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    • Learning Policy in Practice: Insights from Growth Lab Interns in Jordan

    WEX-G02
    • Growth Lab

    Moderator: Miguel Santos, Director, Applied Research, Growth Lab; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, HKSFeaturing MPA/ID Students: Mustafa Serbest, Chatra Kamseng, Abdulhamid Haidar About the Event: Join the 2019 Growth Lab Interns to learn about their summer experiences in Jordan. This panel discussion will feature stories from the field, examples of engagements with government stakeholders, as well as […]

    Learning Policy in Practice: Insights from Growth Lab Interns in Albania, Saudi Arabia, & Sri Lanka

    Wexner G-02, HKS
    • Growth Lab

    Moderator: Daniela Muhaj, Research Fellow, Growth Lab Featuring HKS Students: Damian Galinsky (MPA/ID; Albania), Uriel Kejsefman (MPA/ID; Albania), Shivani Mishra (MPA/ID; Albania), Sarah Mousa (MPP; Saudi Arabia), David Franklin (MPA/ID; Sri Lanka) About the Discussion: This is the third and final panel discussion of the Growth Lab’s Learning Policy in Practice series, featuring students who completed their 2019 […]

    Female Labor in Jordan: A Systematic Approach to the Exclusion Puzzle

    Rubenstein 414, HKS
    • Speaker Series

    Speaker: Semiray Kasoolu, Research Fellow, Growth Lab About the Talk: Women in Jordan are excluded from labor market opportunities at among the highest rates in the world. Previous efforts to explain this outcome have focused on specific, isolated aspects of the problem and have not explained its persistence. After a careful review of the available literature […]

    • Development Beyond Crisis Response: The Evolution of the Growth Lab’s Involvement in Albania

    Allison Dining Room, Taubman 520
    • Growth Lab

    Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann, Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy; Director, Growth LabErmal Frasheri, Senior Research Fellow, Growth Lab Moderator: Ljubica Nedelkoska, Postdoctoral Fellow, Growth Lab About the Talk: Since 2013, the Growth Lab has worked with the Government of Albania to identify policies that target country-specific binding constraints in order to promote […]

    BSC Builds: Action Theatre for Public Policy Challenges & Civic Engagement

    Taubman 520
    • Building State Capability

    Presenter: Arianna Mazzeo, Visiting Professor, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences About the Workshop: Policymakers and citizens are struggling with big structural and complex problems such as climate change, cultural, economic and social inequality and the education gap between represented and underrepresented communities. In this workshop you will learn how to identify systemic challenges starting with […]

    • The Double Crisis: Insecurity and Humanitarian Plight at the Colombia-Venezuela Border

    Wexner G-02, HKS
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: Annette Idler, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University About the Talk:  Drawing on her book Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia’s War (Oxford University Press, 2019) and her latest research findings, Annette Idler reveals why the Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands are enabling crucial but largely unacknowledged interactions between Venezuela’s devastating […]

    • Information Session: Inclusive Growth in India – A Cities Approach

    Littauer Building, L-382, HKS
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: Amit Kapoor, CEO of Institute for Competitiveness, India About the Event: The Government of India though the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC) is embarking on a 5-year research initiative implementing the Growth Lab’s groundbreaking methodologies – economic complexity and growth diagnostics. Join Amit Kapoor, CEO of IFC, […]

    • Impacts on Developing Countries from Recent Efforts to Align Trade and Sustainability Policies by the EU and the OECD

    Land Hall B-400, Belfer Building

    Speakers: Marianne Kuttennen, IEEP BrusselsShunta Yamaguchi, OECD Paris About the Seminar:  Policies from developed countries aimed at promoting sustainability often carry consequences for developing countries, and one of the major channels for that is international trade. In 2019 the European Union launched a “green new deal” policy package to align actions on trade, climate and SDGs. Components […]

    You Get What You Pay For: Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka

    Bell Hall (B500), Belfer Building 5th floor, HKS
    • Growth Lab
    • Speaker Series

    Speaker: Ljubica Nedelkoska, Postdoctoral Fellow, Growth Lab About the Talk: We study the factors behind the public sector premium in Albania and Sri Lanka, the group heterogeneity in the premium, the sources of public sector wage compression, and the impact of this compression on the way individuals self-select between the public and the private sector. Similar to other […]

    • Immigration and the Global Labor Force Before and After Covid-19

    Zoom
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.About the Speaker: Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and co-editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. […]

    Measuring Soft Skills and the Science of Human Potential

    Zoom
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: David Deming, Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, HKS; Professor of Public Policy, HKS; Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE. About the Speaker: David Deming is a Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Faculty Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social […]

    • Growth Lab Viz Hub Launch Event

    Virtual, Zoom Webinar
    • Growth Lab

    The Growth Lab is thrilled to announce the launch of our Viz Hub, a portfolio of award-winning, interactive visualizations powered by our research and discoveries. Join us on Tuesday, September 15th at 12PM EST for the official launch of the Viz Hub featuring Growth Lab Director Ricardo Hausmann, Senior Software Product Manager Annie White, and […]

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