Date: Wednesday 22 September 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Nadeem ul Haque, Michael Keen, Dr Masihur Rahman, Rama Sithanen, Professor Joel Slemrod
Chair: Professor Tim Besley

To reduce reliance on foreign aid and financial inflows, policymakers across the developing world are seeking to improve domestic resource mobilisation. But doing so effectively and efficiently presents a huge policy challenge. More is at stake, however, than just revenue raising to fund socially valuable investments. Effective fiscal systems are a core element of state building and a barometer of state legitimacy and effectiveness.

Tim Besley Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science at LSE will moderate a distinguished panel of policymakers and a leading economist from Michigan University to discuss the importance of and challenges to domestic resource mobilisation.

Michael Keenis an advisor at the International Monetary Fund.

Nadeem ul Haque is Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission in Pakistan.

Masihur Rahman is the advisor for economic affairs to the prime minister of Bangladesh.

Rama Sithanen is former finance minister and vice-Prime Minister of Mauritius.

Joel Slemrod is Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy; Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. He is an LSE alumnus.

This is the last public event of Growth Week, a three day conference organised by the International Growth Centre. The previous public event is at 4.30pm on 22 September and is entitled Reforming Educational Systems.

On 12 October Andrew Mitchell, the UK Secretary of State for International Development take part in an event on Wealth Creation in Developing Countries with Professor Paul Collier, see event listing for more details.

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