Focus on the Global South

INET is invested in identifying the complex global interactions that influence poverty and development with a focus on strategies that have proven successful in promoting equitable growth, promoting capabilities, and reducing poverty.

Event

LEPC VII: Growth Strategy in the States

Dec 8–10, 2025

LEPC VII will bring together leading thinkers, practitioners, and policymakers to analyze the drivers behind this sub national success, and to chart actionable pathways for the future. Each session outlined explores a foundational dimension of India’s growth story, with attention to both policy diagnosis and on-the-ground innovation.

Event

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Al), Privacy, and Governance

Nov 30–Dec 2, 2024

This conference aims to explore important issues of economics of AI, good governance, humanization of AI technologies, privacy, considerations of creative thinking and imagination, and take a comprehensive look at the challenges and opportunities of AI technologies.

Event

Poverty. Development. Globalisation

Jul 8–20, 2024

Two weeks of dialogues on Poverty, Development, Globalisation

YSI Event

6th Annual UNCTAD YSI Summer School 2023

Aug 28–31, 2023

Under the shared premise that no country alone can address the multiple challenges posed by intertwining and intensifying economic, social and environmental crises, this year’s lectures will discuss prospects and obstacles for a green and equitable transformation of the global economy.

Article

Subsidizing Chemical Fertilizers is Counterproductive

Jul 13, 2023

By reducing our reliance on chemical fertilizers, policymakers could turn today’s food crisis into a genuine opportunity towards shifting subsidies from agribusiness-led to agroecological-led farming systems

Article

China’s Development Path: Indigenous Innovation and Global Competition

Aug 22, 2022

China’s successful technological development path stands in contrast to the corporate financialization model in the United States