Tag: Global Development Policy
By Timon Forster On March 29, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, the Institute for Economic Development and the Department of Economics hosted its annual Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture in Global Development Policy, which celebrates the legacy of BU Professor Paul Streeten as an eminent economist and interdisciplinary scholar of global development policy. […]
By Katie Gallogly-Swan On Wednesday, March 23, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, the Boston University Institute for Economic Development and the Boston University Department of Economics hosted the third Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture in Global Development Policy. The 2022 Distinguished Speaker was Dani Rodrik, renowned economist and Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the […]
Request for Proposals Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for faculty-led research papers in global development policy. Founded on September 1, 2017, the GDP Center is a Boston University-wide center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and the Vice President […]
By James Sundquist Do economies always grow fastest when left alone, or can governments spur economic development through active measures such as subsidies? What kinds of interventions – also known as industrial policy – are most effective? These questions motivated a lecture delivered by Dean Ann E. Harrison of the Haas School of Business at […]
The role for the state versus the market has been a topic of great debate since the age of Louis XIV. While free enterprise and competition can foster great innovation, the unfettered state has also been host to many excesses. What is the right balance between free markets and state support? Join Boston University’s Global Development Policy […]