“International Symposium on State Building and Economic Development: Historical and Contemporary Cases” was held on Saturday, September 22, 2012. This symposium was organized by the Global COE program called “The Transferability of East Asian Development Strategies.” 

  In this symposium, we shared the findings of this GCOE program and invited Professor James Robinson (Harvard University) and Professor Osamu Saito (Hitotsubashi University) as special lecturers. The symposium provided the opportunity for considering issues involved in state building and economic development.

At the question and answer session, the participants asked a lot of questions. The session was so active that it lasted beyond the scheduled time.

The program and profile of the presenters for this symposium are here.