Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker: MME Oby Ezekwesili, Nobel Prize Nominee, 2019 Nigeria Presidential Nominee (ACPN), Convener, #BringBackOurGirls Movement About the talk: Join the Africa Caucus, a student organization at HKS, as they celebrate African Women Leadership in conversation with MME Oby Ezekwesili, Nobel Prize Nominee, 2019 Nigeria Presidential Nominee (ACPN), Convener, #BringBackOurGirls Movement.
Speaker: Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, Former President of Mexico and Honorary Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate About the talk: The presentation will focus on the key findings of the recently released New Climate Economy’s (NCE) 2018 Report on Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: Accelerating Climate Action in Urgent Times. […]
Speaker: Ernesto Talvi, Academic Director of Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Affairs (CERES) and 2019 Presidential candidate, Uruguay About the speaker: Ernesto Talvi is a nonresident senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution and Academic Director of CERES in Uruguay. He also serves as the director of the […]
Speaker: Rachel Silverman, Senior Policy Analyst and Assistant Director of Global Health Policy, Center for Global Development (CGD) About the talk: Since 2000, a large and complex global infrastructure has emerged to help finance public health improvement in low- and middle-income countries. These institutions have helped drive historic improvements in child survival, HIV mortality, and access to modern […]
Speakers: Miguel Angel Santos, Senior Research Fellow, CID (Jordan, Panama, Venezuela, sub-national Mexico)Douglas Barrios, Research Fellow, CID (Venezuela, sub-national Mexico)Tim O'Brien, Research Fellow, CID (Sri Lanka, Albania, Jordan) About the talk: This panel discussion will focus on how to overcome the implementation challenges that arise when doing growth diagnostics, make high bandwidth development policies politically viable, and […]
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 engaged in economic policy research with the Government of Sri Lanka. Led by Professor Ricardo Hausmann, the team has focused on a single question: what […]
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 countries, led by Professors Rema Hanna (HKS) and Ben Olken (MIT). He will focus in particular on two research projects. The first, "Universal Basic Incomes […]
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 has been awarded the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Human Rights Prize (previously won by Madeleine Albright). She has also been named Safe’s Global Hero of […]
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 Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton Coldfield since 2001. He was the MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997. He served in the Cabinet as […]
Speaker: Wade Channell, Senior Economic Growth Advisor, Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, USAID About the Talk: The IDEV PIC invites you for a conversation on empowering women in international development with Wade Channell, gender equality expert at USAID. We will debate the most pressing challenges facing women and girls globally, discuss the role of […]