World Affairs Council presents a Lecture by Paul Collier
February 4, 2010
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Kane Hall, 120
The World Affairs Council presents "Democracy, Peace, and Development for the Bottom Billion: A Conversation with Paul Collier." This lecture will address: How has democracy promotion failed the developing world? Why is violence so endemic in poor countries? What can be done to democratize and economically uplift the world's poorest countries in a sustainable way?
Paul Collier is a Professor of Economics at Oxford University specializing in the political economy of democracy, economic growth in Africa, aid, globalization, poverty and the economics of civil war. This lecture is by ticket only. Please see website for more information or call the Council at 206-441-5910.
For more information about this event, please contact Alyse Cato via email or by phone at 206-441-5910.
Additional information may be available online.
This event is open to: students, faculty, staff, general public.