Twelfth Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “The Idea of Antipoverty Policy”, by  Martin Ravallion (Edmond D. Villani Professor of Economics, Georgetown University), 15 December 2014, 6 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d’Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract How did we come to think that eliminating poverty is a legitimate goal for public

Eleventh Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “Industrialization and Globalization in the Long Run” by Kevin O’Rourke (Chichele Professor of Economic History, All Souls College, University of Oxford), 6 November 2013, 5 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d’Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract Industrialization has been the key to economic growth since the British Industrial

Tenth Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “State Effectiveness and Economic Development” by Timothy Besley (School Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science), 22 November 2012, 6 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d’Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract This lecture will explore determinants of state effectiveness and its role in supporting economic

Ninth Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “The Role of Cultural Diversity in Growth and Development: What do Economists Have to Say about This?” by  Thierry Verdier (Scientific Director, Paris School of Economics), 28 November 2011, 5 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d’Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract Starting with Max Weber, there is a

Eighth Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “The Future of Aid” by Nemat (Minouche) Shafik (Permanent Secretary, Department For International Development - DFID), 17 December 2010, 5 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d'Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract Aid is becoming bigger and more rigorous but also more global, fragmented and networked. The $170

Seventh Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “The Dollar in Doubt” by Barry Eichengreen (George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley), 4 December 2009, 5 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d’Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract Recent events have created new doubts about

Sixth Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “Accelerating Economic Growth in Africa” by  Anthony J. Venables (Professor of Economics, Oxford University; Director, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies), 17 October 2008, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d’Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract African economies have been growing fast in recent years,

Fifth Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “Does outsourcing change everything?” by Paul R. Krugman (Professor of Economic and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University – Nobel Prize in 2008), 11 June 2007, 5.30 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d’Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract New types of

Fourth Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “Employment and Development” by François Bourguignon (Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank; Professor of Economics, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris), 22 May 2006, 11 a.m. Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d'Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract How to create more and better jobs

Third Luca d’Agliano Lecture in Development Economics: “Globalization and Underdevelopment in the Pre-Modern Third World” by Jeffrey G. Williamson (Laird Belle Professor of Economics, Harvard University), 31 March 2006, 5.30 p.m., Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Palazzo d'Azeglio, Via Principe Amedeo 34, 10123 Turin. Abstract A large GDP per capita gap appeared between the industrial core and the