Panel Session - 'Building Effective States'

Panel Session - 'Building Effective States'

Presenter(s): Tim Besley, Paul Collier, Sushil Kumar Modi

Presentation date: Monday September 19 2011 18.30

Getting fragile states on a path of sustainable economic growth is currently a key policy imperative. This session discussed ways of breaking out of a political equilibrium that creates state fragility and creating one that generates sustained economic growth.

Paul Collier is director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University. Sushil Kumar Modi is deputy chief minister of Bihar, India.

The session took place on 19 September 2011 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE.

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