Global Economic Trends: The Business of Aid (Audio)
Listen to experts break down the relationship between foreign aid and local business in the developing world.
Speakers: Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
Lars H. Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, International Finance Corporation
Presider: Roger Leeds, Research Professor of International Finance and Director, Center for International Business and Public Policy, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
October 20, 2009
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