DRI Annual Conference 2014: Cities and Development

On November 18th, 2014 the NYU Development Research Institute, in conjunction with the Marron Institute, hosted its Annual Conference "Cities and Development: Urban Determinants of Success." Speakers included Edward Glaeser, Nassim Taleb, Paul Romer, Bill Easterly, Laura Freschi, and Alain Bertaud.

The success and failure of cities reveal powerful development forces which are hard to see on a national scale. Ideology, policy, risk, and the spread of people, goods and ideas operate in unique ways in urban environments. From Beirut to Lusaka to New York, city-level analyses bring new perspectives to development debates.

The highlights of the 2014 NYU Development Research Institute Annual Conference "Cities and Development: Urban Determinants of Success," co-hosted with NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management on November 18, 2014.

Paul Romer's presentation "The Power of the Grid" at the 2014 NYU DRI Annual Conference "Cities and Development" co-hosted by NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management on November 18, 2014.

Bill Easterly and Laura Freschi's presentation "A Long History of a Short Block: Four Centuries of Development Surprises on a Single Stretch of a New York City Street" at the 2014 NYU DRI Annual Conference "Cities and Development" co-hosted by NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management on November 18, 2014.

Edward Glaeser's presentation "Cities in the Developing World" at the 2014 NYU DRI Annual Conference "Cities and Development" co-hosted by NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management on November 18, 2014.

Alain Bertaud's presentation "The Effects of Top-Down Design versus Spontaneous Order on Housing Affordability: Examples from Southeast Asia" at the 2014 NYU DRI Annual Conference "Cities and Development" co-hosted by NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management on November 18, 2014.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb's presentation "Small is Beautiful--But Also Less Fragile" at the 2014 NYU DRI Annual Conference "Cities and Development" co-hosted by NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management on November 18, 2014.