BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Growth Lab - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Growth Lab X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Growth Lab REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181116T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T190800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175425Z UID:14849-1542373200-1542376800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: New Pathways to Inclusive Growth: Sri Lanka Project in Retrospect DESCRIPTION: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 is holding back investment in Sri Lanka – especially in new and non-traditional export-oriented sectors – and what can the government do about it? In this talk\, members of the Sri Lanka team will show what they learned. First\, a lack of new economic “knowhow” has meant that there are few easy opportunities for innovative investors to exploit. Next\, the investors who do arrive find significant roadblocks to their success; these include policy barriers to reaching markets and key inputs\, and infrastructural gaps at the regional level. As these challenges became clear\, the team partnered with key counterparts in the government and civil society to support potential solutions\, and to better understand the deeper institutional gaps that prevent proactive policymaking. About the speakers: Daniel Stock rejoined the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2015. He also held this position from 2011-2013. He studies how countries apply proactive strategies to promote structural transformation. His research focuses on using network models to uncover new opportunities for diversifying exports and attracting new sources of investment. Prior to joining CID\, Daniel was a Junior Professional Associate at the World Bank\, working with governments to improve the investment climate for local businesses and FDI. Daniel has also worked as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab’s Macro Connections group\, and a Research Intern at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Santiago\, Chile. Daniel earned a B.S. in Quantitative Economics and International Relations from Tufts University.  Tim O’Brien joined the Center for International Development in 2015\, working on both Growth Lab and Building State Capability projects.He has led growth diagnostic research in Albania and Sri Lanka. Tim holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University. Tim served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi from 2008-2010 and has experience working with the World Bank and in environmental engineering. Tim’s research interests center on the challenges of economic transformation and adapting to climate change in developing countries and vulnerable communities. Sehar Noor is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab. Sehar graduated from Rollins College in May 2016 with honors in Economics and International Affairs. While at Rollins\, she served as captain of the debate team\, and studied abroad in Cuba and China. Her previous experience includes conducting fieldwork in disaster relief camps as an intern for the Aga Khan Rural Support Program in Gilgit\, Pakistan\, and interning with the Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Islamabad\, Pakistan.       URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-new-pathways-to-inclusive-growth-sri-lanka-project-in-retrospect/ LOCATION:Democracy Lab AB (R414 AB) – Rubenstein 4th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T190500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175425Z UID:14851-1541160000-1541163600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Politicising Inequality: The Power of Ideas DESCRIPTION: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 for granted. But this can be disrupted when marginalised people gain self-esteem; challenge hitherto unquestioned inequalities; and gain confidence in the possibility of social change. Slowly and incrementally\, social mobilisation can catalyse greater government commitment to socially inclusive economic growth. This is illustrated with ethnographic research from Latin America\, where income inequality has recently declined. Clearly\, however\, no single paper can provide a comprehensive account of political change in an incredibly diverse region. By highlighting some ways in which ideas matter (and the limitations of alternative hypotheses about increased fiscal space and democratisation)\, this paper merely seeks to persuade political economists to go beyond ‘incentives’. Future efforts to tackle inequality might harness the power of ideas: tackling ‘norm perceptions’ (beliefs about what others think and do); publicising positive deviance; and strengthening social movements. About the speaker: Alice Evans is writing a book on “The Global Politics of Decent Work”. Through comparative research on strengthening corporate accountability\, Alice explores how to resolve global collective action problems and improve workers’ rights. She has published on the causes of falling inequality in Latin America; social movements; rising support for gender equality; cities as catalysts of social change; and the politics of maternal mortality.She is a Lecturer at King’s College London\, with previous appointments at Cambridge and the LSE. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-politicising-inequality-the-power-of-ideas/ LOCATION:Democracy Lab AB (R414 AB) – Rubenstein 4th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T103000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20181026T221000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175426Z UID:14845-1541151000-1541154600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: How Cheap Smartphones and Off-The-Shelf Machine Learning are Changing the Government in Pakistan DESCRIPTION: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 ground-truthing and distributed volunteer-computing to make weekly crop yield predictions in Punjab. (2) Vaccination: Their system\, eVaccs\, uses smartphones to track mobile vaccinators and satellite imagery to detect population clusters\, resulting in vaccination improvement from 43% to 87%. (3) Data Collection: Their platform\, SurveyAuto\, enables an uber-style market place for crowdsourcing local data and uses machine learning to automatically analyze the quality of crowdsourced data.       About the speaker: Prof. Saif is Chairman of the Punjab Informational Technology Board (PITB)\, heading all public-sector IT projects in Punjab\, Pakistan. He is also founding Vice Chancellor of ITU\, a newly setup research university in Lahore. He holds a PhD from Cambridge University and worked at MIT for several years before returning to Pakistan. He was named as one of the top 35 young innovators by the MIT Technology Review in 2011 and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. He has received various accolades that include a Google Faculty Research Award\, MIT Technovator\, IEEE Percom Mark Weiser Award amongst others. In 2014\, Prof. Saif was awarded Sitara-I-Imtiaz\, one of the highest civil awards by the government of Pakistan\, and he was named among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world in 2015-2018. Dr. Saif was appointed the UNESCO Chair for ICT for Development in 2018.  URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-how-cheap-smartphones-and-off-the-shelf-machine-learning-are-changing-the-government-in-pakistan/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R429) – Rubenstein 4th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181030T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181030T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20181010T221100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004521Z UID:15062-1540899900-1540904400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:The Challenge of Driving Prosperity: Growth Diagnostics and Sustainable Development DESCRIPTION: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 combine economic growth with social and environmental sustainability. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A with the speakers.  About the speakers: Miguel Angel Santos is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government\, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University. At CID\, he has been involved in various research projects aimed at helping governments to rethink their development strategies\, both at the national and sub-national levels. Since he joined CID in August 2014\, he has been involved in projects at the national level in Mexico\, Panama\, and Venezuela\, and at the sub-national level in Mexico in the states of Chiapas\, Baja California\, Tabasco and Campeche; and the city of Hermosillo at Sonora state. He has also performed as project manager in the projects leading to the build-up of the Mexican Atlas of Economic Complexity\, and the Peruvian Atlas of Economic Complexity. Before joining the field of international development\, Miguel worked for ten years in corporate finance and business development in Latin America\, performing as Director of Finance for the Cisneros Group of Companies (1997-2003)\, Head of Corporate Finance for Mercantil Servicios Financieros (2005-2007)\, and Business Vice-President for Sony Pictures and Entertainment Latin America (2008-2009). At that point\, he decided to switch tracks and get involved in development economics. He holds two Master of Science degrees in International Finance and Trade (2011) and Economics (2012) from Universitat Pompeu Fabra\, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University (2014)\, and a Ph.D. in Economics at Universidad de Barcelona (2016). He was the head of the Macroeconomic Policy Team for presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski in the Venezuelan elections of 2012. Douglas Barrios joined the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2013. Before joining CID he worked in McKinsey’s Bogotá office as a Public Sector Specialist where he served public and social sector organizations throughout Latin America in a broad set of topics ranging from ICT promotion strategies to education policy design. Other previous experience include serving as an external policy adviser for local governments as well as political campaigns in Venezuela. His research interests are focused on urban dynamics\, natural resource extraction and rent management\, behavioral economics and the political economics behind policy design. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad Metropolitana (Venezuela) and a Masters in Public Administration and International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School (MPA-ID 2012). Tim O’Brien joined CID in 2015 and has worked on both Growth Lab and Building State Capability projects. He has led growth diagnostic research in Albania and Sri Lanka. Tim holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University. Tim served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi from 2008-2010 and has experience working with the World Bank and in environmental engineering. Tim’s research interests center on the challenges of economic transformation and adapting to climate change in developing countries and vulnerable communities. Sponsored by International Development Professional Interest Council\, a Harvard Kennedy School student organization.  URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/the-challenge-of-driving-prosperity-growth-diagnostics-and-sustainable-development/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R429) – Rubenstein 4th Floor CATEGORIES:Growth Lab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181026T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T190400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235414Z UID:14844-1540555200-1540558800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Hot Topics in Global Health Financing: Accountability\, Transition\, and the Universal Health Coverage Agenda DESCRIPTION: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 contraception—yet serious questions have arisen about their long-term sustainability\, their effects on country-led health systems\, and whether they create incentives that are misaligned with long-term public health impart. Rachel Silverman\, Assistant Director of Global Health Policy and a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Global Development\, will offer a brief overview of the current health financing architecture. Drawing on her research\, she will then introduce and discuss three “hot topics” in global health financing: fiscal and programmatic accountability and incentive models; strategies to “transition” countries away from reliance on external financing; and the movement away from “vertical”\, disease-focused financing streams toward a more comprehensive\, holistic vision for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). About the Speaker: Rachel Silverman is a senior policy analyst and assistant director of global health policy at the Center for Global Development\, focusing on global health financing and incentive structures. During previous work at the Center from 2011 to 2013\, she contributed to research and analysis on value for money\, incentives\, measurement\, and policy coherence in global health\, among other topics. Before joining CGD\, Silverman spent two years supporting democratic strengthening and good governance programs in Kosovo and throughout Central and Eastern Europe with the National Democratic Institute. She holds a master’s of philosophy with distinction in public health from the University of Cambridge\, which she attended as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. She also holds a BA with distinction in international relations and economics from Stanford University. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-hot-topics-in-global-health-financing-accountability-transition-and-the-universal-health-coverage-agenda/ LOCATION:Bell Hall – Belfer 5th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181022T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20181016T185400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T000504Z UID:14856-1540231200-1540234800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: The Economics and Politics of the Post-Financial Crisis Global Geography DESCRIPTION: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 Brookings Global-CERES Economic and Social Policy in the Latin America Initiative\, and as a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York. His work focuses on emerging markets macroeconomics with special emphasis on Latin America\, stabilization programs\, fiscal policy\, capital flows and financial crises. Dr. Talvi has extensive experience in economic policy. Between 2001 and 2011 he was a special advisor to the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) on global and regional macroeconomic and financial affairs\, contributing to the policy dialogue and the development of cross-country research work. Between 1995 and 1997 he served as a senior research economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. He was also a visiting scholar at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1994. Dr. Talvi also served as the chief economist and head of research of the Central Bank of Uruguay between 1990 and 1995. During that period\, he was the chief advisor to Uruguay’s economic team (integrated by the Minister of Finance\, the Governor of the Central Bank and the Director of Planning and Budget) and was in charge of the negotiations with the IMF. He was a professor of International Economics at the Universidad ORT in Uruguay and visiting lecturer at Universidad Torcuatto di Tella in Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, and Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil. Finally\, he is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Latin America\, a founding member of the Latin-American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association. Dr. Talvi has published several academic and policy papers in books and journals. He has a Ph.D. in economics and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in economics from the Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-the-economics-and-politics-of-the-post-financial-crisis-global-geography/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room\, Taubman Building 5th Floor\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T123000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20181011T180600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235417Z UID:14833-1539946800-1539952200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Better Growth & Better Climate: The New Climate Economy DESCRIPTION: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. The presentation will introduce the key findings of the report\, focusing on five key economic sectors: Energy\, Cities\, Food and Land Use\, Water\, and Industry\, as well as the cross-cutting issues of Finance and Just Transition. President Calderon will then go on to highlight some examples of the low carbon transition taking root\, as well as the economic and social benefits being reaped as a result. This will be followed by a deep dive into a case-study with NCE Lead Economist Leonardo Garrido on a Low Carbon Development Initiative in Indonesia\, a collaboration with the Indonesian Planning Ministry (BAPPENAS) to create a low carbon 5-year development plan. About the speaker: Felipe Calderón was President of Mexico from 2006 to 2012. During his presidency he prioritized the rule of law and public security; a competitive and job-creating economy; equal opportunities; sustainable development; effective democracy; and a responsible foreign policy. Among other achievement his government pushed through structural reforms to modernize the Mexican economy in key areas\, such as public pensions\, tax\, the energy sector and universal healthcare. It also put in place the most ambitious infrastructure program in Mexican history\, raising annual investment from 3 percent to 5 percent of GDP a year. During his period in office Mexico positioned itself as a global leader in fighting climate change: President Calderon presided over the successful UN climate conference in Cancun in 2010 and saw the passing of a comprehensive Climate Change Act in 2012. Prior to becoming President Felipe Calderón served as Secretary of Energy\, and General Director of BANOBRAS (the public works and infrastructure bank). He was elected to the Federal Congress in 1991\, becoming Secretary-General of the PAN (National Action Party)\, President and Leader of the Parliamentary Group. He was earlier a Representative in the Assembly of Mexico City (1988-91).  Felipe Calderón is Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate; President of the Sustainable Human Development Foundation; and a Member of the Board of Directors of the World Resources Institute. Felipe Calderón has a Bachelor’s degree in law\, a Masters in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; and a Masters in Public Administration from the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He spent 2014-2015 as the Inaugural Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow at the Kennedy School. RSVP is required for this event\, please follow the prompts on this page to secure your space. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-better-growth-better-climate-the-new-climate-economy/ LOCATION:Starr Auditorium (B200) – Belfer Building\, 2nd floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20181017T223100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T224132Z UID:14802-1539885600-1539891000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:African Women Leadership: A Conversation with Oby Ezekwesili DESCRIPTION:Speaker: MME Oby Ezekwesili\, Nobel Prize Nominee\, 2019 Nigeria Presidential Nominee (ACPN)\, Convener\, #BringBackOurGirls Movement \n 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. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/african-women-leadership-a-conversation-with-oby-ezekwesili/ LOCATION:Wex 434 – Wexner Building 4th floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181012T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181012T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T190000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235421Z UID:14821-1539345600-1539349200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series - Going Cashless: An Opportunity to Accelerate Progress on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals DESCRIPTION: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 technology and connectivity\, more people than ever now have access to mobile phones\, the internet and cloud-based solutions. How can this digital revolution help us reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) more quickly? One way is through moving away from cash. For the nearly two billion people excluded from the formal financial sector\, the digitization of payments can open the door to a range of affordable financial services to help them save safely\, seize economic opportunities and reduce their vulnerability. But this vision can only be realized if digitization is carried out responsibly and responsively to people’s needs. Come hear how governments all over the world\, from India to Kenya\, UN agencies from UNHCR to WFP and companies such as H&M or Gap Inc. are shifting from cash to digital payments to achieve transparency\, efficiency\, reduce corruption\, advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. About the speaker: Tidhar Wald leads the Government Relations and Public Policy teams at the Better Than Cash Alliance\, a UN-based partnership of over 60 governments\, companies and international organizations that accelerates the global transition from cash to digital payments in order to drive inclusive growth and reduce poverty. At Better Than Cash Alliance\, Tidhar oversees the outreach to governments\, companies\, international organizations and donor governments towards their commitment to digitize payments and work together to build digital economies that are inclusive. Prior to his tenure at the Better Than Cash Alliance\, Tidhar held positions in political affairs and government relations for over a decade\, including at the United Nations\, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Oxfam International. Tidhar holds a Master of Public Policy and International Affairs from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelors in Political Science and History from Sorbonne University in Paris. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-going-cashless-an-opportunity-to-accelerate-progress-on-the-2030-sustainable-development-goals/ LOCATION:Bell Hall – Belfer 5th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181005T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181005T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T185800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235423Z UID:14858-1538740800-1538744400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: The International Rules-Based System is Broken: What is to be Done?  DESCRIPTION: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 Secretary of State for International Development from 2010 to 2012. Mitchell was elected President of the Cambridge Union in 1978. Before university\, he served for several months as a United Nations military peacekeeper in Cyprus. He has extensive pre-government experience of the developing world\, and is the founder of Project Umubano\, a Conservative Party social action project in Rwanda and Sierra Leone in central and west Africa\, launched in 2007. Mitchell was returned as MP for Sutton Coldfield at the 2017 general election\, with a reduced majority. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-the-international-rules-based-system-is-broken-what-is-to-be-done/ LOCATION:Bell Hall (B500) – Belfer 5th Floor\, 79 JFK Street\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180926T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180926T143000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T185100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175425Z UID:14857-1537967700-1537972200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: The Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela - A Conversation with José Miguel Vivanco DESCRIPTION: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\, according to the United Nations\, and many others have left whose cases have not been registered by authorities. Venezuelans are fleeing their country for multiple reasons\, which includes: Severe shortages of medicine\, medical supplies\, and food; extremely high rates of violent crime; hyperinflation; and thousands of arbitrary arrests\, torture and other abuses against detainees. The director of Human Rights Watch’s Americas division\, Jose Miguel Vivanco\, will talk about this exodus\, its causes and consequences\, and the Need for a Regional Response to face the crisis. About the speaker: José Miguel Vivanco\, director of Human Rights Watch’s Americas division\, is a general expert on Latin America. Before joining Human Rights Watch\, Vivanco worked as an attorney for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at the Organization of American States (OAS).  In 1990\, he founded the Center for Justice and International Law\, an NGO that files complaints before international human rights bodies. Vivanco has also been an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and the School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University. He has published articles in leading American and Latin American newspapers and is interviewed regularly for television news. A Chilean\, Vivanco studied law at the University of Chile and Salamanca Law School in Spain and holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. This event is being co-sponsored by: URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-venezuela-a-conversation-with-jose-miguel-vivanco/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room (ADR) – Taubman\, 5th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180921T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180921T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T185400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175425Z UID:14834-1537531200-1537534800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Can Brexit be Overturned with Other Trade and FDI Agreements? DESCRIPTION: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 the EU and the UK which will have harmful effects for both economies. According to the majority of economic studies and to our own estimations\, Brexit will be far more damaging for the UK than for the European Union (EU). From the economic point of view\, it seems less harmful for both to be able to negotiate a soft Brexit with rather small barriers. However\, for political reasons the EU may want to deter other nations from following the UK’s path and may want to negotiate a self-damaging hard Brexit. The negative impact of trade and foreign direct investment seems to be more important than UK’s contributions to the EU budget (with a maximum net fiscal saving of -0.53% of UK’s GDP)\, or reductions in the flows of migrants. Since massive deportation seems to be ruled out after the pre-agreement of December 8 (2018)\, the impact of migration would not be so harmful. UK may try to strike other trade or Foreign Direct Investment agreements with other countries outside the EU. We have studied different policy alternatives for UK and also for the Rest of the European Union (REU) to counteract the harmful impact of Brexit. In particular\, we have analyzed a unilateral tariff elimination in the UK\, different FDI agreements of this economy with China\, Japan and India and a comprehensive trade and FDI agreement with the US (similar to TTIP). While the FDI agreements have a negligible impact on the UK\, we find some scope in the unilateral tariff elimination to raise wages and capital remuneration in that economy. When analyzing a UK-US TTIP agreement we find it insufficient to compensate the negative impacts of Brexit. By contrast\, in most of the possible Brexit and TTIP joint scenarios\, TTIP could be useful for the REU to overturn the limited negative effects it experiences with Brexit. About the speaker: María C. Latorre is currently a member of the group of experts in international trade of the European Commission. She has also conducted other consulting projects for the World Bank and the Spanish Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness. Maria has been a Research Scholar at the Center for International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and at Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University. She has held research visiting positions in the US International Trade Commission\, the CEPII and the University of Nottingham. Her papers have been published in academic journals such as World Development\, Journal of Policy Modeling\, Economic Modelling and China Economic Review among others.   This event is co-sponsored by:   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-can-brexit-be-overturned-with-other-trade-and-fdi-agreements/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R429) – Rubenstein 4th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180914T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180914T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180814T003300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175425Z UID:14860-1536926400-1536930000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Understanding Income Gaps within Mexico: Place-Specific vs. Individual Factors DESCRIPTION: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 the income gap has widened\, and we find no evidence indicating that Chiapas indigenes are worse-off than their likes elsewhere in Mexico. We explore a different hypothesis. Based on census data\, we calculate the economic complexity of Mexico’s municipalities\, a measure of knowledge agglomeration. Economic complexity explains a larger fraction of the income gap than any individual factor. Our results suggest that chiapanecos are not the problem; the problem is Chiapas. \nAbout the speaker: Miguel Angel Santos is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government\, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University. At CID\, he has been involved in various research projects aimed at helping governments to rethink their development strategies\, both at the national and sub-national levels. Since he joined CID in August 2014\, he has been involved in projects at the national level in Mexico\, Panama\, and Venezuela\, and at the sub-national level in Mexico in the states of Chiapas\, Baja California\, Tabasco and Campeche; and the city of Hermosillo at Sonora state. He has also performed as project manager in the projects leading to the build-up of the Mexican Atlas of Economic Complexity\, and the Peruvian Atlas of Economic Complexity. Before joining the field of international development\, Miguel worked for ten years in corporate finance and business development in Latin America\, performing as Director of Finance for the Cisneros Group of Companies (1997-2003)\, Head of Corporate Finance for Mercantil Servicios Financieros (2005-2007)\, and Business Vice-President for Sony Pictures and Entertainment Latin America (2008-2009). At that point\, he decided to switch tracks and get involved in development economics. He holds two Master of Science degrees in International Finance and Trade (2011) and Economics (2012) from Universitat Pompeu Fabra\, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University (2014)\, and a Ph.D. in Economics at Universidad de Barcelona (2016). He was the head of the Macroeconomic Policy Team for presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski in the Venezuelan elections of 2012.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-understanding-income-gaps-within-mexico-place-specific-vs-individual-factors/ LOCATION:Democracy Lab A (R-414 A) – Rubenstein Building 4th Floor CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180912T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180912T180000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180815T184000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235658Z UID:14817-1536768000-1536775200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID 2018 Open House DESCRIPTION: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) Program; Ricardo Hausmann\, CID Director URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-2018-open-house/ LOCATION:Democracy Lab AB (R414 AB) – Rubenstein 4th Floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T210000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180216T033100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175423Z UID:14806-1526115600-1526158800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Bangladesh Rising: Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School DESCRIPTION: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\, and potentially accelerate the growth achieved in the last decade. The conference will host practitioners\, academics\, and high-level government officials to discuss the ways the country can advance further and avoid pitfalls. It will include important topics such as financial inclusion\, foreign investment\, generation and provision of electricity\, and sustainable development goals\, among others. \n REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bangladesh-rising-2018-international-conference-at-harvard-university-tickets-43058369743 \n SPEAKERS:  \n\n Ricardo Hausmann\, Director of Center for International Development at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) \n Stuart L. Hart\, Professor\, University of Vermont\, Professor Emeritus\, Cornell University\, Founder of Enterprise for a Sustainable World \n Charles Lacy\, Angel investor in Bangladesh\, President of Barred Rock Fund and former President of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream \n Nasrul Hamid\, MP\, State Minister of Power\, Energy and Mineral Resources\, Government of Bangladesh \n Abul Kalam Azad\, Principal SDG Coordinator at Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office \n Kazi Aminul Islam\, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority \n Paban Chowdhury\, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority \n Mashiur Rahman\, Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister\, Government of Bangladesh \n Roger Wagner\, Expert lawyer in energy sector \n Muhammed Aziz Khan\, Chairman of Summit Group \n Deepesh Nanda\, CEO of Gas Power Systems\, GE South Asia at GE Power \n Ghulam M. Alomgir\, Chairman of Max Group \n Yong Bum Kim\, Head of Global Market at SK Gas \n Sonia Bashir Kabir\, Managing Director at Microsoft Bangladesh \n Anika Chowdhury\, Head of Business Development at Square Pharmaceuticals \n Farzana Chowdhury\, Managing Director and CEO at Green Delta Insurance \n Tanjib-ul-Alam\, Head of Tanjib Alam & Associates \n Mainuddin Monem\, Managing Director at Abdul Monem Economic Zone \n Jamaluddin Ahmed\, General Secretary\, Bangladesh Economic Association \n Ahmad Zuaiter\, Founder and Managing Partner at Jadara Capital Partners \n Meera Narayanaswamy\, Senior Investment Officer\, Global Financial Markets at IFC \n\n SEE THE POSTER HERE \n SEE THE EVENT’S FULL AGENDA AND SPEAKERS’ BIOS HERE \n CO-HOSTS: URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/bangladesh-rising-conference-at-the-harvard-kennedy-school/ LOCATION:Harvard Loeb House – 17\, Quincy Street\, Cambridge END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180509T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180509T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180503T185500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175425Z UID:14818-1525869000-1525874400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Growth Lab Seminar: Why Can't *Sri Lanka* Be First (In Software)? DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sanjiva Weerawarana\, Founder\, Chairman and Chief Architect of WSO2 \nAbout 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) and has now been back for nearly 17 years. This talk will discuss his experiences and why he thinks Sri Lanka can easily become a leading technology creating country. He will also discuss how diaspora who genuinely want to\, can practically play a role in improving Sri Lanka. About the speaker: Sanjiva Weerawarana is Founder\, Chairman and Chief Architect of WSO2\, where he leads the design\, architecture and development of Ballerina. After starting WSO2 in 2005\, Sanjiva lead the creation of a complete set of middleware products before deciding to throw them all away and start again with a programming language approach. Prior to starting WSO2\, he was at IBM Research where he led the development of Web services standards and technologies. He’s a long time open source developer and advocate and is a Member of the Apache Software Foundation\, an Emeritus Board Member of the Open Source Initiative and Founder and Chief Scientist of the Lanka Software Foundation. He also volunteers in the Sri Lanka Army where he serves as the IT advisor. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1994. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-growth-lab-seminar-why-cant-sri-lanka-be-first-in-software/ LOCATION:WEX 102 – Wexner Building\, 1st Floor CATEGORIES:Growth Lab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180330T175700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14853-1524830400-1524834000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID SPEAKER SERIES: Preventing Violence in Caracas: A Community-Based\, Evidence-Informed Approach DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Roberto Patino\, Founder and CEO\, Caracas Mi Convive & Thomas Abt\, Senior Research Fellow\, Center for International Development at Harvard University \nAbout 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 Abt\, CID’s Senior Fellow for Security and Development for a dialogue on the role of community-based organizations in preventing violence in Latin America\, and on how scientific evidence can help to guide the process. About the speakers: Roberto Patiño is 29 years old\, he is from Caracas\, Production Engineer from Simón Bolívar University\, a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University and a member of Primero Justicia. During his college studies\, he actively participated in the student movement\, being co-founder and coordinator of initiatives such as Votojoven and the Jota Movement. He was president of the Federation of USB Centers and coordinated La Fuerza Joven\, youth movement of the presidential campaign of Henrique Capriles Radonsky in 2012. During his studies abroad he specialized in citizen security and undertook a research and consulting project coordinated by professors from Harvard University on successful initiatives to reduce violence in other cities around the world. He is currently coordinating the Caracas Mi Convive movement\, a movement he founded in 2011 together with Leandro Buzón\, with the aim of working to prevent violence in the city of Caracas through coexistence and close work with community leaders and vulnerable populations. He is also the creator and coordinator of the Alimenta la Solidaridad (Feed Solidarity) program\, which offers lunches to 1030 children at risk of malnutrition in popular sectors of Caracas in collaboration with more than 700 volunteers. \nThomas Abt is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for International Development\, where he leads CID’s Security and Development Seminar Series. Both in the United States and globally\, he teaches\, studies\, and writes on the use of evidence-informed approaches to reducing gun\, gang\, and youth violence\, among other topics. Abt is a member of the Campbell Collaboration Criminal Justice Steering Committee and the Advisory Board of the Police Executive Programme at the University of Cambridge. He also serves as a Senior Fellow to the Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School and the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil. Before joining Harvard\, Abt served as Deputy Secretary for Public Safety to Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York\, where he oversaw all criminal justice and homeland security agencies\, including the Divisions of Corrections and Community Supervision\, Criminal Justice Services\, Homeland Security and Emergency Services\, and the State Police. During his tenure\, Abt led the development of New York’s GIVE (Gun-Involved Violence Elimination) Initiative\, which employs evidence-informed\, data-driven approaches to reduce violence. He also established the Research Roundtable on Criminal Justice\, a statewide criminal justice community connecting research with policy. Before his work in New York\, Abt served as Chief of Staff to the Office of Justice Programs at the US Department of Justice\, where he worked with the nation’s principal criminal justice grant-making and research agencies to integrate evidence\, policy\, and practice. He played a lead role in establishing the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention\, a network of federal agencies and local communities working together to reduce youth and gang violence. Abt was also founding member of the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative\, a place-based development effort that was recognized by HKS as one of the Top 25 Innovations in Government for 2013. Abt received a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan and a law degree with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-preventing-violence-in-caracas-a-community-based-evidence-informed-approach/ LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse (4th Floor Littauer Building) – Harvard Kennedy School CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180423T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180423T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180316T001200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14836-1524484800-1524488400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID SPEAKER SERIES: Challenges of Latin America under the New Normal DESCRIPTION: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 and financial conditions that were significantly lax. As a result\, the social conditions of the countries improved markedly\, reducing poverty rates and inequality in the region. More recently\, this benign scenario has been reversed. Some economies that were better prepared were able to weather the “headwinds” with less difficulty\, while others experienced a sudden adjustment. Consequently\, a slowdown has been observed (in some cases\, even a reversal) in the improvement of social indicators. The “golden years” are gone and\, yet still policymakers must now develop new instruments to recover lost ground and advance the development process of our states. Clearly\, “the solution” cannot and should not be the same for all cases. This seminar seeks to discuss how to face the challenges faced by Latin American countries in the new global context. What lessons we learned from the last crisis and what are the best policies to prepare us for the next one. About the Speaker: \nCarlos Fernández Valdovinos was designated Governor of the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) in October 2013 for a five-year period. He graduated from the Universidad Federal de Paraná (Federal University of Paraná – Curitiba\, Brazil\, 1990) and went on to study in the USA\, obtaining a Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign\, in 1994. In 1999 he got his PhD degree from the University of Chicago. He has had a vast pedagogical experience and has taught at both national and international universities: Universidad Nacional de Asunción (National University of Asunción)\, Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” – both Paraguayan; Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina)\, Georgetown University and the University of Chicago. He has worked on various research projects and has published a number of papers. Professionally within the Central Bank he has acted as Monetary Programming Chief (1991-1992)\, Advisor to the Economic Studies Manager (1999-2001) and Economic Studies Manager (2001-2004). He later moved to the USA to work for the World Bank as Senior Economist (2004-2006). From 2006 until his designation as President of the BCP he worked for the IMF as Senior Economist in the Africa\, Europe and Western Hemisphere departments\, and from 2011 onwards he was Resident Representative of the IMF for Brazil and Bolivia. In 2015\, 2016 and 2017\, Global Finance awarded him Best Central Bank Governor of the Year. In 2017\, The Banker (from the Financial Times Group) named him Central Banker of the Year -the Americas. In the same year\, 2017\, Mr. Fernandez has been awarded as the Central Bank Governor of the Year\, being the first Latin American Governor prizewinner by Central Banking. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-challenges-of-latin-america-under-the-new-normal/ LOCATION:Starr Auditorium – Belfer Building 2nd Floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180420T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180322T184400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T000418Z UID:14852-1524225600-1524229200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Preparing for the next pandemic: Whose responsibility is it? DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Susan Scribner\, Director\, Preparedness and Response project\, DAI About the Talk: In this session\, Susan will lead an interactive exercise where participants will identify risks that might contribute to a pandemic\, recommend interventions to mitigate the risks\, and discuss how different government and non-government actors can contribute to pandemic preparedness and response.  About the Speaker:  Susan Scribner leads the Preparedness and Response project (P&R). P&R works in 16 countries in East Africa\, West Africa\, and Southeast Asia to support multisectoral collaboration through National One Health Platforms. These platforms strengthen countries’ abilities to prevent\, detect and respond to pandemic threats. P&R facilitates countries in developing and maintaining National Preparedness and Response Plans to respond to public health events at the regional\, national\, and subnational levels. Prior to joining DAI\, Susan worked for 17 years for Abt Associates. From 2007 to 2009\, she was Chief of Party for a project in Vietnam and Laos that built capacity to prevent\, detect\, and respond to Avian Influenza. She also led a health systems strengthening project in Uganda from 2004 to 2005. Susan has supported a wide range of projects from the home office and provided technical support and leadership in health policy\, financing and governance\, infectious diseases\, and private sector health. Susan is also helping to grow DAI Global Health’s work in health system solutions. She has extensive experience in strategy and business development and led the integration of Abt Associates’ Australian subsidiary\, Abt JTA.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-preparing-for-the-next-pandemic-whose-responsibility-is-it/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room – Taubman Building 5th floor (T-520)\, Harvard Kennedy School CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180413T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180316T000400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14829-1523620800-1523620800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID SPEAKER SERIES: A Public Address by Dr. Abdirahman Beileh\, Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia on Somalia's development opportunities and challenges DESCRIPTION:Speaker: H.E. Dr. Abdirahman D. Beileh\, Minister of Finance\, The Federal Republic of Somalia About the Talk: While Somalia has achieved socio-economic progress in the past years\, there are many remaining challenges to overcome. The overriding argument is that Somalia is truly unique in both the challenges it poses to the world and the opportunities it provides for national and regional progress and prosperity. In this talk\, Dr. Beileh will talk about Somalia’s path to inclusive\, sustainable prosperity. SPACE IS LIMITED. PLEASE REGISTER TO THIS EVENT ON THE LINK BELOW TO SECURE A SEAT. About the Speaker: Dr. Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh is the current Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia. He was successfully elected as a Member of the Somalia Federal Parliament in February 2017 and appointed to his Ministerial post in March by H.E. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. During the 2017 elections\, Dr. Beileh served as the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee that elected the Speaker of the National Assembly and his two Deputies. Following this\, he was duly elected to lead the Parliamentary Committee that oversaw the historic Presidential election. Dr. Beileh has 30 years of finance and development experience in Africa with the African Development Bank of which 17 years have been in senior management and leadership roles. This allowed him to directly and significantly contribute to the development of the Bank’s policies\, programs\, strategies and Africa’s economic future through these. Dr. Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh served as Somalia’s Foreign Minister from January 2014 to February 2015 and in this period he oversaw the strengthening of bilateral and multilateral relations with established and new partner nations\, agencies and organisations\, including\, the United Nations\, African Union\, European Union and Arab League. Dr. Beileh also set the vision for the first national Cabinet adopted Foreign Policy which today guides Somali Foreign Policy. Dr. Beileh holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Wisconsin\, Madison and enjoyed a successful academic career as an assistant professor in Finance at both Tennessee State University in the USA and King Saud University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Beileh speaks English\, Arabic and French alongside his native language of Somali. This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for African Studies.    URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-a-public-address-by-dr-abdirahman-beileh-minister-of-finance-of-the-federal-republic-of-somalia-on-somalias-development-opportunities-and-challenges/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room – Taubman Building\, 5th floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180412T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180412T173000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180410T221500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14808-1523548800-1523554200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Book Launch - Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn't Work DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dan Honig\, Assistant Professor of International Development\, Johns Hopkins SAIS; PhD\, Harvard Kennedy School \n About the talk: Join the CID’s Building State Capability Program and the M-RCBG’s Sustainability Science Program for an interview with Dan Honig\, author of Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn’t Work. In his new book\, Honig argues that high-quality implementation of foreign aid programs often requires contextual information that cannot be seen by those in distant headquarters. Tight controls and a focus on reaching pre-set measurable targets often prevent front-line workers from using skill\, local knowledge\, and creativity to solve problems in ways that maximize the impact of foreign aid. Drawing on a novel database of over 14\,000 discrete development projects across nine aid agencies and eight paired case studies of development projects\, Honig concludes that aid agencies will often benefit from giving field agents the authority to use their own judgments to guide aid delivery. This “navigation by judgment” is particularly valuable when environments are unpredictable and when accomplishing an aid program’s goals is hard to accurately measure. \n\nAbout the speaker: Dan Honig is Assistant Professor of International Development and an affiliate of the International Political Economy program. Prof. Honig’s research focuses on the relationship between organizational structure\, management practice\, and performance in developing country governments and organizations that provide foreign aid.  His new book (Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top-Down Control of Foreign Aid Doesn’t Work) examines the optimal level of autonomy in foreign aid intervention delivery and the role political authorizing environments and measurement regimes play in circumscribing that autonomy. Prof. Honig has held a variety of positions outside of the academy.  He was special assistant\, then advisor\, to successive Ministers of Finance (Liberia); ran a local nonprofit focused on helping post-conflict youth realize the power of their own ideas to better their lives and communities through agricultural entrepreneurship (East Timor); and has worked for a number of local and international NGOs (e.g. Ashoka in Thailand; Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development in Israel). A proud Detroiter\, Prof. Honig holds an Honors BA from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School. \n Sponsored by Matt Andrews\, Bill Clark\, and Jane Mansbridge. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/book-launch-navigation-by-judgment-why-and-when-top-down-management-of-foreign-aid-doesnt-work/ LOCATION:NYE A – Taubman Building\, 5th floor CATEGORIES:Building State Capability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180409T114000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180409T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180405T175800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14801-1523274000-1523278800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:A Conversation with Dr. Salam Fayyad and Prof. Rema Hanna DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Dr. Salam Fayyad\, MEI Senior Fellow and Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority and Rema Hanna\, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies\, Harvard Kennedy School; Co-Director of the Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) research program\, Center for International Development\, Harvard University \n About the talk: A seminar with Dr. Salam Fayyad\, MEI Senior Fellow and Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority (2007-2013) and Rema Hanna\, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South East Asia Studies\, Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director\, Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD)\, Center for International Development. Light lunch will be served. \n About the Speakers:  \n\nSalam Fayyad is an economist and former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1987 to 2001\, his tenure included serving as IMF resident representative in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from 1996 to 2001. He then served as manager of the Arab Bank in Palestine\, and\, in June 2002\, he was named minister of finance of the Palestinian Authority. Until he resigned in December 2005\, Dr. Fayyad served in that capacity on several cabinets\, introducing in the process extensive financial reforms. In January 2006\, he ran for elections on a slate of independents and was elected for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)\, where he served as chairman of the Finance Committee. In March 2007\, Fayyad was appointed again as minister of finance in a national unity government\, and in June 2007\, he was appointed prime minister\, a position he held until he stepped down in June 2013. In August 2013\, Fayyad founded “Future for Palestine\,” a nonprofit development foundation. Currently\, Dr. Fayyad is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School of government\, a Visiting Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University\, and a distinguished statesman with the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Dr. Fayyad holds a BSc from the American University of Beirut\, an MBA from St. Edward’s University\, and a PhD in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. \n   \n\nRema Hanna is the Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of the Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) research program at the Center for International Development\, Harvard University. In addition\, Hanna is a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)\, an affiliate of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)\, and an affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Additionally\, as a faculty member at HKS Rema teaches in the MPA/ID Program. \n Her research focuses on two main themes. First\, she has concentrated on understanding how to improve the provision of public services in developing countries\, particularly for the very poor. Her work in this area has ranged from testing models of corruption and bureaucratic absenteeism in the field to understanding how discrimination affects disadvantaged minority groups. Currently\, she has been working on a series of field projects to understand what types of individuals are selected to receive social programs under different forms of targeting mechanisms. Second\, Hanna aims to understand the implications of environmental policy on poor households in developing countries. Her recent work includes measuring the effects of improved air quality on labor market behavior\, as well as assessing the long-run effects of a smokeless cookstove on health and fuel expenditures. \n Prior to joining the Kennedy School\, Hanna was an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at New York University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT and a B.S. from Cornell University with Honors and Distinction. \n   \n Co-sponsored by Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at the Center for International Development. \n \n   \n   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/a-conversation-with-dr-salam-fayyad-and-prof-rema-hanna/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room – Taubman 5th Floor CATEGORIES:Evidence for Policy Design END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180406T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180406T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180315T235300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14861-1523016000-1523021400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID SPEAKER SERIES: Using and Generating Evidence for Policymaking: Security Interventions in Bogota DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Daniel Mejia\, Secretary of Security of Bogota & Chris Blattman\, Professor of Global Conflict Studies\, Harris School of Public Policy Moderator: Thomas Abt\, Senior Research Fellow\, Center for International Development at Harvard University About the talk: To better understand which security policies are most effective\, the Mayor’s office of Bogota is testing and evaluating several policies\, from “hotspot” policing to “broken windows” interventions. Join Daniel Mejia\, current Secretary of Security and former Professor at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia\, and Christopher Blattman\, Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy\, to discuss the challenges\, the learnings and the opportunities from a policymaking perspective. About the Speakers: \nDaniel Mejia is Secretary of Security of Bogota\, Colombia\, where he is in charge of leading security and justice policies in the city of Bogota. Before becoming the first Secretary of Security of Bogota\, Daniel was Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Director of the Research Center on Drugs and Security (CESED) at Universidad de los Andes in Bogota\, Colombia\, where he taught since 2006. He received a BA and MA in Economics from Universidad de los Andes and a MA and PhD in economics from Brown University. Prior to joining Universidad de los Andes he worked as a researcher at the Central Bank of Colombia and Fedesarrollo. Daniel he has been actively involved in a research agenda whose main objective is to provide independent economic evaluations of security and anti-drug policies implemented in Colombia. In 2008 he was awarded Fedesarrollos´s German Botero de los Ríosprize for economic research. Daniel has designed and evaluated different interventions aimed at reducing crime in cities such as Medellin\, Bogota and Cali. Among these\, Daniel designed (together with the National Police and the Ministry of Defense) a hotspots policing intervention in Medellin and carried out an independent evaluation of this intervention. Also\, he has evaluated the effects of the installation of CCTV cameras on crime in Medellin and the effects of the restriction of alcohol sales on crime in Bogota. Daniel\, together with Alejandro Gaviria\, published in 2013 the book “Políticas antidroga en Colombia: éxitos\, fracasos y extravíos” (Anti-drug policies in Colombia: successes\, failures and lost opportunities) at Universidad de los Andes\, in Bogota. Between 2011 and 2012\, Daniel was a member of the Advisory Commission on Criminal Policy and more recently he was the President of the Colombian Government´s Drug Policy Advisory Commission. In March 2015 Daniel was awarded the Juan Luis Londoño prize\, awarded every other year to the best Colombian economist under 40. \nChris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute and Harris Public Policy. He is an economist and political scientist who studies poverty\, violence and crime in developing countries. He has designed and evaluated strategies for tackling poverty\, including cash transfers to the poorest. Much of his work is with the victims and perpetrators of crime and violence\, testing the link between poverty and violence. His recent work looks at other sources of and solutions to violence. These solutions range from behavioral therapy to social norm change and local-level state building. He has worked mainly in Colombia\, Liberia\, Uganda\, Ethiopia\, and Chicago’s South Side. Dr. Blattman was previously faculty at Columbia and Yale Universities\, and holds a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley and a Master’s in Public Administration and International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School. He chairs the Peace & Recovery sector at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Crime\, Violence and Conflict initiative at MIT’s Poverty Action Lab (JPAL). This is event is co-sponsored by the Center for International Development\, the Latin American Caucus and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-using-and-generating-evidence-for-policymaking-security-interventions-in-bogota/ LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse – 4th floor Littauer Building END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180403T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180403T173000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180321T191500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002812Z UID:14964-1522772100-1522776600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Panel Discussion - Women in International Development: Challenges and Opportunities DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Martha Chen – International Coordinator\, WIEGO 1997-2017 Isabel Guerrero Pulgar – Regional Vice-President\, World Bank; Co-Founder\, IMAGO Jacqueline Bhabha – Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights\, Harvard University Salimah Samji – Director\, CID Building State Capability Program Join the Women in Power Professional Interest Council and the International Development Professional Interest Council for a panel discussion and Q&A on the topic of Women’s Careers in the Development Sector and the Challenges of Achieving Gender Equality Globally (SDG 5). Dinner & refreshments will be provided. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/panel-discussion-women-in-international-development-challenges-and-opportunities/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room – Taubman Building 5th floor (T-520)\, Harvard Kennedy School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180330T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180314T192500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14837-1522411200-1522414800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID SPEAKER SERIES: Delivering life saving medical commodities in the developing world: How new technologies and approaches are making supply chains work in low resource settings. DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jamey Butcher – Executive Vice President\, Chemonics About the talk: In January 2016\, Chemonics International was awarded the Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) program. GHSC-PSM is the largest project ever awarded by USAID\, and is tasked with procuring and delivering the HIV AIDS\, malaria\, reproductive health\, maternal and child health and other critical medical commodities provided to more than 60 developing countries on behalf of the US Government. Mr. Butcher has led this program since June of 2017 and will discuss the challenges associated with procuring and delivering public health products to medical facilities throughout the developing world and the new technologies and approaches that are making supply chains work in low resource settings. \nAbout the speaker:Since joining Chemonics International Inc. in 1998\, Executive Vice President Jamey Butcher has served in a variety of roles and regions. Mr. Butcher currently oversees the Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management IDIQ. Previously he served as senior vice president for the Strategic Solutions and Communications Division; East Africa region; and Europe and Eurasia region.  He has also led a number of business development initiatives diversifying the company’s portfolio. While providing strategic management and operational oversight of Chemonics\, Mr. Butcher draws from experience as a private sector development specialist with more than 20 years of experience in Eurasia\, Latin America\, and Asia. Mr. Butcher has conducted technical assignments on supply chain management\, international trade\, competitiveness\, and enterprise development. He also served as chief of party of the Armenia Micro Enterprise Development Initiative (MEDI). Mr. Butcher received an M.A. from American University in international political economy and a B.A. in political science from Colorado State University. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-delivering-life-saving-medical-commodities-in-the-developing-world-how-new-technologies-and-approaches-are-making-supply-chains-work-in-low-resource-settings/ LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School (79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, MA) – Wexner Building 436 (4th floor) CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180324T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180324T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180220T214600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T224132Z UID:14800-1521878400-1521923400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:24th Annual Global Development Conference DESCRIPTION:About the Conference: Our world is rapidly changing. The rise of populism\, the migration crisis and the threat of climate change are driving development initiatives to evolve and adapt to these new dynamics. The 24th student organized edition of the annual Global Development Conference will debate the future\, and envision a future shaped through shared innovation\, values and partnerships. \n For over 20 years\, the Global Development Conference has offered a world-class forum for the exploration of new trends in the international development world. The conference is a thriving platform for decision-makers\, practitioners\, experts\, academics and emerging young leaders to engage with one another and make new connections. Each year\, the conference attracts over 500 participants\, inspiring ideasharing and innovation around the best ways to address the most pressing problems of our time. \n http://globaldevelopmentconference.com/ \n Confirmed speakers include: Achim Steiner\, UNDP Adminstrator and Vice- Chair of the UN Development Group\, and Kanni Waignaraja\, Director of UN Development Operations Coordination. \n Content: \n Track I: Technological Revolution How are technological advancements improving development initiatives? This track will explore the opportunities and challenges of using new technologies in the pursuit of development. \n Track II: Innovative Financing New forms of financing development projects are emerging across the world. They bear hope of a more targeted and sustainable model that looks beyond international aid. This track will explore all of the latest trends\, from impact investment to the rise of Chinese aid. \n Track III: Human Development We need to move away from using GDP as a measure of development and instead assess the welfare and capacity of human beings. This track will explore specific contemporary issues and consider policies\, programs and models to tackle them. Join your fellow colleagues\, leaders\, innovators\, entrepreneurs\, donors\, and others in thought-provoking discussions that will define our collective actions to make our world a better place for generations to come. \n Tickets: Limited early bird tickets are now available for students and professionals: 200 tickets are going for $25 for students and are available on a first come first serve basis. \n REGISTER HERE\n For more information\, please contact edom_tsegaye@hks18.harvard.edu / +1 617 417 7626 \n   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/24th-annual-global-development-conference/ LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School – 79\, JFK Street END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180323T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180306T210500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175423Z UID:14838-1521806400-1521810000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID SPEAKER SERIES: Democratizing PDIA knowledge one development practitioner at a time: experience from the online course DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Salimah Samji\, Director\, Building State Capability Program – Harvard University. About the talk: Salimah will share the learnings from teaching the PDIA (Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation) Methodology to hundreds of practitioners worldwide through the Program’s online course. She will describe the “real world” challenges of applying this methodology and share success stories of practitioners worldwide. \nAbout the Speaker: Salimah Samji is the Director of the Building State Capability (BSC) Program. She has over fifteen years of experience working in international development\, on issues of public service delivery\, transparency and accountability\, strategic planning\, and monitoring and evaluation. She joined CID in 2012 to help create the BSC program and is responsible for strategic planning and oversight. Salimah also leads the PDIA online courses. Prior to joining CID\, she was an independent consultant working for the World Bank on issues of governance\, and the Hewlett Foundation on strategic planning for one of their grantees. She has worked as a senior program manager at Google.org\, leading a transparency and accountability initiative focused on empowering citizens and decision makers\, by making information on service delivery outcomes\, publicly available. Salimah has also worked at the World Bank as a social/rural development and monitoring and evaluation specialist in South Asia. She has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and a Masters in Public Administration in International Development (MPAID) from the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a qualified Casualty Actuary who decided to change careers after her 18-month experience working in Afghan refugee camps with a Canadian NGO (FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance) based in Pakistan. Salimah has worked and lived in Kenya\, India\, Pakistan\, Tajikistan\, Canada and the USA.       URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-democratizing-pdia-knowledge-one-development-practitioner-at-a-time-experience-from-the-online-course/ LOCATION:Perkins Room – R-429 4th floor\, Rubenstein Building. Harvard Kennedy School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180312T180000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180309T215600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175424Z UID:14981-1520870400-1520877600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Public Lecture with Susi Pudjiastuti: The State of Fisheries in Indonesia and Beyond DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Susi Pudjiastuti\, Indonesia Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. About the talk: Indonesia Club at Harvard is proud to facilitate a public lecture and Q&A session with multiple award-winning Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia\, Susi Pudjiastuti. In this event\, she will share about the state of fisheries in Indoenesia and beyond\, and answer all your curiosities about her leadership approach. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for International Development’s Evidence for Policy Design Program. Seat is limited! Please RSVP to guarantee a spot.     URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/public-lecture-with-susi-pudjiastuti-the-state-of-fisheries-in-indonesia-and-beyond/ LOCATION:Malkin Pentouse – Littauer Building 4th floor (Harvard Kennedy School) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T183000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180228T193600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175423Z UID:14848-1520529300-1520533800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Modern Populism... How to End it? DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Felipe Kast\, Senator of Chile for the period 2018-2026. Former Minister of Social Development and 2017 Presidential Candidate. About the Talk: One of the puzzles of modern democracy is populism. Why\, despite its multiple failures\, again and again populism reincarnates\, with huge costs for citizenship. Today Venezuela suffers from populism in its worst expression\, but there are many other countries that suffer from the same phenomenon. In this presentation I make a brief description about the tricks used by modern populism\, and gave some ideas to fight it. About Felipe Kast: Felipe Kast is a Senator\, and during 2017 he was Presidential candidate in Chile. Felipe was trained as economist in Chile\, studied Marxism at the University of Havana\, and he obtained his PhD at Harvard University. After graduation he worked at the Poverty Action Lab\, opening the office for Latin America. Later he was appointed Minister of Social Development\, and Presidential Delegate for Reconstruction after the Earthquake on February 27\, 2010. In 2012 he founded “Evópoli”\, a new political party that seeks to put children\, and the childhood agenda\, as the first national priority. Space is limited. Please come in early to secure a seat. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-modern-populism-how-to-end-it/ LOCATION:Bell Hall – 5th Floor Belfer Building. Harvard Kennedy School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180305T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180305T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T194013 CREATED:20180224T031900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175423Z UID:14934-1520254800-1520258400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Leadership in Global Environmental Conflicts: A Conversation with Yolanda Kakabadse DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Yolanda Kakabadse\, Minister of the Environment\, Ecuador (1998-2000)\, President\, WWF (2010-2017) and President\, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (1996-2004) Moderator: Rand Wentworth\, Louis Bacon Senior Fellow in Environmental Leadership\, Center for Public Leadership About the session: Please join us for a discussion with Ecuadorian conservationist and former President of WWF\, Yolanda Kakabadse. Ms. Kakabadse will join CPL Louis Bacon Senior Fellow in Environmental Leadership Rand Wentworth in conversation about her expansive cross-sector career in environmental policy and conservation. Ms. Kakabadse will also discuss her experience leading in conflict\, particularly in Latin America\, where she served as Ecuador’s Minister of the Environment from 1998-2000. This lunch discussion will be an excellent opportunity to hear about Ms. Kakabadse’s experiences as an environmental entrepreneur\, policy maker\, and non-profit leader on the global stage. PLEASE RSVP HERE   This event is part of CPL’s Environmental Speaker Series and is co-sponsored by the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Lunch will be served.   About the Speaker: Yolanda Kakabadse is an Ecuadorian conservationist who most recently served as President of WWF International (2010-2017). Ms. Kakabadse also founded Foundacion Futuro Latinoamercano in 1993\, serving as Executive President until 2007\, and now acting as Senior Adviser. Ms. Kakabadse was Minister of Environment for Ecuador from 1998 – 2000 and served as NGO Liaison Officer for the United Nations Conference for Environment and Development (the Rio Earth Summit) in 1992. Additionally\, Ms. Kakabadse served as President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) from 1996 – 2004 and Executive Director of Fundacion Natura in Quito from 1979 to 1990. Ms. Kakabadse now Chairs the Independent Science and Technology Advisory Panel to the Renova Foundation in Brazil. She is a member of the Stakeholder Advisory Group of AXA\, and a Board Member of Sistema B (Latin America)\, Grupo Faro (Ecuador)\, and the Ford Foundation. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/leadership-in-global-environmental-conflicts-a-conversation-with-yolanda-kakabadse/ LOCATION:ALLISON DINING ROOM (T-520)\, HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR