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Health and Nutrition: The Role of a Global Food and Beverage Company
Dr. Mehmood Khan, the Chief Scientific Officer and CEO of the Global Nutrition Group for PepsiCo, speaks on the integrated knowledge of the food production systems and vertical business integration that is required for a global company at the 2011 [...]Pardee Distinguished Lecture. He posed the challenge that there are 1 billion people in the world today who remain hungry and undernourished, yet ironically the number of people in the world who are obese is exactly the same: 1 billion. He argued that the global nutrition challenge is the challenge of responding to both these numbers and that companies like PepsiCo have a central role to play in addressing this challenge.
Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 15, 2011.
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Development That Works: Economic Development
More than 100 people convened at Boston University for Development That Works, an all-day conference that brought together leading scholars and practitioners to discuss development ideas that have the potential to lead to sustainable and effective [...]growth worldwide.
The fourth and final session brought together a panel of leading economists that examined evidence on economic development. Chaired by Dilip Mookherjee, a CAS professor of economics and director of the BU Institute for Economic Development, speakers included Abhijit V. Banerjee, a Ford Foundation international professor of economics and director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT; Mark Rosenzweig, a Frank Altschul professor of international economics and director of the Economic Growth Center at Yale University; and Asim Ijaz Khwaja, a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Panel members discussed the impact of development interventions and highlighted the need for deeper and more systematic enquiries on the matter.
Sponsored by the BU Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in collaboration with the BU Global Development Program, the conference was organized by Mookherjee, Kevin Gallagher, a CAS associate professor of international relations, Jonathon Simon, an SPH professor of international health and director of the BU Center for Global Health & Development, and Adil Najam, a CAS professor of international relations and director of the Pardee Center. Panel leaders discussed everything from global development policy to local programs that deliver education, health, and poverty alleviation services to rural villages in Africa and Asia.
Hosted by the Pardee Center for the Study of Longer-Range Future, in conjunction with the Boston University Global Development Program, on March 31, 2011.
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Development That Works: Making Smart Investments
More than 100 people convened at Boston University for Development That Works, an all-day conference that brought together leading scholars and practitioners to discuss development ideas that have the potential to lead to sustainable and effective [...]growth worldwide.
The second panel focused on investing in development that works. Chaired by Jonathon Simon, an SPH professor of international health and director of the BU Center for Global Health & Development, speakers included Nancy MacPherson, managing director of evaluation for the Rockefeller Foundation; Iqbal Z. Quadir, an MIT professor of development and entrepreneurship and founder and director of MIT’s Legatum Center; and Doug Balfour, chief executive officer of Geneva Global. Panel members discussed the types of qualities that are required to seed development through philanthropy, as well as enterprise and innovation.
Sponsored by the BU Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in collaboration with the BU Global Development Program, the conference was organized by Simon, Kevin Gallagher, a CAS associate professor of international relations, Dilip Mookherjee, a CAS professor of economics and director of the BU Institute for Economic Development, and Adil Najam, a CAS professor of international relations and director of the Pardee Center. Panel leaders discussed everything from global development policy to local programs that deliver education, health, and poverty alleviation services to rural villages in Africa and Asia.
Hosted by the Pardee Center for the Study of Longer-Range Future, in conjunction with the Boston University Global Development Program, on March 31, 2011.
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Development That Works: Global Economic Governance
More than 100 people convened at Boston University for Development That Works, an all-day conference that brought together leading scholars and practitioners to discuss development ideas that have the potential to lead to sustainable and effective [...]growth worldwide.
The first panel discussed issues relating to global economic governance. Chaired by Kevin Gallagher, a CAS associate professor of international relations, speakers included Robert Wade, a professor of political economy and development at the London School of Economics; Gerald Epstein, a professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Amar Bhattacharya, director of G-24. Topics focused on global economic institutions and ways that global economic architecture could affect global development as characterized by the rise of emerging economies amid the current financial crisis.
Sponsored by the BU Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in collaboration with the BU Global Development Program, the conference was organized by Gallagher, Dilip Mookherjee, a CAS professor of economics and director of the BU Institute for Economic Development, Jonathon Simon, an SPH professor of international health and director of the BU Center for Global Health & Development, and Adil Najam, a CAS professor of international relations and director of the Pardee Center. Panel leaders discussed everything from global development policy to local programs that deliver education, health, and poverty alleviation services to rural villages in Africa and Asia.
Hosted by the Pardee Center for the Study of Longer-Range Future, in conjunction with the Boston University Global Development Program, on March 31, 2011.
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Latin America 2060: Environmental Sustainability
Throughout its history, Latin America has produced vigorous ideas, but many of its emerging social and cultural movements are not yet well structured. To that end, Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future [...]paired up with the Latin American Studies program to analyze what social, economic, political, and cultural patterns are most likely to emerge in Latin America over the next 50 years.
The task force convened over two days in November 2010, with the third panel focusing on sustainability. Tom Kunz, a BU professor of biology and director of the BU Center for Ecology & Conservation Biology, spoke about biodiversity in Latin America, particularly in Ecuador, while Enrique Saravia, of the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil, presented suggestions on ways to achieve effective and sustainable governance in Latin America. Carlos Blanco, a BU visiting professor of international relations, focused on reforms related to political parties, public administration, state power, the office of presidents, and decentralization in Latin America. Anitra Thorhaug, of Yale University and the U.S. Club of Rome, ended the conference by sharing examples of broader environmental implications over the next 45 years, including population, food, and water.
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in conjunction with the BU Latin American Studies program, on November 18, 2010.
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Latin America 2060: Politics and Policies
Throughout its history, Latin America has produced vigorous ideas, but many of its emerging social and cultural movements are not yet well structured. To that end, Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future [...]paired up with the Latin American Studies program to analyze what social, economic, political, and cultural patterns are most likely to emerge in Latin America over the next 50 years.
The task force convened over two days in November 2010, with the second panel focusing on politics and policies. David Scott Palmer, a BU professor of international affairs and director of the BU Latin American Studies program, spoke about future prospects of democracy in Latin America, while Riordan Roett, a Johns Hopkins professor of political science, looked at the changing dynamics of U.S. relations with Latin America. Finally, Silvia Inclán, a professor of political science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, examined judicial reform in Latin America.
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in conjunction with the BU Latin American Studies program, on November 18, 2010.
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Latin America 2060: Development
Throughout its history, Latin America has produced vigorous ideas, but many of its emerging social and cultural movements are not yet well structured. To that end, Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future [...]paired up with the Latin American Studies program to analyze what social, economic, political, and cultural patterns are most likely to emerge in Latin America over the next 50 years.
The task force convened over two days in November 2010, with the first panel focusing on development issues. Ann Helwege, a BU professor of international relations, examined the rapid development of Latin America, while Kevin Gallagher, also a BU professor of international relations, spoke about what ramifications China’s rise for economic development has in Latin America. Ramon Espinasa, a Georgetown professor of economics and consultant for the InterAmerican Development Bank, looked at development issues from an energy perspective, and Dylon Robbins, a BU assistant professor of Spanish, observed ways in which cultural narratives frame development in Latin America.
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in conjunction with the BU Latin American Studies program, on November 18, 2010.
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Following Up on Good News from Africa
In conjunction with its ongoing analysis of Africa, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a panel discussion to review its April conference, Africa 2060: Good News from Africa.
Panelist Charles Stith, [...]former U.S. ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania and current director of the BU African Presidential Archives & Research Center, said that although challenges remain, “trends point toward a continent that is learning to deal with democracy.â€
Timothy Longman, Director of the BU African Studies Center, suggested a bottom-up approach to understanding the continent’s dynamics. “We should learn to listen and see more attentively to what ordinary people in Africa are saying and doing,†he said.
Julius Gatune Kariuki, a visiting Pardee and African Center of Economic Transformation fellow, pointed out that although natural resources drive Africa’s recent economic growth, the service sector has also proven to be vibrant.
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in collaboration with the African Studies Center, the African Presidential Archives & Research Center, and the Center for Global Health & Development, on December 6, 2010.
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Climate Change, Arts, and the Media
What role do arts and the media play in climate change? A big one, according to experts who took part in a symposium that addressed how arts and the media influence the public’s perception of climate change. Andrew Revkin, senior fellow at the [...]Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and blogwriter for the New York Times’s “Dot Earth,†recognizes the importance of climate information but questions whether the public would act even with perfect information.
Igor Vamos, an associate professor of media arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, maintains that climate change is an umbrella topic for the environmental and social justice movements, and Stefan Rahmstorf, a physics professor at Potsdam University, points out that different socioeconomic realities impact public discourse on both sides of the Atlantic. “Europe has a more positive attitude than the United States about what can be done to change energy consumption patterns,†he says.
Hosted by the Pardee Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Goethe-Institut Boston, and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen on October 18, 2010.
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