Dr Marcin Piątkowski: Europe’s Growth Champion. Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland

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• Dr Marcin Piątkowski, Kozminski University and Harvard University
• Tuesday 27 November 2018, 13:00-14:30
• Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Antonia Kielkowska.

We are delighted to host Dr Marcin Piątkowski, a Senior Economist in the World Bank, who will join us in Cambridge for a lunchtime seminar and share his insights on Polish Economic Rise.

The lecture will present the key messages from the book on “Europe’s Growth Champion. Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland”, OUP 2018 , including: (i) why Poland and Central and Eastern Europe have been always underdeveloped, (ii) what were the drivers of Poland’s economic success after 1989, when it has become the fastest growing economy in Europe and in the world, among economies with a similar level of income, and (iii) what needs to happen for this success story to continue.

Biographic note: Dr. Marcin Piątkowski is a Senior Economist in the World Bank office in Beijing, China. Previously, he was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies, Chief Economist of PKO BP , the largest bank in Poland, economist in the European Department of the IMF and Advisor to IMF ’s Executive Director. During 2002-03, he served as Advisor to Poland’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, contributing to the fiscal reform program. Since 2000, he has taught economics at Kozminski University, the highest ranked business school in Central Europe. He holds a PhD in Economics from Kozminski University and M.A. in Finance and Banking (summa cum laude) from the Warsaw School of Economics. He tweets at @mmpiatkowski

Lunch will be provided

This talk is part of the Cambridge University Polish Society series.

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