Event

From Surviving to Thriving: A New Vision for Global Development

Date
24 Nov 2025
Time
17:00 UK time
Speakers
Professor Asim Ijaz Khwaja
Where
Lady Margaret Hall, Simpkins Lee Theatre, Norham Gardens OX2 6QA
Series
Allama Iqbal Lecture
Organiser contact
Audience
Public
Cost
Free
Booking
Recommended
Professor Khwaja will share ideas on a new vision for global development that moves from a traditional poverty based lens to one that seeks to maximize each individual’s innate potential. Together with colleagues at the Harvard Center for International Development, this reimagining seeks to build a thriving world for all and not simply a surviving world for some. By reframing development as a co-investment in people’s potential, the talk will explore how to unlock trillions in global GDP growth and foster more inclusive, sustainable societies.