Chicago Council on Global Affairs: "India Unbound? The Complex Reality on the Subcontinent" by David Malone October 19, 2010

The recent global economic downturn has only highlighted India’s continued rise in global prominence as it develops centers of innovation, research, and technology. The one billion strong potential of the growing Indian consumer market has attracted the export-driven economies of Southeast Asia, culminating in last year’s ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement. Yet, more than half of India’s population live on less than two dollars a day, many in rural areas without electricity and untouched by the economic progress evident in its urban centers. Join us for a breakfast conversation with David Malone, who will discuss the driving forces and constraints behind India’s evolving economy, international engagement, as well as the implications for the increasingly important U.S.-India relationship.

David Malone is the president of Canada’s International Development Research Centre. Malone previously served the Canadian government as high commissioner to India and non-resident ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal from 2006 to 2008. From 1998 to 2004, he was president of the International Peace Academy. He has served as professor at the University of Toronto, Columbia University’s Graduate School of International and Public Affairs, and New York University’s School of Law, among others. Malone is a graduate of l’Université de Montréal, American University in Cairo, Harvard, and Oxford Universities.

His forthcoming book, Does the Elephant Dance: Contemporary Foreign Policy in India, will be released in 2011 by Oxford University Press.