The Institute for African Development Special Speaker Series is designed to bring distinguished African leaders and eminent persons to Cornell. It is expected that the Speaker will immensely contribute to the intellectual and scholarly environment at Cornell by introducing students to issues concerning Africa and by helping bring awareness to the wider community of the panoply of critical issues confronting the African continent. Issues presented will serve to help shape debate, influence policy direction, and more significantly, help stem the tide of misconceptions and simplifications pervasive in commentaries relating to Africa. All seminars free and open to the public.

Spring 2011 - Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: China's Engagement in Africa