Pre-G20 Event: Growing Economies through Women’s Entrepreneurship

Ambassador Kornbluh and audience watch video remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

October 31, 2011: “The United States is committed to advancing opportunities for women as entrepreneurs and business leaders,“ states Secretary Clinton in her video remarks at the event co-hosted by the U.S. and OECD. 

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's remarks

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Statement on the Pre-G20 OECD Event: Growing Economies through Women’s Entrepreneurship”

Agenda:

Pre-G20 Event Growing Economies through Women's Entrepreneurship

YouTube Interviews:

• Ambassador Kornbluh
• Ambassador Verveer
• A/S Marisa Lago
• Geena Davis  
• Steve Radelet
• Julie Katzman

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USG Participants:

• Karen Kornbluh, U.S. Ambassador to the OECD
• Marisa Lago, Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development, U.S. Department of Treasury
• Steve Radelet, Chief Economist, U.S. Agency for International Development
• Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

Other Participants:

• Caroline Anstey, Managing Director, World Bank
• Barbara Beck, Special Reports Editor, The Economist
• Anu Bhardwaj, Founder and Managing Partner, Venture Catalyst Private Equity Partners
• Anne Bouverot, Director General, GSMA
• Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning Actor, Founder of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
• Toby Eccles, Founder and Development Director, Social Finance
• Amanda Ellis, Deputy Secretary, International Development Group, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Karin Finkelston, Vice President, Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation
• Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD
• Julie T. Katzman, Executive Vice President, Inter-American Development Bank
• Charlotte Oades, Global Director, Women's Economic Empowerment, Coca Cola
• Mari Pangestu, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia
• Gabriela Ramos, Chief of Staff and G20 Sherpa, OECD
• Alison Smale, Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune
• Laurie Spengler, President and CEO, ShoreBank International
• Sandra Taylor, Senior Director, La Pietra Coalition
• Marilou van Golstein, Managing Director, Triodos Investment Management

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