Bren School OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT University of California, Santa Barbara

Presents

Scott Barrett

Director, EEST Program
Professor of Environmental Economics & International

Political Economy

Johns Hopkins University
10:00-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 20^th 2005

Pine Room, Bren Hall 3526

“Eradication”

This seminar will include discussions of when eradiction is optimal, eradication as an international game, and the financing of eradication. Scott will also discuss the previous success (smallpox) and the current effort (polio).

Scott Barrett is a professor of environmental economics and international political economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where he is also the director of the EEST Program. A specialist on international environmental policy, Professor Barrett was previously on the faculty of the University of London. He has published widely on the strategy of negotiating international environmental agreements, and received the Erik Kempe Prize for his research in this field. His new book on this subject, "Environment and Statecraft: the Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making," was published by Oxford University Press in 2003. Professor Barrett has advised a number of international and other organizations, including the European Commission, the Global Environment Facility, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Sponsored by Charlie Kolstad