Nobel Laureate Eric Maskin Addresses Issues of Globalization and Inequality at the 11th African Economic Conference
- Publisher:
- AfDB
- Publication Date:
- 9 December 2016
- Tags:
- Africa, Sustainable Development
On Day 1 of the 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, Prof. Eric Maskin of Harvard University and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics made a short presentation on why globalization is accelerating inequality instead of reducing it. Maskin called for greater skills education and training, to provide people usually in rural agricultural areas with the means to enable them to find jobs in agro-industry.
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