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    • CID SPEAKER SERIES: Using and Generating Evidence for Policymaking: Security Interventions in Bogota

    Malkin Penthouse - 4th floor Littauer Building

    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 […]

    A Conversation with Dr. Salam Fayyad and Prof. Rema Hanna

    Allison Dining Room - Taubman 5th Floor
    • Evidence for Policy Design

    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 About the talk: A seminar with Dr. Salam Fayyad, MEI Senior Fellow and Former Prime […]

    Book Launch – Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn’t Work

    NYE A - Taubman Building, 5th floor
    • Building State Capability

    Speaker: Dan Honig, Assistant Professor of International Development, Johns Hopkins SAIS; PhD, Harvard Kennedy School 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 […]

    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

    Allison Dining Room - Taubman Building, 5th floor

    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 […]

    CID Speaker Series: Preparing for the next pandemic: Whose responsibility is it?

    Allison Dining Room - Taubman Building 5th floor (T-520), Harvard Kennedy School
    • Speaker Series

    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 […]

    CID SPEAKER SERIES: Challenges of Latin America under the New Normal

    Starr Auditorium - Belfer Building 2nd Floor

    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 […]

    CID SPEAKER SERIES: Preventing Violence in Caracas: A Community-Based, Evidence-Informed Approach

    Malkin Penthouse (4th Floor Littauer Building) - Harvard Kennedy School
    • Speaker Series

    Speakers: Roberto Patino, Founder and CEO, Caracas Mi Convive & Thomas Abt, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Development at Harvard University About the talk: Caracas Mi Convive works in the poorest communities of Caracas, Venezuela to prevent violence by building trusting relationships between and among community members. Founder, CEO, and HKS alum Roberto Patino will engage with Thomas […]

    • CID Growth Lab Seminar: Why Can’t *Sri Lanka* Be First (In Software)?

    WEX 102 - Wexner Building, 1st Floor
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: Sanjiva Weerawarana, Founder, Chairman and Chief Architect of WSO2 About the talk: This talk is Sanjiva Weerawarana's story of returning to Sri Lanka in 2001, starting an open source foundation, starting a business, joining the army and building software of all kinds. Sanjiva lived in the US for 16 years before that (his entire adult life) […]

    Bangladesh Rising: Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School

    Harvard Loeb House - 17, Quincy Street, Cambridge

    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, […]

    • CID 2018 Open House

    Democracy Lab AB (R414 AB) - Rubenstein 4th Floor

    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) […]

    CID Speaker Series: Understanding Income Gaps within Mexico: Place-Specific vs. Individual Factors

    Democracy Lab A (R-414 A) - Rubenstein Building 4th Floor
    • Speaker Series

    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 […]

    CID Speaker Series: Can Brexit be Overturned with Other Trade and FDI Agreements?

    Perkins Room (R429) - Rubenstein 4th Floor
    • Speaker Series

    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 […]

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