Second annual Freedom and Prosperity Research Conference 2024 | The Atlantic Council | 27 February 2024 | Atlantic Council Headquarters, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor, Washington, DC 20005, USA

Scholars and policymakers from around the world will have an opportunity to present their research and analysis on international development and the relationship between freedom and prosperity.

The conference will consist of remarks by keynote speakers as well as research presentations focused on a variety of issues and regions. Presenters will consist of academics from leading institutions and organizations, as well as policymakers and current and former officials representing nations from all corners of the worl

2024 Speakers

Julio Amador Diaz Lopez
Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Senior Advisor, Atlantic Council

Rabah Arezki
Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School
Former Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank

Ignacio Campomanes
Resident Fellow, Center for International Development, Navarra University, Spain
Senior Advisor, Atlantic Council

Kelley E. Currie
Former United States’ Representative, UN Economic and Social Council; Former Alternative Representative, UN General Assembly
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Simeon Djankov
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Bulgaria
Policy Director of Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics

Bill Easterly
Professor of Economics, Co-Director of the NYU Development Research Institute
New York University

Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Quantedge Presidential Professor, Department of Economics
University of California, Berkeley

Khemaies Jhinaoui
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tunisia, Founder and President of the Tunisian Council on International Relations
Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council

Greg Mills
Director, The Brenturst Foundation
South Africa

Robert Mudida
Director of Research, Central Bank of Kenya
Nonresident Fellow, Navarra Center for International Development

Patrick Quirk
Vice-President for Strategy, Innovation, and Impact, International Republican Institue
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Kimberly A. Reed
Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council

Vanessa Rubio-Marquez
Associate Dean for Extended Education, School of Public Policy, London School of Economics
Former Senator and three times Deputy Minister, Mexico

Konstantin Sonin
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Lauren Van Metre
Director, Peace, Climate, and Democratic Resilience, National Democratic Institute
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council