Dr. Sam Cherribi

Global Vision on Bill Clinton's Global Initiative

“One commitment of action inspires a myriad others”

According to experts, pundits and journalists, the Clinton Global Initiative (referred to as the Clinton summit by some) achieves more than the United Nations or the World Economic Forum
By Sam Cherribi

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Guest Editor 'Global Vision' International Magazine on Philanthropy

Global Vision is the International Magazine for Business Executives.

Global Vision invites you the discover a new mega trend
in the history of philanthropy and global development.
The location is the ‘City that Never Sleeps’, New York.
The architect of this mega trend is the man who is
described by friend and foe as charismatic, persuasive and the ‘President of the World’ – Bill Clinton, former President of the United States.
Now in its second year, the Clinton Global Initiative mobilized a unprecedented $7.2 billion for development in low income countries. Clinton rallied support from across the entire political spectrum, from the global South to the global North.Virgin Atlantic’s Richard Branson, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, and media mogul
Rupert Murdoch were among the many prominent
entrepreneurs who came together at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in September 2006. Liberia’s resident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Iceland’s President Olnafur Ragnar Grimsson were among the many political leaders from around the world in attendance.
Microfinance expert Muhammad Yunus from
Bangladesh, pop star Ahmad Salman from Asia and
Diana Krall, from the US,were among the many
talented individuals there determined to have an impact on the world.
The Clinton Global Initiative, an impressive three-day gathering of kings, presidents and subaltern NGO’s and CEO’s, is creating a new world order in philanthropy.
President Clinton is creating the facts on the ground and driving this paradigm shift. Philanthropists as well as the newly wealthy without significant history of philanthropy are interested in giving money now, so
that they are able see and feel the impact of their gifts during their lifetimes.Through the Clinton Global Initiative, philanthropy will set the agenda for development in low income countries, in partnership with the states or the governments. Governments have no choice but to join these engines of innovation and change: the principled entrepreneurs who see the whole picture, not only profit but the social and cultural
conditions that make profit sustainable.
Samina Ahmad, the manager and wife of pop star
Salman Ahmad who mobilized 1.5 billion viewers with his video clip and music against AIDS, said:“The Clinton Global Initiative was an exhilarating experience for us and we carried back a lot of positive energy and
are motivated to act on the commitment we made,
mainly to promote global health and women’s
empowerment in developing countries.We also wish to build cultural bridges through music,movies and the media in conflict ridden areas of the world.”These words reflect the heartwarming responses one could
hear from the hundreds of influentials gathered in the immense ballroom.
Jordan’s Queen Rania and King Abdallah spoke
eloquently and President Clinton described them as an essential bridge between the Arab Islamic world and the West in this time of uncertainty and frictions.The highlight of this year’s philanthropic feast was when Richard Branson, the billionaire and CEO of Virgin Atlantic Airlines and the multi-platform Virgin brand, pledged no less than $3 billion. He wants to use ethanol for cars and develop bio-based fuels for airplanes.
Global Vision interviewed a number of outstanding
guests including Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, novelist and writer Mario Vargas Llosa, and the president of CARE, Dr. Helene Gayle.

Sam Cherribi, Guest Editor
Global Vision, vol. 6 nr. 3, october/november 2006.

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Emory to Train Students on Needs of Poor Countries

Emory University will soon launch an initiative to teach students about the economic, health and social needs of the world’s poorest nations, and international banker, George Vojta, who is helping to fund the new project, would like to see Georgia businesses participate.

“We hope to have Georgia-based businesses deeply involved and supportive of [the initiative], said Mr. Vojta, an international banker for 40 years and an adviser to the World Bank.

Mr. Vojta, who recently conducted an email interview with GlobalAtlanta from his office in New York, has been working with Emory since 2004. He is also the founder and chairman of estandardsForum Inc., a financial services information company that provides information on a country’s potential for sustainable development.

Mr. Vojta began working with Sam Cherribi, director of the new initiative and professor of sociology at Emory, during the 2004-2005 school year, where he helped to teach a class on economic development in Mali, which sparked the development initiative that is to begin by this fall.

Dr. Cherribi told GlobalAtlanta that Emory would welcome collaborating with other Georgia-based universities on development programs in impoverished nations under the new initiative.

The Emory-Tibet formal agreement

The Emory's India trip web log:

Link: : H.H. The Dalai Lama watches Dean Paul sign the Emory-Tibet formal agreement .

After our discussion concluded, the formal agreement was signed by His Holiness, the IBD director Geshe Damchoe Gyaltsen and Dean Paul. As we rose to leave, we approached the Dalai Lama one by one to be introduced and to receive his blessing. As we bowed our heads, he draped the khatag around our necks and pressed our folded hands together between his own.

Economic Development Plans for Mali

Link: Emory University News Release - mali.

Students Propose Economic Development Plans for Mali Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, head of The Carter Center and a member of the Emory faculty, hopes the university will be a center for scholarship about the developing world. The former president recently asked Emory officers what could be done here to help the plight of the impoverished African nation of Mali, where The Carter Center has worked for many years to help eradicate guinea worm.

Sociology lecturer Sam Cherribi stepped up to the plate and created an interdisciplinary course, Economic Development in Africa, that includes students from the undergraduate college and schools of business, public health and law. Teams of students developed plans for potential economic development programs to address real-world issues in the country where a quarter of all children die from malaria before their fifth birthday. "The idea is to create programs of genuine solutions that can be applied to Africa's economic plight," says Cherribi.

Halle Distinguished Fellow: Dr. Mamphela Ramphele

Link: Halle Distinguished Fellow: Dr. Mamphela Ramphele.

Mamphela Ramphele has been co-chair since June 30, 2004 of a new Global Commission on International Migration and a Senior Advisor to World Bank president, James D. Wolfensohn. Dr. Ramphele, a South African national, advises on major development issues, particularly those relating to the Bank’s work in the social sectors, higher education, science, technology and knowledge activities. In addition, she devotes special attention in this position to the development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD).