Owusu Pens Article on Rethinking Africa’s Path to Productivity Growth
In a newly article published by The World Bank Research Observer, “Taking Stock of Africa’s Economic Transformation: Rethinking Sources of Productivity Growth,” Solomon Owusu, Assistant Professor of Global Economic Policy at the Pardee School, and his collaborators, Douglas Gollin, Margaret McMillan, Emmanuel Mensah, and Gideon Ndubuisi, reexamine one of development economics’ most enduring questions: how…
Investing in the Future: A Conversation on Africa’s Promise in Support of BU’s African Studies Center
On March 26, 2026, Boston University alumni, financial leaders, and friends of the Pardee School of Global Studies gathered at the University Club in New York City for an evening focused on the Prospects for the African Future. Organized as a tribute to and celebration of Pardee’s African Studies Center (ASC), the event highlighted the…
Owusu Analyzes North–South Trade Dynamics in Africa’s Structural Transformation in New Study
A new study titled Structural Change in Africa: The Role of North–South and South–South Trade by Solomon Owusu, Assistant Professor of Global Economic Policy at the Pardee School, and co-authors Gideon Ndubuisi and Woubet Kassa, was published by The World Economy in early January 2026. The paper provides one of the most detailed examinations to…
Dean Taylor Discusses U.S. Engagement with Africa at WorldBoston
On January 29th, 2026, Scott Taylor, Pardee School Dean and Professor of International Relations, moderated WorldBoston’s first conversation of 2026 between Stephanie Sullivan, former ambassador for the US to the African Union, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana, and Kennedy Ukelegharanya, business attorney at a major multinational law firm, advising innovative technology and life…
Dean Taylor Participates in Panel Discussion on Global African Economics and Steven Dean’s New Book
On November 3, 2025 at the Boston University School of Law, Scott Taylor, Dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor of International Relations at Boston University, partook in a panel discussion on the new book, Racial Capitalism and International Tax Law: The Story of Global Jim Crow, written by and discussed with…