"To improve the lives of the poor we need scientific research to test the theories on the ground,” provided the foundation for Prakarsh Singh week long course titled “Applied Econometrics and Development.” Singh, assistant professor at Amherst College, concluded this course as part of the III Annual Development Week, an international congress organized by the Navarra Center for International Development of the Institute for Culture and Society at the
Experts from different universities and institutions gathered at the University of Navarra to discuss the future of Africa during the III Annual Development Week, an international congress organized by the Navarra Center for International Development of the Institute for Culture and Society. Lectures throughout the week touched upon issues such as innovation in firms, inclusive growth, health and ethnicity, financial stability, and migration.
Marion Jansen, Chief Economist at the International Trade Centre, was one of these lectures. According to her one of the major barriers in A...
Jean-Louis Arcand, Director of the Centre for Finance and Development at the Geneva Graduate Institute, presented his newest research "Guns, Germs, and Slave: an Alternative View of the Colonial Origins of Comparative Development" as part of the Opening Session of the III Annual Development Week at the Institute for Culture and Society,