In conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme, PERI has the privilege of hosting a conference in honor of Aziz Khan, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside. For forty years Professor Khan has made path-breaking contributions to development economics, particularly through his original approaches to the analysis of labor conditions and poverty reduction.

Conference participants include:
Diana Alarcon, United Nations Development Programme
Lopamudra Banerjee, New School for Social Research
James Boyce, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mark Brenner, Labor Notes
Achin Chakraborty, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata
Anirban Dasgupta, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands
Gary Dymski, University of California, Riverside
Mwangi wa Githinji, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Keith Griffin, University of California, Riverside
James Heintz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mahbub Hossain, BRAC, Bangladesh
Amy Ickowitz, Clark University
Nurul Islam, International Food Policy Research Institute
Rizwanul Islam, International Labour Organization
Salim Jahan, United Nations Development Programme
Victor Lippit, University of California, Riverside
Arthur MacEwan, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Wahiduddin Mahmud, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prasanta Pattanaik, University of California, Riverside
Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rushidan Islam Rahman, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Mohan Rao, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Arslan Razmi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Carl Riskin, East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Binayak Sen, The World Bank
Eduardo Zepeda, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Download the conference schedule (last updated March 24) here.

For more information about the conference, please contact Judy Fogg.