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SUMMARY:Institutions and their Discontents: Rethinking Economic Developmen
 t in South Asia - Speaker to be confirmed
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CONTACT:Speaker to be confirmed
DESCRIPTION:The conference aims to bring together leading economists\, pol
 itical scientists and historians to debate a key tenet of modern developme
 nt theory: the crucial link between the development of strong institutions
  and sustained economic growth. The primacy accorded to institutions by em
 inent scholars like Dani Rodrik and Daron Acemoglu has been challenged by 
 academics like Ha-joon Chang\, but the debate has remained closeted among 
 economists. This conference aims to enrich and expand the dialogue by enga
 ging experts from other disciplines like sociology\, politics and history 
 to contextualise the emergence of institutions in their historical and soc
 io-political context. The geographical focus on South Asia will enable the
  discussion to be grounded and targeted at understanding one of the poores
 t regions of the world\, often castigated for its weak and corrupt institu
 tions. The diversity in the fortunes of India and other regional players l
 ike Pakistan\, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh\, will allow a critical appreciati
 on of other factors helping or hindering economic growth with or without s
 trong institutions.\n\nKeynote speakers: Prof. Akhil Gupta (UCLA) and Dr H
 a-joon Chang (University of Cambridge)\n\nOther speakers include: Prof. Si
 r Christopher Alan Bayly (University of Cambridge)\, Prof. Stuart Corbridg
 e (London School of Economics)\, Prof. Jean Paul Faguet (London School of 
 Economics)\, Prof. Barbara Harriss-White (University of Oxford)\, Prof. Da
 vid Washbrook (University of Cambridge)\, Dr Tomas Larsson (University of 
 Cambridge)\, Dr Kamal Munir (University of Cambridge) and Dr Jaideep Prabh
 u (University of Cambridge)
LOCATION:CRASSH Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9D
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