This week, bloggers from Mexico, Japan, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and the United States respond to World Bank Chief Economist Dr. Kaushik Basu's recent lecture on maximizing new technologies to promote economic growth. Through the lens of Catholic social thought, responses urge a focus on technology and innovation that takes human dignity and suffering into account to improve the lives of the world's poorest.
Response: Attaining Shared Prosperity Through Decent Jobs
María Eugenia Ibarrarán
February 17, 2015
Response: Global Economic Development: What the Trends Portend
Patrice Ndayisenga
February 17, 2015
Response: Growth, Inequality and Technology
François Kaboré
February 17, 2015
Response: Mental Models, Development Debates and Catholic Social Thought
Benjamin T. Tolosa
February 17, 2015
Response: Poverty and Inequality: Our Ethical Challenges
Taro Komatsu
February 17, 2015
Response: Social Trends and Signs of the Times
Drew Christiansen
February 17, 2015
Response: The Puzzle of Growth, Poverty, Inequality and Human Dignity
Carlos Osorio Torres
February 17, 2015
Thomas Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and serves as vice president for global engagement at Georgetown University, where he is a professor in the Department of Government and the Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is a co-convener of the Georgetown Global Dialogues and co-chairs the Task Force on Global Citizenship of the International Association of Jesuit Universities.
