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Thursday, June 26
12:00 - 2:00 pm
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Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street NW
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
PRESENTED BY EDITOR
Steven Durlauf
Kenneth J. Arrow Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin
Mr. Durlauf is the Kenneth J. Arrow Professor of Economics at the
University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has served as Co-Director of
the Economics Program at the Santa Fe Institute for which he
currently serves as a Science Board and external faculty member. A
Fellow of the Econometric Society, Durlauf's research covers a range
of topics in macroeconomics, econometrics, and income inequality.
DISCUSSED BY CONTRIBUTORS
Shanta Devarajan
Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank
Mr. Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the Africa Region at the
World Bank. Since joining the Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal
Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the
Development Research Group, as well as the Chief Economist of the
Human Development Network and South Asia Region. He was the
Director of the World Development Report 2004, Making Services Work
for Poor People. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard
University?s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The author or
co-author of over 100 publications, his research covers public
economics, trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and
general-equilibrium modeling of developing countries.
Additional Discussant to Be Confirmed
MODERATED BY
Laurie Harting
Editor, Economics, Business & Management, Palgrave Macmillan
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