Development That Works – Session 1: Global Economic Governance
VIDEO: “DEVELOPMENT THAT WORKS” Session 1
April 15, 2011
More than 100 people participated in The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future’s annual conference on Thursday, March 31 called Development That Works held at the Boston University School of Management conference center.
The all-day conference was organized by the Pardee Center in collaboration with the Boston University Global Development program. Members of the organizing committee for the conference, who also served as session chairs, included Prof. Kevin Gallagher (International Relations), Prof. Dilip Mookherjee (Economics), Prof. Jonathon Simon (Center for Global Health and Development) and Prof. Adil Najam (Pardee Center). The conference had kicked off with a reception for panelists the previous evening.
The four panels at the Development that Works conference featured thirteen leading scholars and practitioners who discussed their work related to various aspects of development based on examples and experiences from around the world. From global development policy programs by agencies such as The World Bank to local programs delivering education, health and poverty alleviation services to rural villages in Africa and Asia, the speakers highlighted the challenges of creating programs that achieve the intended results and can be sustained over time. Lively question-and-answer sessions followed each panel discussion, providing an opportunity for the many development scholars, practitioner and students in the audience to interact with the presenters.

After opening remarks from Prof. Adil Najam (Pardee Center) and Prof. Kevin Gallagher (BU Global Development), the first panel discussed issues related to Global Economic Governance. The panel was chaired by Prof. Kevin Gallagher (BU International Relations) and speakers included Robert Wade (Professor Political Economy and Development, London School of Economics), Gerald Epstein (Professor and Chair of Economics and Co-director of Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and Amar Bhattacharya (Director, G-24). The speakers focused on global economic institutions and the global economic architecture and how it would effect global development, particularly in the future as characterized by the rise of emerging economies and the post-financial crisis world.
The Twitter feed for the event is available here. A conference report will be published by the Pardee Center later this year, and videos of the entire event will be available soon on the Pardee Center Multimedia page. A report of the reception for panelists held the previous evening is available here. A report of the conference published in The Daily Free Press is available here.