BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiati ve presents a hybrid event with Nodir Zakirov\, senior investigator at the World Bank Group. The talk will be moderated in person by \;Mirjakhon Turdiev\, program manager for global engagement\, Syracuse University.Nod ir Zakirov will virtually discuss how corruption affects international dev elopment\, and how the World Bank Group (WBG)’s anti-corruption unit—Integ rity Vice Presidency—ensures that development funds are used for their int ended purposes and are not lost to fraud and corruption. The speaker will focus on his anticorruption work in Europe and Central Asia with examples from the field. The brief presentation will be followed by a quiz and Q&am p\;A with the audience.Nodir Zakirov is a senior investigator at the Integ rity Vice Presidency (INT) of the World Bank Group (WBG). In addition to l eading fraud and corruption investigations at INT\, he has worked for the WBG in various capacities\, including as counsel with the Integrity Compli ance Office and advising client countries as part of the WBG’s Governance Global Practice. Before joining the WBG\, Nodir led a team managing the U. S. Department of State’s grants program to support human rights\, civil so ciety and media freedom in Uzbekistan. He has a master of laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington\, D.C.\, and a bachelor’s degree in international law from the University of World Economy and Diplo macy in Tashkent\, Uzbekistan. DTEND:20240129T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T193957Z DTSTART:20240129T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Citizenship in Perspective: World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Works in C entral Asia UID:RFCALITEM639141971971414615 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute's Central Asia and t he Caucasus Initiative presents a hybrid event with Nodir Zakirov\, senior investigator at the World Bank Group. The talk will be moderated in perso n by \;Mirjakhon Turdiev\, program manager for global engagement\, Syr acuse University.

Nodir Zakirov will virtually discuss how corruptio n affects international development\, and how the World Bank Group (WBG)’s anti-corruption unit—Integrity Vice Presidency—ensures that development f unds are used for their intended purposes and are not lost to fraud and co rruption. The speaker will focus on his anticorruption work in Europe and Central Asia with examples from the field. The brief presentation will be followed by a quiz and Q&\;A with the audience.

Nodir Zakirov is a senio r investigator at the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) of the World Bank Gr oup (WBG). In addition to leading fraud and corruption investigations at I NT\, he has worked for the WBG in various capacities\, including as counse l with the Integrity Compliance Office and advising client countries as pa rt of the WBG’s Governance Global Practice. Before joining the WBG\, Nodir led a team managing the U.S. Department of State’s grants program to supp ort human rights\, civil society and media freedom in Uzbekistan. He has a master of laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington \, D.C.\, and a bachelor’s degree in international law from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent\, Uzbekistan.

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