Development first: lessons learned in promoting rural development and reducing illicit crop cultivation in Afghanistan and the Andes

Organised by The Washington Office on Latin America

In cooperation with

Senator Bob Menendez
Chairman, Subcommittee on International Development
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

and

Representative John Tierney
Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

FEATURED SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE

Tom Kramer
Researcher, Drugs and Democracy Program, Transnational Institute (TNI)
The Netherlands 

Carlos Rosero
Founder, Black Communities Process (PCN)
Colombia

Vanda Felbab-Brown
Fellow, Foreign Policy, 21st Century Defense Initiative
The Brookings Institution 

James T. Smith
Independent Consultant
Former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator,
USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade

Coletta Youngers
Senior Fellow
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)