Forum for European Philosophy

World Poverty and the Duty of Assistance

Tuesday 27th June 2006
Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE, WC2A

9.40    Prof. Jonathan Glover (KCL)
             Poverty, Distance and Two Dimensions of Ethics

10.30 Break

11.00 Dr. Linda Yueh  (Oxford and LSE)
            Economic growth and poverty reduction in China
            Prof. Jan Breman (Amsterdam)
            Looking at poverty in a village in India for half a century

13.00 Lunch Break

14.00 Prof. Paul Collier (Oxford and formerly of the World Bank)
            Beyond the role of victim: how we can best help Africa
            Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah responds
            (formerly Minister in Ghanaian government)

16.00 Break

16.30 Prof. David Miller (Oxford)
            Who is responsible for global poverty?
            Mr. David Mepham responds (IPPR and formerly of DFID)

18.00 Prof. Leif Wenar (Sheffield) Concluding remarks