Global Economic Development: What the Trends Portend

February 10, 2015
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. EST
Location: Copley Hall Copley Formal Lounge Map

Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank Dr. Kaushik Basu gave two lectures at Georgetown University as part of a semester-long conversation on “The Global Future of Development.”

The first lecture outlined the challenge of economic development in today’s world, drawing on long-term trends and contemporary risks, ranging from the Eurozone to BRICS. The lecture included a statement of the World Bank’s two mission goals of ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity and analyzed some of the trends from the perspective of these two goals.

This event was sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement and the Office of the President.

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Kaushik Basu is senior vice president (development economics) and chief economist of the World Bank. Prior to joining the Bank Group, Basu served as chief economic advisor to the government of India and is currently on leave from Cornell University where he is professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies. Basu is a fellow of the Econometric Society and received India’s Padma Bhushan award, as well as the National Mahalanobis Memorial award. His contributions span development economics, welfare economics, industrial organization, and game theory. Basu holds a Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics. He is the second World Bank chief economist from a developing country and the first from India.

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