Speaker: Prof. Umar Saif, Chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board About the talk: In this talk, Prof. Saif will present a series of large-scale systems which use cheap smartphones and machine learning to inform policy in the government. Specifically, the talk will focus on three areas: (1) Agriculture: Their platform, FoodAtHome.org, uses free multi-spectral imagery, smartphone-based […]

Speaker: Alice Evans, Associate, Building State Capability Program and Lecturer, King's College London About the talk: A contemporary challenge is inequality. In this seminar, Alice Evans will present findings from her paper, "Politicising Inequality: The Power of Ideas". The paper illustrates why ideas matter, and how they can change over time. Inequalities are reinforced when they are taken […]

Speakers: Daniel Stock, Research Fellow, CID; Timothy O'Brien, Research Fellow, CID; Sehar Noor, Research Assistant, CID About the talk: Starting in November 2015, the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab has been […]

Speaker: Aaron Berman, Research Fellow, Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) About the talk: In this talk, Aaron Berman will present an overview of EPoD's research on cash transfers in developing […]

Speaker: Leslee Udwin, Founder & President, Think Equal About the Speaker: Leslee was voted by the NY Times the No 2 Most Impactful Woman of 2015 (second to Hillary Clinton), and […]

Speaker: Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell, British MP and Former Secretary of State for International Development About the Speaker: Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the […]

Speaker: Salimah Samji, Director of the Building State Capability program at CID About the talk: Building State Capability (BSC) program uses the Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) approach to help organizations […]

Speaker: Nageeb Sumar, Vice President, Philanthropic Strategies & Relationship Management Private Donor Group, Fidelity Charitable About the talk: Private global philanthropy is on the rise, which has resulted in a […]

Speaker: Fatema Z. Sumar, Vice President of Global Programs, OXFAM America About the talk: At a time when 65 million people are displaced from their homes and more than 800 million people […]

Speaker: Jonathan Lehe MPA/ID '17, Director of New Programs, Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) About the talk: The majority of the world’s 450 million smallholder farmers and the 2 billion people […]