Governance, Capture and Corruption: Evidence and Solutions for a Changed World
05 March 2019, 6:15 pm–7:30 pm
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Julia Kreienkamp+4402031089290
Location
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Gideon Schreier Lecture Theatre056: Bentham House4-8 Endsleigh GardensLondonWC1H 0EGUnited Kingdom
How costly are mis-governance and corruption? Are some sectors and countries particularly vulnerable? What is state capture and what can be done about it? What are the central elements of approaches to good governance and corruption control in the future? These are just some of the questions Daniel Kaufmann, president and CEO of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, will address in this keynote lecture.
About the Speaker
Daniel Kaufmann
Daniel Kaufmann, President and CEO, Natural Resource Governance Institute, Daniel Kaufmann is the president and CEO of the Natural Resource Governance Institute. A recognized innovator and expert on governance and anticorruption around the world, he is currently a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative international board and serves in various international advisory boards, including the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Anticorruption and Integrity and the Inter-American Development Bank’s President High-Level Advisory Group on Transparency. He has also held several high-level positions at the World Bank. Kaufmann, a Chilean, received an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at Harvard, and a B.A. in economics and statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.