Application deadline: Friday, January 22, 2010 The Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Range Future seeks up to four research assistants to join us in the Spring 2010 Semester as part of the Center’s Africa 2060 program. The Research Assistants will help research, conceptualize and analyze development data to identify trends […]
Beyond The Resource Curse: Minerals and Global Development By Saleem H. Ali January 2010 (8 pages) Download PDF version. This policy brief discusses the concept of the “resource curse” and the often-assumed connection between a country’s significant mineral wealth and violence and corruption. The paper argues that developing countries with abundant mineral resources can have positive […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations, Geography and Environment at Boston University, delivered the keynote address at a symposium on “Broadening the Perspectives on Forests Beyond REDD+ and Copenhagen” held at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Prof. Najam argued that […]
Asian American Giving, the Asian American Philanthropy Journal, named Prof. Adil Najam’s 2007 book “Portrait of a Giving Community: Philanthropy by the Pakistani-American Diaspora” as one of the top 10 philanthropy books of the decade. Prof. Adil Najam is the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and […]