Category: News & Events

10 Years after the Crisis: Is the World Safer for Stability and Development?

On September 14, 2017, the GDP Center hosted its first public panel at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. Scholars Barbara Fritz of Freie University in Berlin, Ilene Grabel of the Josef Korbel School at the University of Denver, and Eric Helleiner of the Balsillie School at the University of Waterloo discussed the state […]

Why Latin America Nations Fail: Development Strategies in the Twenty-First Century

University of California Press (October 2017) Kevin P. Gallagher and Research Fellow Rebecca Ray chapter contribution. Book description: The question of development is a major topic in courses across the social sciences and history, particularly those focused on Latin America. Many scholars and instructors have tried to pinpoint, explain, and define the problem of underdevelopment […]

GDP Center Seminar Series: Political Economy of Latin America

The GDP Center, in conjunction with The Latin American Studies Program, an affiliated regional center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, is hosting a fall seminar series on the Political Economy of Latin America. The first installment of the series was held on September 29th. Assistant Director of the GDP Center, William Kring, presented […]

Chantal Thomas – Trade Openness as a Development Strategy

Chantal Thomas, professor of Law at Cornell University, spoke to a small group of the Boston University community on September 26 about Trade Openness as a Development Strategy, using Africa as a case study. She used data to illustrate that although other developing countries have seen poverty reduction through increased trade liberalization, this is not the […]