The Global Economic Governance Initiative
Advancing our empirical understanding of global economic governance
The Global Economic Governance Initiative seeks to advance an empirically based understanding of the development process in order to draw out lessons for scholars and policy-makers engaged in global economic governance.

Governance in the Developing World
Tackling the issues of democratization, corruption control, capacity-building
Problems of development are inextricably tied to problems of governance, but there is only so much that international bodies, nongovernmental organizations, and market forces can do.

Project on Human Development
Developing a comprehensive picture of human society
The Project on Human Development at Boston University seeks to enable researchers, students, and practitioners to develop a comprehensive picture of the current state and future of human society.

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Our Research:The Future of the WTO As the first installment in its new publications series, the Pardee Center at Boston University publishes "The Future of the WTO" by Kevin Gallagher.

Our Experts:Strom Thacker Prof. Thacker is an expert on Latin American political economy and co-author of the forthcoming book A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance.

Our Library:Trade and Development Video of the Pardee Center Seminar on Future Challeneges: Trade and Development. Dr. Tariq Banuri, Prof. Kevin Outterson and Prof. Sushil Vachani participated in the panel, Prof. Adil Najam moderated.