2015 DRI Annual Conference: “Beyond the Nation State: How traders, migrants and ethnic networks are driving economic growth in the developing world”

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Date: November 13, 2015  

Location: New York 

Speakers:  

  • Laura Alfaro, Harvard Business School 
  • Cheikh Anta Babou, University of Pennsylvania 
  • Thorsten Beck, University of London Cass Business School 
  • Charles Calomiris, Columbia Business School 
  • Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development 
  • William Easterly, Co-Director, Development Research Institute 
  • Hui Kian Kwee, University of Toronto 
  • Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University 
  • Yaw Nyarko; Director, NYU Africa House; Co-Director, NYU Development Research Institute  
  • Ariell Reshef, University of Virginia 
  • Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University 

Overview: This conference was the final Success Project-focused Annual Conference, supported by funding from the John Templeton Foundation. The lecturers presented research highlighting alternative approaches to identify and measure economic development through global networks outside of the traditional national development determinants.

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A man in a suit and glasses speaks at a podium with a New York University sign, gesturing with one hand, in a modern indoor setting.

A large group of people sits in rows of red chairs at an indoor event, attentively listening. Some are looking forward, some are taking notes, and the audience is diverse in age, gender, and ethnicity.

 

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