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Development Policy Seminars: Archive
2008
- "Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality and Comparative Development Framework", presented by Matteo Cervellati, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics at University of Bologna (25 November 2008) Presentation
- "An International Comparison of the Incomes of the Vast Majority", presented by Anwar Shaikh, Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research, New York (29 October 2008)
- "Technology Transfer and Development Issues Associated with Climate Change", presented by Kenneth A. Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science, MIT, Cambridge (24 September 2008)
- "Economic Sanctions after the Cold War", presented by Kimberly Elliott and Jeff Schott, the Peterson Institute for International Economics (14 May 2008)
- "Diversification of China's Foreign Reserves", presented by Jun Zhao and Marc Lavoie (7 May 2008)
- "How China could contribute to a benign global rebalancing: a model-based policy study", presented by Pingfan Hong, Chief, Global Economic Monitoring Unit, Development Policy and Analysis Division/DESA (5 March 2008)
- "Latin America's Challenge to Reach the MDGs: Financing Options and Trade-Offs", presented by Rob Vos, Director, Development Policy and Analysis Division/DESA (27 February 2008)
- "The Anti-Corruption Agenda in Developing Countries: A Story of Missed Opportunities", presented by Mushtaq Khan, SOAS, University of London (15 February 2008)
- "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism", presented by Ha-Joon Chang (30 January 2008)
- "The Legal Origins of Corporate Governance: Lessons for Developing Countries", presented by Ajit Singh of Cambridge University (9 January 2008)
2007
- "Quality of Civil Administration and Economic Growth: A Threshold Analysis", presented by Nazrul Islam, Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy and Analysis Division/DESA (November 2007)
- "Different Roads to Democracy?: Conflict, the Rule of Law and Development", presented by Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Associate Economic Affairs Officer in Development Policy and Analysis Division/DESA (31 October 2007)
- "The Fiscal Impact of Trade Reform: Lessons from Country Case Studies", presented by Indira Rajaraman, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi (10 October 2007)
- "Consensual and Conflictual Democratization: Rule of Law and Development", presented by Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Associate Economic Affairs Officer in Development Policy and Analysis Division/DESA (21 June 2007)
