The Center for Global Development presents a series of lectures exploring the connections between population and other development issues. The series will recast the current development agenda to include the broad implications of demographic change. The current series schedule is below.
Series Schedule:
Joel E. Cohen, Rockefeller & Columbia Universities
Beyond Population: Everybody Counts in Development
Commentator: Peter Timmer, Center for Global Development
September 23, 2008
Peter Heller, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
People Need Places and Things: The Impact of Populations on Physical Infrastructure
Commentator: Vijaya Ramachandran, Center for Global Development
December 15, 2008
Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development
Population Growth and Poverty in the Developing World Revisited
Commentator: David Weil, Brown University (TBC)
February 2009
**This event has been postponed. Please check back soon for more details.**
David McKenzie, World Bank
Brain Drain or Gain? Examining International Migration
Commentator: Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development
May 6, 2009
David Wheeler, Center for Global Development
The Human Footprint on Climate
Commentator: Tim Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation
June 23, 2009
Speaker TBD
The Future is Now: Population Age Change and Demands on the Public Purse
Commentator: TBD
Date TBD