Book Talk with Deepak Nayyar
Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy
March 5, 2014 · 6:30-8:00PM
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, Room 801
- Deepak Nayyar, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Moderator: Akbar Noman, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Deepak Nayyar will talk about his new book, Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy, which analyzes and discusses the following themes:
- The evolution of developing countries in the world economy from a long-term historical perspective
- The contours of change for developing countries in the world economy from dominance through decline to fall and rise
- The notion of “Catch up” in terms of industrialization and development from a global macro perspective with a focus on underlying economic factors
- Similarities and differences between regions or countries and divergences within a diverse developing world
Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy was published by Oxford University Press.