The 15th Annual Louis Lynch Memorial Lecture on the topic of Prices, Poverty and Public Policy in Barbados.

Venue: Grande Salle
Time: 7:30 p.m.
The public is invited
Speaker:  Professor Andrew Downes

The featured speaker at the 15th annual Louis Lynch Memorial Lecture is Professor Andrew Downes, a Professor of Economics at the University of the West Indies-Cave Hill Campus and Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies.  

Professor Downes has held several advisory positions, and served as Chairman, Executive Committee, Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, as well as Lead Negotiator for CARICOM, Consultative Group on Smaller Economies, FTAA Negotiations.  

A Barbadian national, he holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Manchester and an M.Sc. (Economics) University of the West Indies and B.Sc. (Economics) University of the West Indies.  His main research interests are in: Applied Econometrics, Human Resource and Labour Economics, Economics of Business Decisions/Organisational Economics, and Economic Growth and Development in Small Developing Countries.  

The holder of numerous academic awards and fellowships, Professor Downes lectures in the area of quantitative economics, a strength he brings to the Regional Negotiating Machinery  as an advisor. 
The public is invited to attend.
Information courtesy http://www.crnm.org/prof_downes.htm.

Event Information:
March 10th, 2008
Free Event
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