Jagdish Bhagwati – Kapuscinski Development Lectures – what top thinkers think about development

Jagdish BHAGWATI, University Professor at Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, is a prominent economist. He has made pioneering contributions to the study of development, globalisation, international trade, foreign aid and immigration. He also writes frequently for leading media worldwide. He has served in many advisory roles, includingat the GATT as Economic Policy Adviser to Director General Arthur DUNKEL and at the UN to Secretary General Kofi ANNAB on Globalization and on NEPAD Process in Africa. The recipient of many honorary degrees and prestigious prizes, he has been uniquely presented with six festschrifts written in his honour. He has also worked with many NGOs and organisations linked to NGOs[HE1] , including Human Rights Watch.

Reducing poverty in the world

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