Join us on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, for the “The Growth Lab’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery” event as a part of Harvard’s WorldWideWeek. The event will feature a discussion with Growth Lab Faculty Director Ricardo Hausmann and COVID-19 Task Force members about the research we conducted around the epidemic and its potential impacts. We will also […]

On Tuesday, Nov. 10th at 12pm EDT, Harvard's Growth Lab invites members of the Harvard community to attend "Joining the Growth Lab: A Behind the Scenes Look." Learn more about what it's like to be a Growth Lab Research Fellow with short presentations by Nikita Taniparti, Tim O'Brien, Semiray Kasoolu, and Frank Muci. They will describe their experience in this […]

Speakers: Simona Iammarino, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Ecnoomics and Political SciencePhilip McCann, Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, Sheffield University Management SchoolFrank Neffke, Research Director, Growth Lab Please register in advance for this event.  The long-term development paths of countries and regions are shaped by a never-ending process of restructuring, with some countries […]

On Thursday, Nov. 19th at 8:30 am EDT, Harvard's Growth Lab invites you to attend "Joining the Growth Lab: A Behind the Scenes Look." Learn more about what it's like to be a Growth Lab Research Fellow with short presentations by Nikita Taniparti, Tim O'Brien, Semiray Kasoolu, and Frank Muci. They will describe their experience in this role where they contribute to the core research agenda of the […]

Speakers: Frank Neffke, Research Director, Growth LabGary Gereffi, Emeritus Professor of Sociology; Director, Global Value Chains Center, Duke UniversityDavid Rigby, Professor, University of California-Los Angeles Please register in advance for this event.  The long-term development paths of countries and regions are shaped by a never-ending process of restructuring, with some countries and regions achieving fast growth […]

This event is virtual and will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish translation. To register click here. Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School;  Francisco Cox Vial, lawyer and member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, appointed by the United […]

This event is virtual and will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish translation. To register click here. Speaker: Luis Almagro, General Secretary of the Organization of the American States (OAS); María Gabriela Ponce, Professor, and researcher of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Catholic University “Andrés Bello”, Venezuela.Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University, […]

Speakers: Lala Lovera, Founder of the NGO "Comparte una Vida" of Colombia, she has been dedicated to the field of social work for more than 15 years. Betilde Muñoz, Director of the Department of Social Inclusion at the Organization of American States. Ana María Ibáñez, Economics Principal Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank and professor at the University of the Andes. Dany Bahar, […]

Debt crises are more than just a story about primary balances. Sectoral balance sheets, particularly the net worth of households and banks, play an important role in determining whether an episode of increased rollover risk will deteriorate into full-blown default. In this seminar, Gon Huertas will present on 'Balance Sheets and Debt Crisis: Empirical Regularities for […]

Join us for the global launch of our new data visualization tool, Metroverse: The Growth Lab’s Urban Economy Navigator. The platform is designed to provide policymakers, businesses, and civil society with unprecedented economic data for more than 1,000 cities in 79 countries. The insights are centered on five key questions: What is the economic composition of […]

Watch the event recording of this seminar and download the presentation slide deck.  Joint work by Martin Obaya and Ernesto Stein analyzes Argentina's experience with the Mesas Sectoriales (or sectoral roundtables), a public-private dialogue instrument deployed during the Macri administration, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Production. After an unsuccessful first attempt during which […]

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. These seminars take place on Wednesdays at 12PM EDT on a biweekly basis. In this […]