17 June 2021 14:30–15:45
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Professor Wantchekon examines the mechanisms of state capture in low income countries and discusses how these mechanisms contribute to the breakdown of democratic institutions. Leonard Wantchekon is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and the President and Founder of the African School of Economics. His research interests include political economy, economic history and development economics. A scholar with diverse interests, he has made substantive and methodological contributions to the literature on clientelism and state capture, resource curse and democratisation.
Speaker
27 May 2021 7:00–8:15
Speaker: Tahir Andrabi (Pomona College)
Moderators: Rabea Malik (Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives) and Miguel Loureiro (IDS)
Date: 20th May 2021
Time: 7 AM UK
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Professor Andrabi analyzes the impact of the 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan on the recovery of student learning outcomes. He examines the implications these findings for the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to student learning outcomes. Tahir Andrabi is Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics at Pomona College. He is a founding Director of the Centre for Economic Research, Pakistan and the inaugural Dean of the LUMS School of Education His research interests include the economics of education and development economics. He has published extensively in major economics and education journals including the American Economic Review and Review of Economics an
Rethinking the State: from Public Goods to Public Value | Institute of Development Studies ids.ac.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ids.ac.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
8 April 2021 14:30–15:45
Moderators: Shandana Khan Mohmand (IDS) and Umair Javed (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
Date: 8th April 2021
Time: 2:30 PM UK
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Professor Robinson discusses one of the most important and puzzling political trends of our time, political polarization, and the social and economic changes that have caused polarization to increase in democratic politics in the 21st century. He examines the strain this is placing on democratic institutions and what implications these changes have for our understanding of democracy as a political system.
James Robinson is the Reverend Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and the Director of the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. He is the author of the highly-acclaimed books,
Pakistan Hub Mahbub ul Haq Distinguished Lectures | Institute of Development Studies ids.ac.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ids.ac.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.