Development
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Conference paper
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development
Oct 2017
A better set of approaches for the 21st century.
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Nobel Laureates to Co-Chair Independent Commission on Global Economy
Oct 22, 2017
Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence and a global team of leading thinkers are calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy
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Is Europe’s Economic Recovery for Real?
Oct 3, 2017 | 04:00—05:30
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Why Exports Alone Can’t Make Poor Countries Rich
Sep 27, 2017
“Blindly” Engaging in Global Supply Chains Can Erode Developing Nations’ Economic Power
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Institutions, Democracy, and Economic Development
Aug 2, 2017
Robinson explains how natural experiments are done and why they’re useful. He also explains distribution of power and development of state play critical roles in successful economies.
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e-Book Launch: Can Dependency Theory Explain Our World Today?
Jun 14, 2017
Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) has released a new e-book, “Conversations on Dependency Theory”
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Decolonizing Africa? The Economic History of Development
YSI Africa Convening 2017
YSI
ConferenceJun 8–9, 2017
The Young Scholars Initiative and the University of the Free State, SA, invite young scholars to attend the first YSI Africa conference.
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Mexico, NAFTA, and the Future of the North American Economy
May 30, 2017 | 04:00—05:30
A discussion featuring Kenneth Smith, Head of the Trade and NAFTA Office of the Ministry of the Economy of Mexico, and Jay Pelosky, Principal of Pelosky Global Strategies.
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India's Economic Challenges
May 9, 2017 | 04:00—05:30
A discussion with Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University and former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
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America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People
Apr 20, 2017
A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worlds
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Making Innovation Work for China and other Developing Countries
Apr 12, 2017
Along the entire “innovation chain” — from research and development, to production and commercialization — government and private sectors have very different roles to play.
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The paradoxes of fiscal austerity in Brazil
Mar 30, 2017
Brazil’s current economic scenario does not resemble the emerging economy that until recently fueled the optimism of analysts and investors.
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China's Wage Growth: How Fast Is the Gain and What Does It Mean?
Feb 28, 2017
New findings show that hourly wage-rates in China are higher than in middle-income countries and are approaching the levels of Greece and Portugal
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The Economics of the Affordable Care Act
Jan 17, 2017
Any effort to replace the Affordable Care Act will be confronted by the same structural imbalances in the health care economy that the legislation’s authors faced
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A Socialist Market Economy With Chinese Contradictions
Jan 3, 2017
Beijing’s leaders face a critical dilemma over a credit boom that imperils China’s prospects for a smooth transition to a sustainable economic path