Political Economy of Development Speaker Series

Co-sponsored by the UCSD Department of Political Science

Understanding the relationships between politics and economics is key to generating the policies necessary to help the millions of people who live in poverty around the world.  The Political Economy of Development (PED) speaker series invites scholars from a variety of disciplines and institutions to present cutting edge research regarding political and economic development.  Past speakers have come from universities, multilateral funding agencies, and donor organizations.  The themes of the series have included foreign aid, economic growth, rural health initiatives, political organization in developing countries, the relationship between political and economic institutions, transitions from autocratic to democratic rule, political corruption, natural resource policy, and the provision of public goods.  The PED speaker series seminar is a popular venue for individuals to come together and explore the latest thinking development studies.

2005-06	Speaker
Thurs, Dec. 1, 2005 SSB 107, 12:00-1:30pm	Brian Crisp (Washington University)
Fri., Jan. 20, 2006 SSB 107, 12:00-1:30pm	Daniel Treisman (UCLA)

2004-05	Speaker
Thurs, Feb. 17, 2005 SSB 107, 1:00-3:00	Michel Ross (UCLA)
Fri, Apr. 8, 2005 SSB 104, 12:00-1:30 pm	Arun Agrawal (Univ. of Michigan)
Fri, Apr. 15, 2005 SSB 104, 12:00-1:30pm	James Robinson (Harvard)
Thurs, Apr. 21, 2005 SSB 104, 12:00-1:30 pm	Susan Stokes (Univ. of Chicago)
Fri, Apr. 22, 2005 SSB 104, 12:00-1:30 pm	Steve Pincus (Univ. of Chicago)
Fri, Apr. 29, 2005 SSB 104, 12:00-1:30 pm	Philip Keefer (World Bank)