Series: ADB Distinguished Speakers Program Series

ADB Distinguished Speakers Program Series

05 July 2019

Manila

Philippines

Since 1982, the Asian Development Bank has organized the Distinguished Speakers Program, inviting eminent scholars and policy practitioners from around the world to speak on development issues that are of special relevance to Asia. The Distinguished Speakers Program has played an instrumental role in allowing ADB to keep abreast of cutting-edge development issues and comprises a high-profile public lecture. Since its inception, 54 distinguished scholars and policy practitioners have participated in the program, including Jagdish Bhagwati, Lawrence Klein, Anne Krueger, Raghuram Rajan, Dani Rodrik, Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Manmohan Singh, Joseph Stiglitz, Justin Yifu Lin, Barry Eichengreen, Robert Merton, Paul Romer, and Takatoshi Ito.

Program and Learning Materials:

05 Jul 2019

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material
05 Jul 2019	8 November 2022	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Driving Food Security through Digitalization of Food Supply Chains Digitalization of both trade and financial flows can streamline access to finance enabling efficient and timely use of capital by swiftly directing...
05 Jul 2019	19 January 2022	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program—Daron Acemoglu Is the world today afflicted with excessive automation? In this lecture, Professor Daron Acemoglu discussed automation and its consequences, including...
05 Jul 2019	08 June 2021	ADB Distinguished Speaker Program—Edward Glaeser Cities have the potential to play a fundamental role in bringing entrepreneurs and workers together, creating new and better jobs, and driving economic...
05 Jul 2019	1 October 2020	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Michael Kremer Delivering a safe, effective vaccine will be a turning point in the fight against COVID-19. Drawing on his ongoing research, Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer...
05 Jul 2019	2 August 2019	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Isaac Ehrlich In this lecture entitled, "Human Capital and Economic Development", Professor Isaac Ehrlich discussed the critical role of human capital in determining...
05 Jul 2019	7 January 2016	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Takatoshi Ito Asian emerging market countries have followed a path of growth convergence from a low-income, high-growth state to a middle-income, middle-growth state...
05 Jul 2019	28 January 2015	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Paul Romer In this session of the ADB Distinguished Speakers Series, Paul Romer gave a lecture on "Urbanization and Development: The Power of the Grid". He highlighted...
05 Jul 2019	22 October 2013	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Robert Merton Macro financial risk propagation and its implications on financial stability have emerged as major concerns of governments and financial institutions, ...
05 Jul 2019	11 January 2013	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Barry Eichengreen Internationalization of the renminbi is a stated goal of the Chinese government, its brief flirtation with Special Drawing Rights and an Asian Currency...
05 Jul 2019	25 October 2011	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: James Mirrlees In this presentation, Professor James Mirrlees,Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge and Master of Morningside College...
05 Jul 2019	22 July 2010	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Michael Kremer In this presentation, Professor Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of Developing Societies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, highlighted...
05 Jul 2019	31 July 2009	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Abhijit Banerjee There has been an explosion of experimental research in development economics over the last 15 years. In this presentation, Professor Abhijit Banerjee...
05 Jul 2019	03 October 2007	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Partha Dasgupta In this presentation, Sir Partha Dasgupta explains the interface in poor countries of population growth, rural poverty, and deterioration of the local...
05 Jul 2019	15 November 2006	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Raghuram Rajan India has followed an idiosyncratic pattern of development, certainly compared with other fast-growing Asian economies. While the importance of services...
05 Jul 2019	31 March 2006	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: Dani Rodrik The disappointments of the Washington Consensus have led to the search for a new paradigm to replace it. The chief failing of the Washington Consensus...
05 Jul 2019	18 January 2006	ADB Distinguished Speakers Program: William Easterly Only for the recipients of foreign aid is something akin to central planning seen as a way to achieve prosperity. In this presentation, Professor William...