Globalisation and Poverty- the Case of Pakistan
11 December 2008. 3:00-4:30pm. ARC Seminar Room V1009
Speaker: Dr. Imran S. Chaudhry, Visiting Fellow, ARC
Successes and Challenges of China's Food Strategy. Is China a Threat to Global Food Security?
10 December 2008. 3:00-4:30pm. U8, Tower One, LSE
Speaker: Dr. Ajmal M. Qureshi. Senior Fellow, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
Tax Reform in India: Recent Progress
EVENT CANCELLED. 24 November 2008. 6:30-8:00pm. Room S50, St. Clements, LSE
Speaker: Dr. Partho Shome, HMRC
Chair: Dr. Ruth Kattumuri
Economic Insecurity of Indian Households: Evidence from a Recent Survey
20 November 2008. 6:00-7:30pm. Room H102, Connaught House, Aldwych
Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Shukla, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi
Chair: Professor Athar Hussain
ESRC - ICSSR Workshop on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change
17-18 November, New Delhi

This workshop was organized in New Delhi to bring together invited scholars from the UK and India, to discuss their current research. It explored the potential for developing a collaborative research agenda. Around thirty invited scholars from the UK and from India participated in this workshop. Discussions were organized around the following four themes:
- Urban Environment Sustainability: Factors driving decision making under conditions of multiple sources of uncertainty; Socio-economic consequences of different policies and strategies.
- Low Carbon Technologies: Development and transfer of environmental technologies including low carbon technologies, and institutional issues related to financing and decentralization.
- Adaptation to Climate Change: Water and food security; Institutional barriers to efficient, effective and equitable adaptation; Tools and strategies for adaptation in the public and private sectors
- Energy policy, sustainability and environmental change: socio-economic, environmental and political implications of alternative energy strategies.
The Prospects of Democratisation in Afghanistan
12 November 2008. 6:30-8:00pm. Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Building, LSE
Speaker: Dr. Rangin Dadfur Spanta, Foreign Minister for Afghanistan
Chair: Prof. Jo Beall.
Co-hosts: Crisis States Research Centre and ARC
Asia's Long Peace: Explanation and Projection
10 November 2008. 6:30-8:00pm. Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Speaker: Prof. Muthiah Alagappa, Centre for Governance and International Affairs, Bristol
Chair: Prof. John Sidel, LSE
The Global Democracy Debate: Reflections on the India Experience
7 November 2008. 2:30-4:00pm. D211, Clement House, LSE
Speaker: Professor Chandan Sengupta, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
Chair: Prof. Lord Meghnad Desai, LSE.
China, America and India: The dragon, the eagle and the elephant - or stone, scissors and paper?
6 November 2008. 6:30-8:00pm. New Theatre, East Building, LSE
Speaker: Charles Dumas and David Smith
Chair: Prof. Athar Hussain, LSE
Economic Agendas in a Global Context: Reflections on the Role of Korea
Inaugural Korea Foundation-LSE Academic Exchange Programme Public Lecture
14 October 2008. 6:00pm. Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.
Speaker: Professor Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge
Chair: Prof. Lord Nicholas Stern, LSE
Japan's Grand Strategy
13 October 2008. 6:30-8:00pm. Tower One, U-8, LSE
Speaker: Professor Richard Samuels, Centre for International Studies, MIT
Chair: Prof. John Sidel, LSE
Tearing the Land Apart- Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand
9 October 2008. 6:00-7:30pm. H102, Connaught House. LSE
Speaker: Prof. Duncan McCargo, University of Leeds
Chair: Prof. John Sidel, LSE
The Two Faces of Asia: Bridging the Gap between High Growth Economies and the Poor
2 October 2008. 6:30-8:00pm. Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Speaker: Mr. Rajat Nag, Managing Director General, Asia Development Bank
Chair: Prof. Athar Hussain
Conference: The Emergence of China and India in the Global Economy.
3-5 July 2008
Sponsors: Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the India Observatory, and the Institute for Economic Research (IFO)
A forum to debate: For a Sociology of India
4 July 2008, S202, Clement House, LSE
Electoral Democracy in Plural Societies, - the Indian Experience.
4 July 2008, D209, Clement House, Aldwych, LSE.
Speaker: Mr. Navin Chawla, Electoral Commission, Government of India.
Chair: Lord Meghnad Desai
India: Managing Financial Globalisation
12 May 2008, 6pm. Graham Wallis Room, A550, Old Building, LSE.
Speaker: Dr. Charles Kramer, IMF
The Origins of the Permit-License-Quota Raj in India
12 May 2008, 6:30pm, G108, 20 Kingsway, LSE
Speaker: Professor Paul R. Brass, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
Communicative Power and Democratic Change. What Role for Global Civil Society in the 21st Century?
2 May 2008
Public Lecture - Integrated Energy Policy in India: Key to Sustainability
29 April 2008, 2-3pm, D302, Clement House, LSE
Speaker: Dr. Kirit S. Parikh. Planning Commission, Government of India.
Towards a Global Deal on Climate Change
31 March 2008
Speaker: Lord Nicholas Stern
Audience: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and the select Committee of Climate Change in India, including Mr P Chidambaram, Finance Minister; Mr Kapil Sibal, Science and Technology Minister, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Vice-Chairman of Planning Commission, Mr Kirit Parikh, Member of Planning Commission, Mr Nitin Desai, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Energy Research Institute, Mr Nandan Nilekani, CEO Infosys.
The Essence of the Manager: The balance between logic and intuition
26 February 2008