Religious freedom & global development: Evidence, challenges, and opportunities

Dan Negrea chairs a discussion with academics and nonprofit leaders on the link between religious freedom and economic development. The group discusses the role religious freedom plays in economic development on both local and national levels and looks into how religious discrimination overlaps with economic investments and growth being siphoned to one identity group.

Yawovi Jean Attila, professor of canon law, Pontifical Urbanian University, Italy/Togo

Brian Grim, president, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, US

Joseph Lemoine, director, Freedom and Prosperity Center, Atlantic Council, US

Katherine Marshall, executive director, World Faiths Development Dialogue, Georgetown University, US

Adrian Pabst, professor of politics and University of Kent & Deputy Director, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK

MODERATOR:
Dan Negrea, senior director, Freedom and Prosperity Center, Atlantic Council, US