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Book Event 
Reclaiming Nature: Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration in the Developing World

Talks and discussion with James K. Boyce, Co-editor of "Reclaiming Nature:
Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration." 

Book Signing to Follow Talk

Wednesday April 16, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Mugar 200 – The Fletcher School
160 Packard Avenue, Tufts Medford Campus
View map here

Download event flyer here

Sponsored by:
The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE), Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), and Peace and Justice Studies.

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Enclave Economy Book Tour

 

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Past Events

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Book Event: Bridging the Development Gap:
Making Globalization Work for Developing Countries

Talks and discussion with Ha-Joon Chang, author of "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism," and Kevin P. Gallagher, author of "The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico's Silicon Valley."

Watch the video interview with the authors here

Book Signing and Reception with Snacks and Drinks to Follow Talk

Monday January 28, 2008
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Cabot 702 – The Fletcher School
160 Packard Avenue, Tufts Medford Campus
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Download event flyer here

Sponsored by:
The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE), Center for International Environmental and Resource Policy (CIERP), Tufts Latin American Studies Program (LAS), Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE), Environmental Sustainability Initiative (ESI)

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GDAE is pleased to be co-sponsoring the following event with Tufts Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and Tufts WSSS Program:

Professor Alvaro González-Gervasio
The Department of Geography, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

"The Transboundary Environmental Conflict Between Argentina and Uruguay"

Thursday November 1, 6-8PM

Cabot 205, The Fletcher School
160 Packard Ave.

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The 2007 Leontief Prize
for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought

“Climate Change, Economic
Development, and Global Equity”

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
5:00-7:30 pm

Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, Medford Campus, Tufts University
Ceremony and addresses will be followed by a reception.

Click here for more details

 

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Kamal Malhotra

“National Trade and Development Strategies:
Lessons from Successful Experiences in Asia”

Kamal Malhotra is UNDP’s Senior Adviser on Inclusive
Globalisation, and heads the Bureau of Development Policy’s
trade policy work and team.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Cabot 702 – The Fletcher School
160 Packard Avenue, Tufts Medford Campus
Reception with snacks and drinks to follow talk

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GDAE Open House 2007

Tuesday September 18th, 2007
5:30-7:00 PM at GDAE


Come enjoy free food and drinks
while learning about GDAE!

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"The New Politics of Intellectual Property in Latin America"

Dr. Kenneth Shadlen

Senior Research Fellow with GDAE's Globalization and Sustainable Development Program and Associate Professor of Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science


Tuesday, April 17, 2007
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Cabot 206
Tufts' Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy

160 Packard Avenue, Tufts Medford Campus
Map and Directions Available Here

Reception with Brazilian food to follow talk
Sponsored by:
The Global Development And Environment Institute, the Tufts Latin American Studies Program, and the Fletcher Latin America Group

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GDAE Brown Bag Lunch Talks - 2007

Friday February 2, 12:30-1:30PM – Dr. Lloyd Jeff Dumas, professor of economics and public policy at The University of Texas at Dallas, will give an informal talk on 'The Climate Change Challenge'

Wednesday February 21, 12:30-1:30PM – Dr. Brian Roach, GDAE Research Associate, on increasing public funding of R&D related to Climate Change

Wednesday March 7, 12:30-1:30PM – Dr. Liz Stanton, GDAE Researcher, on her dissertation work with the Human Development Index

Friday March 23, 12:30-1:30PM – Dr. Ann Helwege, GDAE Senior Research Fellow, and Melissa Birch, GDAE Research Assistant, on Poverty in Latin America: Are We Really Making Progress?

Tuesday April 3, 10:00 - 11:00AM – Rick Reibstein, Senior Analyst, Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance, on Benefits of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act: Qualitative and Quantitative Measures

Wednesday April 4, 12:30-1:30PMDr. Neva Goodwin, GDAE Co-Director, on Macroeconomics & the Environment

Wednesday April 25, 12:30-1:30PM – Dr. Kevin Gallagher, GDAE Senior Researcher, and Roberto Porzecanski, GDAE Research Assistant, on Taking Away the Ladder? China and the Competitiveness of Latin American Exports

RESCHEDULED: Wednesday May 2, 12:30-1:30PM – Elanor Starmer, GDAE Research Assistant, on her Masters thesis on Industrial Livestock Farming - rescheduled to Wednesday May 16, from 12:30-1:30PM 

Wednesday May 9, 12:30-1:30PM – Suzanne Bremer, GDAE Project Coordinator for the Social Science Library, on Wicked Good Wikis: Using Wiki Websites to Manage Complex Projects

Wednesday May 16, 12:30-1:30PM - Elanor Starmer, GDAE Research Assistant, on her Masters thesis on Industrial Livestock Farming

 *These informal talks take place in the 3rd floor conference room of GDAE’s offices at 44 Teele Ave.

Download a flyer with the complete talk schedule here.

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GDAE 2006 Open House
Tuesday September 12th, 2006
5:30-7:00 PM at GDAE
Come learn about GDAE!

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The 2006 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought

“Economics for an Imperfect World:
Building on the Galbraith Legacy”

Thursday, October 5, 2006, 5:00-7:30 pm
Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, Medford Campus, Tufts University

Award recipients and lecturers:

Dr. Juliet Schor
Professor of Sociology, Boston College
Author of The Overworked American and Born to Buy:
 The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture
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Dr. Samuel Bowles
Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program, Santa Fe Institute; Professor of Economics, University of Siena; Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts Author of The Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life and Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions and Evolution

Ceremony and addresses will be followed by a reception.
This event is free and open to the public. Click here for more information.


 

Socially Responsible Microfinance: The Way Forward

Presentations and discussion on best management practices for designing and implementing microfinance investment to meet the needs of the world’s poor in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. A reception will follow.

Speakers:
William F. Foote, Founding President & Executive Director, EcoLogic Finance
Elizabeth Israel, Co-founder and President, Green Microfinance, LLC

With introductions by Dr. Neva Goodwin of the Global Development and Environment Institute and Professor Kim Wilson of the Tufts Fletcher School.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Cabot 205, Tufts Medford Campus

An event co-sponsored by the Global Development and Environment Institute, the Fletcher Microfinance Club, the Fletcher Environment and Sustainability Initiative and the Tufts Institute of the Environment.

Find directions on the web at: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/directions/Default.asp

For more information contact gdae@tufts.edu

View the event flyer

GDAE-Fletcher School Mexico Political Economy Seminar

Upcoming events in the series include:

6 April: “Promise and Pitfalls of Migrant Investment in Local Development” with Rodolfo Garcia Zamora (University of Zacatecas); Efrain Jimenez (Federation of Zacatecan Clubs of Southern California); and Jill Wheeler (Inter-American Foundation)

13 April: “Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of the Billions Hidden in Plain Sight” with Donald Terry (Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank)

20 April: “Remittances and Financial Services” with Manuel Orozco (Georgetown University) and Kai Schmitz (Microfinance International)

We are presently compiling a list of attendees for each seminar. Please RSVP to Nora Millan-Rivas at <nora.millan@tufts.edu> no later than Wednesday, March 29, so that we can order the correct amount of food.

For more on GDAE's Globalization and Sustainable Development Program: http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/policy_research/globalization.html

Find directions on the web at: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/directions/Default.asp


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email: gdae@tufts.edu

 

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