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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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 […]

    Research Seminar – Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live

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    • Academic Research Seminars

    Apollo's Arrow offers a broad account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020 and of how the pandemic will unfold, and ultimately end, in the coming years. Using up-to-the-moment information, and drawing on epidemiology, sociology, medicine, public health, history, virology, and other fields, it explores what it […]

    Research Seminar: The Cushioning Effect of Immigrant Mobility

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    • Academic Research Seminars

    Speaker: Cem Özgüzel, Economist, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Abstract: During the Great Recession, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or leaving the country. Consequently, provinces lost 13.5% of their immigrants or -3% of the total labour supply, on average. Using municipal registers and longitudinal administrative data, […]

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

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Development Talks

    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 W. Shiimi, Minister of Finance, Namibia Moderator: Miguel Angel Santos, Director of Applied Research, […]

    Research Seminar: Innovation Networks and Innovation Policy

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    • Academic Research Seminars

    Speaker: Ernest Liu, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Bendheim Center for Finance in Princeton's Department of Economics Paper: Innovation Networks and Innovation Policy Abstract: We study the optimal allocation of R&D resources in an endogenous growth model with an innovation network, through which one sector’s past innovations may benefit other sectors’ future innovations. First, we provide closed-form […]

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