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GEM Global Forum

The Event

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GEM Forum: 10th & 11th January 2007 Café Royal, Piccadilly, London

You are warmly invited to attend the first ever GEM Global Forum, a major conference centered on the issue of entrepreneurship and its role in economic development. The Forum will mark the launch of the annual Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report and will be held in London on the 10th & 11th January 2007.

The Forum will be a gathering of global thought, business and policy leaders around the central issue of entrepreneurship and its role in economic development - a key GEM theme. High profile global speakers from across the spectrum of entrepreneurial activity will lead the debate including the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; Robert Davies, CEO, IBLF; David Pitt Watson, MD, Hermes; Ben Verwaayen, CEO, BT; EU's Deputy Commissioner for Enterprise, Françoise le Bail; Jean-Philippe Cotis, OECD Chief Economist; John Page, the World Bank's Chief Economist for Africa, Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, Bridges Community Ventures, Vernon Ellis, International Chairman, Acccenture and Lord Karan Billimoria, CEO, Cobra Beer.

The event will include:
• The launch of the GEM Global report
• Keynote speeches from internationally recognised speakers
• Parallel sessions on entrepreneurship policy in different global regions led by leading GEM researchers
• Parallel sessions on themes in entrepreneurship policy, research and practice such as social entrepreneurship, women's entrepreneurship and economic entrepreneurship with business and thought leaders participating in each
• Open Space Forum - for discussing entrepreneurship hot topics
• The Big Debate: All Innovations Happen in Large Companies. Entrepreneurs are just Cowboys
• A Reception and Gala Dinner hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship at Lancaster House.

For more information or to book online go to www.gemconsortium.org or email gem@london.edu.

Alternatively, fax back the form on the reverse of this flyer to:
+44 (0)20 7000 8151

FORUM AGENDA

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SETTING THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Day 1 - Wednesday, 10 January 2007

07.30 ONWARDS REGISTRATION? AND REFRESHMENTS - CAFÉ ROYAL

07.45 - 08.45 BUSINESS BREAKFASTS - CAFÉ ROYAL

BREAKFAST 1 - SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION
BREAKFAST 2 - EXCEPTIONAL ENTERPRISES: FROM CONCEPT TO SUSTAINABLE MARKET LEADERSHIP
BREAKFAST 3 - THE FUTURE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
BREAKFAST 4 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT
SPONSOR: (TBC)
HOSTED BY SHEETAL METHA, CEO, INNOVATIVE SOCIAL VENTURES LTD

Corporations, investors, technology innovators and end users are all now faced with delivering innovative technology in a world where regulation and politics sometimes act as barriers. How to deliver technology in developing communities, create profit while giving back to a community, and work with governments globally to empower citizens to use technology in a meaningful way.

SPONSOR: ERNST & YOUNG
HOSTED BY LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT

This breakfast tells the story of three entrepreneurs who have demonstrated their ability to achieve extraordinary market and financial growth. Facilitated by Keith Willey, the session will draw out the critical success factors and illustrate how being an entrepreneur can take many different forms.
SPONSOR: (TBC)
HOSTED BY ENTREPRENEURS ORGANISATION

Young entrepreneurs show us a dynamic future and this breakfast will focus on discussion of the results of a survey of the 16000 young entrepreneurs in the Entrepreneurs' Organisation Network. These entrepreneurs are all over the world and all have turnovers of more than $100,000.
SPONSOR: INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM
CHAIR PROF JAY MITRA, DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
This session looks at entrepreneurship and its potential for social empowerment across the globe. A rare combination of entrepreneurs and academics debates how policy can help exploit the potential of entrepreneurship to create real social advancement.

JULIE RAY, DIRECTOR, VOICES FOR INNOVATION, MICROSOFT
GRAEME DUNCAN, COO, CASPIAN LEARNING
DANA SMITH, CEO/FOUNDER, TRESTLE GROUP FOUNDATION
OLLY DONNELLY, POLICY AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS TEAM, ACCENTURE
KEITH WILLEY , ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
PETER CULLUM, CHAIRMAN, TOWERGATE
TIM RICHARDS, CEO, VIEW ENTERTAINMENT
ROSALEEN BLAIR, CEO, ALEXANDER MANN SOLUTIONS
OLI BARRETT, CEO, CONNECTED CAPITAL
JULIA LANGKRAEHR, CEO, RETAIL PROPERTY LTD & DIRECTOR, THE ENTREPRENEURS' ORGANISATION
TOMMY HUTCHINSON, FOUNDER AND CEO, I-GENIUS

DOTT. SERGIO ARZENI, DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, HEAD, THE LOCAL ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT (LEED), PROGRAMME FOR THE OECD (TBC)
PROF SIR IVOR CREWE, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX (TBC)
MOTOO KUSUKABE, SENIOR COUNSELLOR TO THE PRESIDENT, EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (TBC)
DR GANESH NATARAJAN, CEO, ZENSAR TECHNOLOGIES, ONE OF THE TOP SOFTWARE FIRMS IN INDIA (TBC)
PROF ALAN BARRELL, ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

09.00 - 09.30 Welcome: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Key Findings and Implications of the GEM Research
DR. REBECCA HARDING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEM AND GERA

09.30 - 10.00 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC POLICY - CHALLENGES FOR THE WORLD
RT. HON. ALISTAIR DARLING MP, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, UK GOVERNMENT

10.00 - 11.00 BUILDING AND SUSTAINING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
Four experts, each with a different perspective on what makes a sustainable business will outline the challenges they encountered and the processes they used when faced with generating global growth. Each will discuss the critical success factors in creating visionary and enduring businesses.
MARGERY KRAUS, CEO AND FOUNDER, APCO WORLDWIDE
ALPESH PATEL, BOARD MEMBER, UK TIE GROUP
PETER LINTHWAITE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BRITISH VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION
JAVIER ECHARRI, SECETARY GENERAL, EUROPEAN PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION
MARTIN WOLF CBE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR & CHIEF ECONOMICS, COMMENTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES
MODERATOR: JUSTIN URQUART-STEWART, SEVEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

11.00 - 11.30 REFRESHMENTS

11.30 - 12.45 PANEL DEBATE - ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
Panelists experienced in bringing the "internet" to China, developing knowledge-based businesses in India, building distribution channels for produce raised in Afghanistan, and supporting an embryonic entrepreneurial framework in Africa, will demonstrate how entrepreneurs are leading economic development across the globe. Their stories prove that there is no one way to be an entrepreneur or to support entrepreneurs, but there is nevertheless a powerful story to be told of their importance in wealth creation.
MICHELLE FANZO, ARZU RUGS, VP INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
RACHEL KYTE, DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION, WORLD BANK
BARBARA JAMES, MD, AFRICAN VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION
ANDY BAINBRIDGE, MANAGING DIRECTOR, BARCLAYS AFRICA AND INDIAN OCEAN
MODERATOR: LIZ PADMORE, FOUNDER G8 DOT FORCE

12.45 - 14.00 LUNCH
LORD KARAN BILLIMORIA, CEO, COBRA BEER

14.00 - 15.30 THEMES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SPONSOR (TBC) CHAIR: DAVID GRAYSON

Entrepreneurship with a social or environmental purpose is one of the least understood areas of entrepreneurship and one that a number of GEM teams are now working to understand. This session brings together, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and financiers who see social and sustainable businesses as the only way to meet the challenges the world faces in the 21st Century.

2. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION
SPONSOR: MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN
CHAIR: JOHN MULLINS, ASSOC PROF OF MGMT PRACTICE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL

If we are to build a progressive approach to entrepreneurship across the world, then young people are central to that vision and GEM data suggests that younger people tend to be more entrepreneurial. This panel looks at youth entrepreneurship and its role in developing and developed countries and at the educational and support structures that best enable the world to unleash the potential in its youth.

3. ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKS
SPONSOR: (TBC)
CHAIR: DAVID GIAMPAOLO, PI CAPITAL

GEM research demonstrates that the importance of the financing of entrepreneurial firms cannot be understated and is well documented. But this session looks at the added value that is provided by the financial sector, from business angels through to private equity in the form of mentoring and non-financial support, particularly in emerging technologies such as clean technologies.

4. WOMEN & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SPONSOR: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
CHAIR: CLAIRE LOGIE, CHAIR, GLOBAL BANKING ALLIANCE & DIRECOR, WOMEN IN BUSINESS, BANK OF SCOTLAND

GEM reports have demonstrated that women are much less likely to start businesses than men. This represents a waste of the talents and energies of half of the world's population and this session looks at the role that women can play in creating successful businesses as well as in building or regenerating their communities.

5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITHOUT BORDERS: THE HI-TECH CHALLENGE
SPONSOR: UK TRADE AND INVESTMENT
CHAIR: Eric van der Kleij, Senior Dealmaker, UK TI

Although many entrepreneurial markets start as primarily domestic, entrepreneurs themselves are mobile and increasingly well-placed to take advantage of the opportunities that a world without borders offers. This session looks at multi-location businesses and financiers who are opening up the global space and proving that being entrepreneurial across borders is an increasingly successful business model.

KAREN DARBY, CEO, SIMPLY SWITCH
NICK VAN RENSBURG, ANGLO-ZIMELE
FAISEL RAHMAN, CEO AND FOUNDER, FAIRFINANCE
MICHAEL LIEBREICH, CEO NEW ENERGY FINANCE
SHEETAL METHA, FOUNDER AND CEO OF INNOVATIVE SOCIAL VENTURES

KAREN WILSON , EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH
JUDITH CONE, KAUFFMAN FOUNDATON
ADEDAPO ADELEGAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AND CAPITAL
PAUL HANNON, DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & EDUCATION, NCGE
ANDREW FIDDAMAN, DIRECTOR, YOUTH BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL
REGINA MONTICONE, UN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT NETWORK (TBC)
DISCUSSANTS
KEVIN STEELE, CEO, ENTERPRISE INSIGHT
OLI BARRETT, CEO, CONNECTED CAPITAL
CHRISTIAN WEINBERGER, EC
JOHN R FORREST, IDUNA VENTURES, SOFIA BUSINESS ANGEL NETWORK
BILL BYGRAVE, BABSON COLLEGE, GEM
DAVID QUYSNER, ABINGWORTH VENTURES
DIETRICH SUHLRIE, DIRECTOR, KREDIT ANSTALT FUER WIEDERAUFBAU
PATRICK SHEEHAN, FOUNDER, ETF AND CHAIR, EVCA VENTURE CAPITAL COMMITTEE
VIESTURS TAMUZS, CHAIRMAN, A LATVIAN VC FUND
VICTOR SEDOV, US RUSSIA CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AUDRA ELENA SHALLAL, MD, BOSS CONSULTING
TOMMY HUTCHINSON, FOUNDER AND CEO, I-GENIUS
AMANDA ELLIS, HEAD, GENDER ENTREPRENEURSHIP MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
MINA SHERZOY, AFGHAN WOMEN'S BUSINESS NETWORK
LIZ PADMORE FOUNDER, G8 DOT FORCE
JANET SHELLEY, CEO, WOMEN BUILDERS
PROF ELAINE ALLEN, GEM US AND CO-AUTHOR GEM WOMEN'S REPORT
GITA PATEL, STARGATE CAPITAL
CAROLE BARNUM, STAELLIUM UK LTD
ERIKA WATSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROWESS
ALISTAIR LUKIES, CEO, MONITISE
LARS OLOF BÄCKMAN, LOBEMA
DAVID CHAPMAN, MAZARS
ANDY TSAO, SILICON VALLEY BANK
DYLAN JONES-EVANS, GEM WALES

15.30 - 16.00 REFRESHMENTS

16.00 - 17.00 PANEL DEBATE: GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP - GLOBAL BUSINESS
Increasingly, global business is more about entrepreneurship than management and requires new and flexible ways of thinking. Global businesses are looking at internal systems and external ones. They are looking at the communities where they operate and looking beyond corporate responsibility toward how the world's largest firms could empower local communities to set up autonomous businesses to develop strong and mutually reinforcing relationships within their supply chains.
BEN VERWAAYEN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BT GROUP PLC RUSSELL KING, GLOBAL VP FOR HR, ANGLO AMERICAN
VERNON ELLIS, INTERNATIONAL CHAIRMAN, ACCENTURE
DIANE GRAHAM, FOUNDER AND CEO STRATCO GLOBAL
MODERATOR: LOUISA BOJESEN, CNBC EUROPE

17.00 - 18.00 RESPONSIBLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
This session explores the role of large businesses, social entrepreneurs and investment funds in changing the attitudes of investors towards risk taking and responsible investment .
SIR RONALD COHEN, CHAIRMAN, BRIDGES COMMUNITY VENTURES
ROBERT DAVIES, CEO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LEADERS' FORUM
DAVID PITT-WATSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR, HERMES FOCUS ASSET MANAGEMENT
BILL DRAYTON, PRESIDENT, ASHOKA FOUNDATION OR OLIVIER KAYSER, ASHOKA FOUNDATION
VICKY PRYCE, FOUNDER, THE GOOD CORPORATION & CHIEF ECONOMIST, DEPARTMENT FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY
MODERATOR: (TBC)

18.00 FORUM ADJOURNS

18.45 - 19.30 DRINKS RECEPTION - LANCASTER HOUSE ■ Hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship

19.30 - 22.30 GALA DINNER - LANCASTER HOUSE ■ In Partnership with the Make Your Mark Campaign
WELCOME
KEVIN STEELE, CEO, ENTERPRISE INSIGHT CREATING THE NEXT ENTERPRISE GENERATION'
AFTER DINNER
CAROLINE PLUMB, FOUNDER AND CEO FRESHMINDS JAMES MURRAY WELLS, FOUNDER, GLASSES DIRECT
ELLA HEEKS, MD, ABEL-COLE FACILITATOR: JONATHAN MOULES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP CORRESPONDENT, FINANCIAL TIMES

THE CHALLENGES THE WORLD FACES AND THE ROLE FOR POLICY AND RESEARCH IN ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES

DAY 2 - Thursday, 11 January 2007

08.00 - 09.00 REGISTRATION (FOR NEWCOMERS) AND REFRESHMENTS - CAFÉ ROYAL

09.00 - 09.15 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO DAY 2
DR REBECCA HARDING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEM AND GERA

09.15 - 10.15 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE CHALLENGES FOR THE WORLD
Across the world, policymakers are seeking to harness the power of entrepreneurship in fostering wealth creation and economic development. Two thought leaders and two policymakers debate the challenges faced by the world in confronting this challenge.
CARL SCHRAMM, PRESIDENT, KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
JONATHAN KESTENBAUM, CEO, NESTA
FRANÇOISE LE BAIL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR DIRECTORATE GENERAL ENTERPRISE INDUSTRY, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
MARTIN WYN GRIFFITH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DTI'S SMALL BUSINESS SERVICE
MODERATOR: ANDY REINHARDT, EDITOR, BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE (TBC)

10.15 - 11.30 POLICY, GEM AND THE EVIDENCE BASE
This session takes up the issues raised in the first section and discusses the challenges for research and developing the evidence base. It looks at GEM, and at the economics of development across OECD countries and in Africa.
MARIA MINNITI, RESEARCH DIRECTOR, GEM JEAN-PHILLIPE COTIS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, OECD JOHN PAGE, CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR AFRICA, WORLD BANK
MODERATOR: (TBC)
OPEN SPACE FORUM

This is an opportunity for you to talk about entrepreneurship and the challenges the world faces in stimulating an entrepreneurial culture and environment or to identify the research that is necessary to help policy makers and business leaders make the right decisions.

The session will be moderated and co-ordinated by POLICY UNPLUGGED, Open Space conferencing specialists.

Facilitator: Steve Moore

11.30 - 12.00 REFRESHMENTS
12.00-13.00 ENTREPRENEURSHIP & THE CHALLENGES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
We bring together policy makers from different national backgrounds to talk about what needs to be done to stimulate an entrepreneurial culture and entrepreneurship in their nations.
DR E. RIVZA, MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, LATVIA GEORGE DRAGNICH, US STATE DEPARTMENT
GERARD LYONS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, STANDARD CHARTERED
LESLYE OBIORA, CABINET MINISTER (MP), SOLID MINERLAS, NIGERIA
KURT HOFFMAN, DIRECTOR, SHELL FOUNDATION
MODERATOR: (TBC)

13.00 - 14.15 LUNCH

14.15 - 16.00 GEM EVIDENCE AND ITS USE: REGIONAL DEBATES LED BY THE GEM NATIONAL TEAMS:

1. AFRICA
2. ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING REGIONS
3. EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA COMPARED
4. SOUTH AMERICA
MIKE HERRINGTON, GEM AFRICA
YOFI GRANT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DATABANK
PATRICK FREDERICK, CEO, AIMEX INTERNATIONAL
BOLA OLABISI, CEO, WOMEN INVENTORS & INNOVATORS NETWORK
PETER BAMKOLE, HEAD, ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, LAGOS
VALERY KATKALO, DEAN, ST PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND GEM RUSSIA
ADEDAPO ADELEGAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AND CAPITAL
BROOK HOROWITZ, IBLF, RUSSIA
ERIK BERGHOF, CHIEF ECONOMIST EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
ALICIA CODURAS, GEM REGIONAL STUDIES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY
MAIVE RUTE, DG ENTERPRISE
PETER JUNGEN, PRESIDENT, EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE NETWORK
ZOLTAN ACS, GEM HUNGARY AND US

JOSE ERNESTO AMORÓS, GEM CHILE: SOUTH AMERICAN ROUND TABLE
RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ, REGIONAL COORDINATOR AND DIRECTOR, GEM PROJECT, EXTREMADURA
CATALINA BOTELLO, CEO AND FOUNDER, OUT OF THE BOX PRODUCTIONS

5. THE BIG DEBATE:
ALL INNOVATIONS HAPPEN IN LARGE COMPANIES. ENTREPRENEURS ARE JUST COWBOYS
Hosted by: Intelligence Squared and John Gordon, CEO, Xtremeinformation.com
PROPOSING THE MOTION: WILL HUTTON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE WORK FOUNDATION
AGAINST THE MOTION: PETER DALE, DIRECTOR, MORE4 AND ANTHONY LILLEY, MD, MAGIC LANTERN
CHAIR: DAVID MARSH, MARSH & CO AND GERMAN BRITISH FORUM

16.15 - 16.45 BREAK

16.45 - 17.45 A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE: ALISON ROWLES-ANOBILE, DIRECTOR, GLOBAL OPERATIONS, IUCN (WORLD CONSERVATION UNION)
A POLICY PERSPECTIVE: RT HON JOHN HEALEY MP, ECONOMIC SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (TBC)
AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE AND THANK-YOU ON BEHALF OF GEM: MICHAEL HAY, DEPUTY DEAN & SECRETARY; PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL AND STEVE SPINELLI, VICE PROVOST FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, BABSON COLLEGE
19.00 - 21.00 RECEPTION AND FINGER BUFFET - LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL

REGISTRATION FORM
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Forum Enquiries and Registration Forms: All enquiries and registration forms to the Forum office: GEM & GERA Office, London Business School, Regent's Park, London NW1 4SA, UK. Tel +44 (0)20 7000 8171 Fax +44 (0)20 7000 8151 Email: gem@london.edu
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GEM Global Forum

About The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

Editor — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:00:44 +0000

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research program is an annual assessment of the national level of entrepreneurial activity. Initiated in 1999 with 10 countries, expanded to 21 in the year 2000, with 29 countries in 2001 and 37 countries in 2002. GEM 2006 will conduct research in 39 countries.

The research program, based on a harmonized assessment of the level of national entrepreneurial activity for all participating countries, involves exploration of the role of entrepreneurship in national economic growth. Systematic differences continue, with few highly entrepreneurial countries reflecting low economic growth. There is, further, a wealth of national features and characteristics associated with entrepreneurial activity.

Those new to the research program will find global comparisons, national reports, and special topic reports based on the annual data collection cycle. This material can be downloaded after a few simple items of personal background are provided. Over 120 scholars and researchers are actively participating in the GEM project; those with user names and passwords will have access to the interview schedules, data collection procedures, and other details required for systematic analysis.

www.gemconsortium.org

GEM Global Forum