Faculty Weigh In On Priorities for Human Development
What should the top policy priorities be for supporting human development in the year ahead?
Janine Ferretti Appointed to World Bank Leadership Position
Professor Ferretti will assume the role of VP, Office of Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) on or around January 1, 2021.
Gallagher in FT on China’s Overseas Development
Prof. Kevin Gallagher wrote a recent letter to the editor of Financial Times on risk and reward in China’s overseas development plan.
Najam’s Research Headlines NHDR Launch in Pakistan
Dean Adil Najam was the lead author for the just-launched Pakistan National Human Development Report on Youth.
Najam Interviewed by IIASA on Living in the Age of Adaptation
Dean Adil Najam discusses his experience as a Young Scientists Summer Program Fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Najam Interviewed on Climate and Development Policy
In developing countries development policy should be climate policy, says Adil Najam.
Najam Chairs South Asian Network of Environmental Economists
Dean Adil Najam completes his tenure as Chair of the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics.
Gallagher in FT: Insufficient Capital Controls
Kevin Gallagher discussed capital flows in a Jan. 27 article in the Financial Times.
Najam Talks Infrastructure at MIT
Adil Najam tells MIT conference why innovation must focus on the needs of the poor.
Selin in The Conversation on SDGs: Unimpressed
Henrik Selin is unimpressed by the United Nation’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); there are too many of them, with too little focus.
Najam Explains Climate Change & Extreme Weather
1400 die in Pakistan heat wave. Adil Najam says it is bad governance, not cliamte change that killed them.
Pardee School Dean Talks Health & Climate at BUMC
Pardee School Dean Adil Najam recently spent the day at the BU Medical Campus.
Dean Adil Najam Appointed to Prestigious UN Body
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Dean Adil Najam of the BU Pardee School to serve a second term as a member of the prestigious UN Committee on Development Policy.
Alumni Spotlight: GDP Alums Create Food Security Index
Thanks to Global Development Policy alums from the Pardee School, non-governmental organizations studying hunger in the developing world will have a new tool at their disposal.
Najam Elected Chair of South Asian Network of Environmental Economists
Dean Adil Najam will serve as the new Chair of the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE).