Author of Why Nations Fail to speak at SALISES Distinguished Lecture

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For Release Upon Receipt - April 25, 2017St. Augustine– The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St. Augustine in collaboration with the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago present the 18th Annual SALISES Conference under the theme, Small Nations, Dislocations, Transformations, Sustainable Development in SIDS. Headlining this year’s Distinguished Lecture is developmental scholar and 2017 Sir Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecturer, Professor James A. Robinson of the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He is widely recognised as the award-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. The public is invited to attend the Distinguished Lecture on April 27 from 7 to 9pm at the Hyatt Regency Port of Spain, Regency V.   The SALISES conference rotates annually among The UWI’s three landed Campuses and highlights scholarly and other Caribbean development products with the capstone of a Distinguished Lecture. Professor James Robinson is the Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and Faculty Director of the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. He has a particular interest in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.  His role as co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, with Daron Acemoglu, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT has garnered him international acclaim. Translated into 32 languages since its publication in 2012, the book offers a unique historic exploration of why some countries have flourished economically while others have fallen into poverty. He has also written and coauthored numerous books and articles, including the much lauded Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (also with Acemoglu). The SALISES conference takes place from April 26 to 28 with a public opening ceremony on April 26 from 6.30 ...

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