Williams College
Guest Speakers
Noted speakers are invited to the CDE to present public lectures and to conduct in-class seminars on topics relating to the problems faced by developing countries. These lectures offer a unique opportunity for CDE fellows to talk with some of the major policy makers in the field of economic development. The small class gives each student access to the speaker and affords an opportunity for a meaningful exchange of ideas.
Recent visitors have included His Excellency Sir Q. Ketumile J. Masire, former President of the Republic of Botswana; Richard Agenor, Hallsworth Chair in International Macroeconomics and Development Economics, Univeristy of Manchester; Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University Professor of Economics and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics; Amartya Sen, Lamont Univeristy Professor, Harvard University Professor of Economics and Philosophy and winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics.