Human Resources Walk-In Hours with Ms. Bowden
Human Resources Walk-In Hours with Ms. Bowden
Mon, Aug 15, 10:30 AM
4250 Connecticut Ave NW • Washington, DC
Free
Paul Collier - “Making Natural Resources Work for Development”
Date and time
Location
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Nitze Building - Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Description
Paul Collier
Professor – Economics & Director – The Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University, U.K.
Professor Collier has been the Director of the Research Development Department of the World Bank for 5 years from 1998 to 2003. His research covers fragile states, democratization, and the management of natural-resources in low-income societies.
Professor Collier is the author of The Bottom Billion, which in 2008 won the Lionel Gelber, Arthur Ross and Corine Prizes and in May 2009 was the joint winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize.
His second book, Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places was published in March 2009; and his latest book, The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature, in May 2010.
He is currently advisor to the Strategy and Policy Department of the International Monetary Fund, and advisor to the Africa Region of the World Bank. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 'for services to scholarship and development'. In 2011 he was elected to the Council of the Royal Economic Society.