Economic Development, Human Development, and the Pursuit of Happiness | A Pardee Center Conference

The conference asks the questions, how can we make sure that the benefits of economic growth flow into health, education, welfare, and other aspects of human development; and what is the relationship between human development and economic development? Speakers and participants discuss the role that culture, legal and political institutions, the UN Developmental Goals, the level of decision-making, and ethics, play in development.

Welcome Remarks

Prof. David Fromkin, Pardee Center, Boston University

Prof. Dilip Mookherjee, Institute for Economic Development, Boston University

Panel Discussion: What will or should be the regions of the future?

Prof. William Grimes, International Relations, Boston University

Prof. Vinod Aggarwal, Political Science and HAAS School of Business, U-Cal/Berkeley

Prof. Robert Gilpin, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

Panel Discussion: How do cultural factors either favor or inhibit economic development?

Prof. Walter Connor, Political Science, Boston University

Prof. Lawrence Katzenstein, HHH Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Prof. John Gerring, Political Science, Boston University

Panel Discussion: What are the right principles to apply in reducing poverty and stimulating economic growth?

Prof. James Dewar, The RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center

Prof. Abhijit Banerjee, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prof. John Harris, Economics, Boston University

Panel Discussion: The UN Development Goals Reevaluated

Prof. Charles Stith, African Presidents Archive and Research Center, Boston University

Prof. Adil Najam, International Negotiations and Diplomacy, Fletcher School, Tufts

Prof. Ralph Buultjens, Social Sciences, New York University

Panel Discussion: What are the right levels of decision-making?

Prof. Dilip Mookherjee, Institute for Economic Development, Boston University

Prof. Vivian Schmidt, International Relations, Boston University

Prof. Strom Thacker, International Relations, Boston University

Panel Discussion: Philosophical questions and ethical issues raised by focusing on development and growth?

Prof. David Fromkin

Dr. Joel Rosenthal, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs

Prof. Charles Griswold, Philosophy, Boston University