Economic Development and the Muslim World: A Short Report

A seminar on Economic Development and the Muslim World was held at Harvard Law School on October 12, 2004 as an activity of the Islamic Finance Project of the Islamic Legal Studies Program. The seminar featured Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University, who spoke on Long-term Perspectives on Economic Development in the Islamic World. As discussant, Dr. Ghiath Shabsigh, Deputy Director for the Middle East of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), addressed the connection between economic development and finance, and how they both ultimately impacted Islamic finance.