Enterprise Africa! lead researcher, Karol Boudreaux, will be at the Metropolitan State College of Denver October 7 to deliver a lecture concerning the relationship between entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation. The talk is part of a larger series entitled "Exploring Economic Freedom."

The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center presented a lecture by Sujai Shivakumar, Senior Program Officer at the National Academies. Dr. Shivakumar discussed the importance of crafting institutions for economic development and shared his experiences from advising the Somaliland government and civil society on developing a constitution. The presentation drew on Dr. Shivakumar's research at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University as well as fieldwork in fostering a constitutional framework in Somaliland.

Karol Boudreaux participated in a panel titled Intellectual Property: The Path From Ideas to Solutions at the 6th annual Chamber of Commerce conference on Intellectual Property.  Ms. Boudreaux discussed her work on genetically modified seed in South Africa and the importance of intellectual property rights to development.

This conference, coordinated by the Institute for Corporate Responsibility in collaboration with the C12 Group and the GWU Department of Religious Studies, examined the way businesses help to create peaceful societies. Enterprise Africa! lead researcher, Karol Boudreaux, presented her findings on the links between the coffee industry and reconciliation in Rwanda.

The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center presented a lecture by Anthony Chan, Deputy Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Haiti.

This talk explored the underlying political economic reasons for existing patterns of natural resource governance throughout Africa, strengths and weaknesses of existing reform strategies, and ideas for catalyzing institutional change more effectively.

The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University presented a lecture by Karol Boudreaux, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and Lead Researcher for Enterprise Africa!. Ms. Boudreaux discussed the upcoming South African election, the key policy issues facing South Africa, and the election's potential effect on economic growth and development.

Why do some societies prosper, while others remain stagnant and poor? Why do some economies remain strong while others fail? The Mercatus Center’s Global Prosperity Initiative works to answer these important questions by conducting scholarly research that helps policy makers better understand the driving forces behind international economic development as well as economic growth and opportunity in the United States. Please join us as the Mercatus Center hosts an expert panel to address these important topics.

In order to sort through the difficult challenges that face Africa and similar developing nations, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University hosted a lecture by Mercatus Senior Research Fellow, and lead researcher for the center’s Enterprise Africa! program, Karol Boudreaux. Ms. Boudreaux, who participated in a field study in South Africa on related issues, shared her research and experiences.

Enterprise Africa! Lead Researcher Karol Boudreaux spoke at South Africa's Stellenbosch University on strategies to boost long-term agricultural production in Africa. Please read the presentation to learn more.