The Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG) in collaboration with the Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP) will host Kaushik Basu discussing Poverty and Prosperity: The Challenges of Policymaking in a Globalized World.
The event will also be the launch of the Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP)a new SIPA research center.
For more information about CDEP, visit http://cdep.sipa.columbia.edu
Agenda: Launch of the Center for Development Economics and Policy:
Merit E. Janow Dean, SIPA and Professor of Professional Practice, International Economic Law & International Affairs. Jan
Eric Verhoogen Director, Center for Development Economics and Policy; Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University and Columbia SIPA
Presentation: Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist, World Bank; former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.
Jan Svejnar Director, Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG); and James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy, Columbia SIPA will introduce Dr. Basu and moderate the Q&A.
Reception to follow
CGEG: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/cgeg/index.html
CDEP: http://cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/
