The Legal Path to Sustainable Development: Module 9
Using the Law to Finance Development (Part 1)
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Pre-reading study time2 hours
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Live session3.5 hours
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Community of Practice
Session 1: Global Trade and Development
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
Prof. James Scott
Kings College London
James Scott is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He works on global governance, with a primary focus on trade, and mainly with regard to the relationship between trade governance and development. James has an MA in Development Studies and a PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Manchester. He has published widely across the fields of trade, global governance, International Political Economy and development. He co-edited the books Trade, Poverty, Development: Getting beyond the WTO’s Doha Deadlock (2013), and Expert Knowledge in Global Trade (2015), both published by Routledge
Session 2: Tax Revenue – A Challenge for Development
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
John Christensen
Tax Justice Network
John Christensen is an economist and former economic adviser to the UK and Jersey governments. He has played a lead role in campaigning for tighter regulation and control of tax havens and offshore finance centres.
John is the founder of the Tax Justice Network, an independent international network dedicated to high-level research, analysis and advocacy in the field of international tax and the international aspects of financial regulation.