Professor Augustin K. Fosu, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, presented "Developing African Economies: The Past, Present, and Future" the eighth lecture in the Global Perspectives Speaker Series at Indiana University on November 7th. The speaker series is an initiative of the new School of Global and International Studies in IU's College of Arts and Sciences. The theme of the series for that spring semester was "Coexistence and Conflict Mediation Across the Globe."