special Envoy for Sudan * Amb. John D. Negroponte, former

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and former Deputy Secretary of State *U.S. Representative

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, Chairman,

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (; born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as d ...

former Finance Minister and former Foreign Minister of Nigeria *

Anne-Marie Slaughter Anne-Marie Slaughter (born September 27, 1958) is an American international lawyer, foreign policy analyst, political scientist, and public commentator. From 2002 to 2009, she was the dean of Princeton University's School of Public and Intern ...

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at the

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* Aaron S. Williams, Director of the

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Aaron Williams, former board member,

Buenos Aires Chapter

The Buenos Aires Chapter (SID-Baires) was created at the end of 1957, by a group of Argentinean intellectuals and scholars. The chapter – known as "Argentine Chapter" changed the name to "Buenos Aires Chapter" in 2000, following the creation of two new chapters in the cities of Rosario and La Plata. The Buenos Aires Chapter is one of the oldest chapter of SID that has engaged consistently and continuously for more than 50 years in activities and programmers addressing development questions and processes from a both national and international perspective. In September 2010, the first issue of SIDbaires' new magazine, ''Qué? Hacer para el Desarrollo'', was launched.

Netherlands Chapter

The Society for International Development in the Netherlands (SID NL) was founded in 1991.

Activities

SID NL organises lectures, debates and conferences on international cooperation development. Each activity provides the audience with the opportunity to enter into a debate with influential (international) speaker(s).

SID Lectures

Series of lectures discussing a specific subject from multiple perspectives. The lectures take place at the

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. Each series of lectures has a common theme: *2004–2005: Security and Development *2005–2006: Religion, Development and International Relations *2006–2007: Democracy and Development *2007–2008: Emerging Global Scarcities and Power Shifts *2008–2009: Economic Growth and the Common Good *2009–2010: Common Goods in a Divided World *2010–2011: Global Values in a Changing World *2011–2012: The State in a Globalizing World *2012–2013: The Private Sector and Development *2013–2014: Dispersed Power in a World in Transition *2014–2015: New spaces for international engagement in a globalised world

Notable event speakers

*Dr. Ben Bot, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands *Dr. Denis Broun, Executive Director of UNITAID *Dr. J. Brian Atwood, Former Chair of the

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*Mr.

Bert Koenders Albert Gerard Koenders (; born 28 May 1958) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a professor at Leiden University and a special envoy of the World Bank. He i ...

, Former Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and current Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). *Prof. Dr.

Thomas Pogge Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge (; born 13 August 1953) is a German philosopher and is the Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, United States. In addition to his Yale ...

, author of ‘World Poverty and Human Rights’ *Mrs. Agnes van Ardenne, Former Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands *Prof.

, Director for the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford *Dr.

Jan Pronk Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronk Jr. (; born 16 March 1940) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) and activist. Pronk studied Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School ...

, Former Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and former Special Representative and Head of Mission for the United Nations Mission in Sudan *Dr.

Inge Kaul Inge Kaul (18 August 1944 – 23 January 2023) was a German development economist who was an adjunct professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, and advisor to various governmental, multilateral and non-profit organizations on policy o ...

, Adjunct professor at the

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*Prof. Dr. He Wenping, Director of African Studies section, Institute of West-Asian & African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences *Mr.

Anwar Ibrahim Anwar bin Ibrahim (; born 10 August 1947), also known by his abbreviation as DSAI and PMX, is a Malaysian politician who is the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A member of the People's Justice Party (Malaysia), People's Justice P ...

, Former Deputy Prime Minister and former Finance Minister of Malaysia *Mr.

, Former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands and former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq *Mrs. Manuela Monteiro, Former Director of

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*Judge

Song Sang-Hyun Song Sang-hyun (; born 21 December 1941) is a South Korean lawyer and former President of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Biography Song attended Seoul National University Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in 1963.snusong.netProfil ...

, President of the International Criminal Court in the Hague *Dr. Jan-Peter Balkenende, Former Prime-Minister of the Netherlands *Dr.

Benjamin Barber Benjamin R. Barber (August 2, 1939 – April 24, 2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, '' Jihad vs. McWorld'', and for 2013's ''If Mayors Ruled the World''. His 1984 book of political ...

, Author of "Why Mayors Should Rule the World" *Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands

Other activities

*The organisation of ad hoc debates and panel discussions on topical issues *The organisation of expert meetings, where invitees debate a particular issue. Expert meetings have taken place on topics such as global citizenship, migration and performance based aid *The organisation of network events *The publication of reports

References

External links

Official website
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