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    • Diversity in Development: Rethinking Approaches to Development

    NYE ABC, 5th floor of the Taubman building at the Harvard Kennedy School.
    • Diversity in Development
    • Growth Lab

    This event kicks off a series of events on "Diversity in Development." The goal of this series is to better understand issues underlying discrimination and exclusion within the field of international development and identify collective steps that we can take to expand diversity in practice. This first session will discuss key facets of the problem and […]

    Development Talks: Economic Policy in Albania after Three Crises

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Growth Lab

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.  Speaker: Etjen Xhafaj, MP in Albanian Parliament Before being elected, Etjen served in the Government […]

    • Book Talk: Reclaiming Populism – How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters

    Paris School of Economics & Zoom
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: Eric Protzer, Research Fellow, Growth Lab. About the book: Populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and the Gilets Jaunes happen when the system really is rigged. Citizens the world over are angry not due to income inequality or immigration, but economic unfairness: that opportunity is not equal and reward is not according to contribution.This forensic […]

    Diversity in Development: Alternative Visions of “Development”

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Diversity in Development
    • Growth Lab

    The first session of this Diversity in Development series discussed facts of the problem of limited diversity in the field of international development and introduced frameworks for understanding the problem. In this second session, panelists will discuss goals of “development” and the extent to which a vision of development is shared, including aspects of self-determination, […]

    Un México posible: Lecciones aprendidas en desarrollo económico y bienestar desde Querétaro

    Rubenstein 414 (Democracy Lab)/Zoom
    • Growth Lab

    **This seminar will be in Spanish only** Este evento esta auspiciado por la Asociación de Estudiantes Mexicanos de la Universidad de Harvard, y el Grupo de Estudiantes Mexicanos del Harvard Kennedy School. Francisco Domínguez Servién es un político mexicano. Ocupó el cargo de Gobernador del Estado de Querétaro desde 2015 hasta 2021. Desde 2019 al […]

    Research Seminar: Anthropogenic Material Cycles and Sustainable Development

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars
    • Growth Lab

    The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Anthropogenic Material Cycles and Sustainable Development Abstract: Modern society relies on the use of more diverse materials and the growing amount of each material, and results in several […]

    Seminar: Macroeconomic Policy in South Africa

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Growth Lab

    On 30 November the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme will host an online seminar on macroeconomic policy in South Africa. This presentation is based on the report Macroeconomic Risks after a Decade of Microeconomic Turbulence, South Africa (2007–2021) by Ricardo Hausmann, Federico Sturzenegger, Patricio Goldstein, Frank Muci, and Douglas Barrios. Federico […]

    Research Seminar: Globalization and the Ladder of Development: Pushed to the Top or Held at the Bottom?

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars
    • Growth Lab

    Title: Globalization and the Ladder of Development: Pushed to the Top or Held at the Bottom?Please register in advance. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.Abstract: We study the relationship between international trade and development in a model where countries differ in their capability, goods differ in their complexity, and capability growth is a function of […]

    • POSTPONED: Development Talks: Confronting Post-COVID Macroeconomic Challenges in Namibia

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Growth Lab

    *This event has been postponed until the Spring 2022 semester. More information to follow.  The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Ipumbu […]

    • Book Talk – Reclaiming Populism: How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Growth Lab

    Reclaiming Populism contends that populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and the Gilets Jaunes happen when the system really is rigged. Citizens the world over are angry not due to immigration or income inequality, but economic unfairness: the sense of being held back from success because opportunity is not equal and reward is not according to […]

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