Paul Collier

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) (2008)

• Collier speaker profile at TED
• Video: "4 ways to improve the lives of the "bottom billion"

Library of Economics and Liberty (2008)

• Podcast: "Collier on the Bottom Billion"

Carnegie Council (2008)

• Presentation on "The Bottom Billion": video, audio , and transcript

Royal Economic Society (2006)

• 2006 Annual Public Lecture: War and Peace in Africa
  

Lectures to official bodies (2004):

• rare ‘keynote address’ to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
• seminar in 10 Downing St.
• lecture at the Foreign Office (attended by 130 people),
• keynote address to the Annual Conference of the Government Economic Service
• training session for Special Representatives of the UN Secretary General in post-conflict countries.
• Training session for World Bank staff engaged on conflict policy.
• two lectures at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit at the Cabinet Office;
• three lectures at DFID.

Lectures in developing countries (2004):

• the Middle East Economic Forum, Beirut;
• the Global Development Network, ( Dakar);
• the African Economic Research Consortium, ( Nairobi);
• NEPAD ( Pretoria)
• the Policy Institutes Forum ( Harare).

Lectures for civil society (2004):

• Swisspeace ( Zurich),
• the Royal Africa Society ( London),
• the Netherlands Development Association ( Amsterdam).

Conference Papers

• The challenge of economic reform , keynote, Nigerian Economic Summit, Abuja, September 2003.
• Low-income countries under stress , Department for International Development , London, October 2003.
• Oil and conflict: Reducing the risks , keynote, Swisspeace Annual Conference, Berne, October 2003.
• Timber and the risk of conflict , keynote, African Forestry Summit, Doula, October 2003.
• Africa ’s development syndromes, Yale, November 2003.
• Conflict in Africa , Royal African Society, London, November 2003.
• Globalization and conflict , Annual Globalization Lecture, Nottingham University, November 2003.
• Monetary and exchange rate policy during a period of reform , keynote, Central Bank of Nigeria Annual Conference, Abuja, December 2003.
• Conflict and development, 10 Downing Street, February 2004.
• Conflict and development, Foreign Office, February 2004.
• Governance and growth in Africa, Department for International Development W orkshop, Brighton, February 2004.
• Making oil work for development: Options and strategies, West African Oil Producing States Workshop, Libreville, February 2004.
• Policies for multinational corporations in conflict affected and conflict prone countries, Africa Business Group, SOAS, March 2004.
• Conflict and development: An economist’s perspective , American University, Washington DC, April 2004.
• Conflict in Africa: An economist’s perspective , Centre for African Studies, St Antony’s College, Oxford, April 2004.
• Development and security: Striking a just balance in the global environment, Department of Ethics, Stanford, April 2004.
• Donor strategies for conflict prevention and post conflict recovery , World Bank Institute, April 2004.
• The economic analysis of civil war, keynote, Social Science Research Council Workshop, Washington DC, April 2004.
• Private sector development in frontier environments, keynote, World Bank Private Sector Development Annual Conference, April 2004.
• Two studies in the political economy of Africa: Conflict and growth, Department of Government, Harvard, April 2004.
• Oil, governance and growth , British Petroleum/ODI Workshop on Oil and Development, May 2004.
• Perspectives for a just globalization , Department of Philosophy, University of Zurich, May 2004.
• Policies for conflict prevention and post conflict recovery , Department for International Development Workshop, Brighton, May 2004.
• Policies for reducing the incidence of civil war: A cost-benefit analysis, Copenhagen, May 2004.
• Trade relations and the poorest countries: What are the key issues? , Madrid, May 2004.
• Development and security: The agenda , Development and Security Conference, CSAE, University of Oxford, June 2004.
• Economics of conflict , keynote, Nordic Economic Society, Gothenberg, June 2004.
• G8 policies for poverty reduction , Cabinet Office, June 2004.
• Integrating military development strategies for conflict reduction , keynote, UNSMAS, Oslo, June 2004.
• Conditionality revisited , DAC Conference on Conditionality, Paris, July 2004.
• Conflict reduction: The future of non-military intervention , keynote, Berlin, July 2004.
• Economics at the frontier: The economic analysis of conflict , keynote, Government Economic Service Annual Conference, University of Oxford, July 2004.
• Military expenditure in post-conflict societies , The Economics of Conflict Workshop, Berlin, July 2004.
• The economics of conflict , University of Balerics, Las Palmas, September 2004.
• Global public goods for the promotion of international trade and security , Global Public Goods Workshop, Stockholm, September 2004.
• Policies for post-conflict recovery , Berlin, September 2004.
• War economies: The international policy agenda , keynote, Swisspeace, Berne, September 2004.
• African conflict: Towards a NEPAD agenda , keynote, NEPAD, Pretoria, October 2004.
• Conflict and development , keynote, General Assembly, United Nations, New York, October 2004.
• Development and conflict , Netherlands Development Association, Amsterdam, October 2004.
• Economic policies for post-conflict recovery , UNITAR, Geneva, October 2004.
• International interventions for reducing civil war , Belfer Center, Harvard, October 2004.
• African growth: Opportunities and choices , keynote, African Policy Institutes Forum, Zimbabwe, November 2004.
• Aid in the context of ‘difficult partnerships’ , DAC, Paris, November 2004.
• Development and conflict , University of Bradford Annual Development Lecture, November 2004.
• Economic growth in Africa and Asia: The opportunities and choices , keynote, IMF Workshop, Nairobi, November 2004.
• The role of labour market policy in increasing poverty in low income countries , Labour Markets Workshop, World Bank, Washington DC, November 2004.
• African growth: Why a big push , keynote, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, December 2004.
• Iraq : Applying the lessons of post-conflict economic recovery , keynote, Middle East and North Africa Research Consortium, Beirut, December 2004.