Charles Kenny
Audiences will learn about stunning global progress in areas from health and education through economic growth and poverty reduction --and why that progress matters to America. A healthier, wealthier, more peaceful and more productive world is a fantastic business opportunity for American companies, and a route to a more rewarding and interesting life for individuals.
Charles is the author of Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding and How We Can Improve the World Even More (Basic Books: 2011), The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Great for the West (Basic Books: 2014).
Charles spent fifteen years as an economist in the World Bank, travelling the planet from Baghdad and Kabul to Brasilia and Beijing. He now works at a Washington DC think tank, the Center for Global Development, where he researches and advocates for policies governing investment, trade, technology and migration that would be good for both developing and industrialized countries alike. In addition, he is a widely cited researcher on the economics of happiness. He has a history degree from Cambridge University and Masters degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Charles is a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine and was a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek. He writes on global development and its impact on the US. He has also written for outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Politico, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, Time, the Guardian, Vox, Salon and CNN.
Audiences will learn about stunning global progress in areas from health and education through economic growth and poverty reduction --and why that progress matters to America. A healthier, wealthier, more peaceful and more productive world is a fantastic business opportunity for American companies, and a route to a more rewarding and interesting life for individuals.
Charles is the author of Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding and How We Can Improve the World Even More (Basic Books: 2011), The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Great for the West (Basic Books: 2014).
Charles spent fifteen years as an economist in the World Bank, travelling the planet from Baghdad and Kabul to Brasilia and Beijing. He now works at a Washington DC think tank, the Center for Global Development, where he researches and advocates for policies governing investment, trade, technology and migration that would be good for both developing and industrialized countries alike. In addition, he is a widely cited researcher on the economics of happiness. He has a history degree from Cambridge University and Masters degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Charles is a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine and was a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek. He writes on global development and its impact on the US. He has also written for outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Politico, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, Time, the Guardian, Vox, Salon and CNN.
Why the rise of the Rest is great for the West
Global progress in the quality of life
Progress against global infection and how to stop the next plague
45-60 minute keynote designed for general audiences on global progress against infectious disease and the risks and challenges that remain. In the last few decades we've wiped out smallpox and brought polio to the edge of extinction. Measles and malaria could follow. For the first time since the dawn of history, most people are dying of non-infectious conditions. But if we aren't careful, infection could come back as the most common cause of death worldwide.
Happiness in the workplace and economic performance
45-60 Minute keynote designed for senior management on the economics and business of happiness. Happy people are more outgoing, optimistic and cooperative. It isn't surprising that they do better at work. That can be good for a company's -and a country's- bottom line. So, how do you make people happy? It isn't easy (a lot of it is in the genes). But there are things you can do. Limit the spread between high and low- paid employees, use promotions...
Technology and the Future of the Economy
