The emerging world is facing the massive dual challenge of transforming itself into advanced economies in a sustainable way and adjusting to technological change and the increasingly binding environmental and social constraints. Academic work has been underway in a joint policy research initiative titled "Avoiding the Middle Income Trap".
This public event will present new research results in the areas of regional patterns of reform; risks of reform reversals, and global investment and their local enablers at the regional and city level and financing channels.
The panel includes:
- Dr Andrew Powell, Principal Advisor in the Research Department, IDB
- Professor Gareth Jones, Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Centre, LSE
- Dr Ralph de Haas, Director of Research, EBRD
- Professor Erik Berglof, Director of the Institute of Global Affairs, LSE (chair)
