Rethinking Good Governance

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Speaker
Brian Levy

Senior Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; author, Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategy

Presider
Isobel Coleman

Senior Fellow and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations

Isobel Coleman hosts Brian Levy, senior adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, for a discussion on the relationship between good governance and economic progress.

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