Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker: Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, Governor of the Central Bank of Paraguay About the Talk: Latin America experienced an average growth of 4.4% between 2004 and 2011, much higher than that observed in the nineties (3%). In large part, this improved performance was the result of a very favorable external situation, reflected in historically high commodity prices […]
Speakers: Roberto Patino, Founder and CEO, Caracas Mi Convive & Thomas Abt, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Development at Harvard University About the talk: Caracas Mi Convive works in the poorest communities of Caracas, Venezuela to prevent violence by building trusting relationships between and among community members. Founder, CEO, and HKS alum Roberto Patino will engage with Thomas […]
Speaker: Sanjiva Weerawarana, Founder, Chairman and Chief Architect of WSO2 About the talk: This talk is Sanjiva Weerawarana's story of returning to Sri Lanka in 2001, starting an open source foundation, starting a business, joining the army and building software of all kinds. Sanjiva lived in the US for 16 years before that (his entire adult life) […]
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: The Economist reported last September that it is "a good moment to celebrate Bangladesh’s economic progress. Its annual growth has averaged more than 6% over the past ten years and has run above 7% over the past two.” More than celebrating, Bangladesh Rising conference will discuss how Bangladesh can maintain its momentum, […]
Interested in the cutting edge research in International Development? Here’s your chance to meet CID faculty, research fellows and staff and learn about student programs and opportunities at CID’s Annual Open House. Speakers: Matt Andrews, Faculty Associate at Building State Capability (BSC) Program; Andrea Carranza, CID Acting Executive Director; Rohini Pande, Co-Director for Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) […]
Speaker: Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University About the talk: The literature on income gaps between Chiapas and the rest of Mexico revolves around individual factors. Yet, twenty years after the Zapatista rebellion, the schooling gap has shrunk while […]
Speaker: María C. Latorre, member of the European Commission's group of experts in International Trade; Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid About the talk: With less than nine months before the UK is scheduled to depart from the EU, much uncertainty surrounds the future EU and UK relationship. It is clear, however, that Brexit will increase barriers between […]
Speaker: José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director of Americas division, Human Rights Watch About the talk: The current exodus of Venezuelans has generated the largest migration crisis of its kind in recent Latin American history, as Human Rights Watch has pointed out in its most recent report. More than 2.3 million Venezuelans have left their country since 2014, […]
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: Tidhar Wald, Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Better Than Cash Alliance, United Nations About the talk: Billions of dollars in cash payments are made daily in emerging and developing economies, including payment of salaries, social welfare and business transactions. The problem with these cash payments is their lack of transparency, accountability and security. Thanks to […]
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. […]