WIDER Conference on The Role of Elites in Economic DevelopmentLars Buur, Neil Webster and Lindsay Whitfield organized a panel at the conference on 12-13 June 2009.Lars Buur, Neil Webster and Lindsay Whitfield organized a panel at 'The Role of Elites in Economic Development' conference at the World Institute for Development Economic Research in Helsinki, Finland, on 12-13 June 2009. The panel drew on research being done under 'The Elites and the New Poverty Agenda' research programme. Lars presented the paper 'Elites and the Rehabilitation of the Sugar Industry in Mozambique', Neil presented the paper 'Working with Elites in Bangladesh: Policy and implementation in the productive sectors', and Lindsay presented the paper 'Elites and the Rise of the Horticulture Export Industry in Ghana'. |

