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:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171027T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171027T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20171018T174500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175422Z UID:14842-1509105600-1509109200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution: Key Trends Emerging in the New Digital World DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Victoria White\, Managing Director\, Global Advisory Solutions\, Accion About the talk: Around the world\, nearly 3 billion people have little to no access to the formal financial sector. They worry about how to pay school fees for their children\, whether there will be enough to eat in the coming weeks\, or whether they will be able to afford the medical care needed for a sick relative. For them\, lacking access to financial services makes each of these basic transactions extremely challenging. For the past 55 years\, Accion has been working with local financial institutions and now more recently with innovative fintech disruptors to change that. The digital revolution is changing nearly every aspect of how we live our lives\, including how we bank\, borrow and save. Join us for a discussion of how Accion and its partners are harnessing key digital trends to make quality financial services more accessible and cost effective to those who have been excluded. About the Speaker: Victoria White has worked with Accion since 2000. She serves as a member of the senior management team and holds responsibility for overseeing Accion’s advisory support to its partners as Managing Director\, Global Advisory Solutions. She also serves as a board director for a number of these institutions. Previously\, Ms. White was Accion’s Regional Head for Asia. In this capacity\, she was responsible for Accion’s management and technical services relationships with partner microfinance institutions\, as well as for providing oversight of Accion’s investments in Asia. Prior to this\, she supported Accion’s partners in Africa in such areas as strategic planning\, bank downscaling\, institutional transformation planning\, and financial management. Ms. White is co-author of Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor and Institutional Metamorphosis: Transformation of Microfinance NGOs into Regulated Financial Institutions\, a contributing author to Commercialization of Microfinance: Balancing Business and Development\, and author of A Case Study in Transformation: The Creation of Uganda Microfinance Limited. Before working with Accion\, Ms. White was a senior advisor for Calmeadow’s international operations\, performing financial evaluations and transformation planning for MFIs throughout Africa. She has also worked as a program analyst for USAID’s Office of Microenterprise Development\, both in Washington and in the South Africa mission. Prior to entering the microfinance field\, Ms. White was a bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ms. White holds an M.A. in international affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. in political science and French from Wellesley College. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-financial-inclusion-and-the-fintech-revolution-key-trends-emerging-in-the-new-digital-world/ LOCATION:Perkins Room – Rubenstein 4th Floor – R-429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20171012T003600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175422Z UID:14855-1508500800-1508504400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: The Drivers of International Development DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell\, British MP and Former Secretary of State for International Development About the talk: In the Globalisation era there are no longer far off places about which we know little. Our generations have the ability to do something about the colossal discrepancies of opportunity and wealth which disfigure our world. How should we grasp this opportunity? What will have the most effect? How do we reform the Rules based international system? Does international justice matter? Why we should all be optimists? 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-drivers-of-international-development/ LOCATION:Bell Hall – 5th Floor Belfer Building END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20171006T171500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175422Z UID:14846-1507896000-1507899600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: How did Venezuela Degenerate Into a Failed State and How Can it Recover? DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Douglas Barrios\, Research Fellow at CID; Ricardo Villasmil\, Research Fellow at CID.   About the talk: In this event\, we try to shed some light on Venezuela’s ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis through two complementary perspectives: the economic and the institutional. We will trace the origins of the crisis to policies taken during the oil price boom\, discuss the self-destructing nature of current policies and present an agenda for democratic governance and socioeconomic recovery. About the Speakers:   \nDouglas Barrios a Growth Lab Fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. 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. 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). His research interests are focused on urban dynamics\, natural resource extraction and rent management\, behavioral economics and the political economics behind policy design.   \nRicardo Villasmil is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Before joining CID\, he worked in private consulting in Venezuela managing projects on a wide range of strategic and organizational issues for over a decade. His interests in development economics led him to the Andrés Bello Catholic University and to the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)\, where he has been teaching courses in development and macroeconomics for the past fifteen years. Ricardo’s involvement in public policy dates back to 1998\, when he joined Venezuela’s Congressional Budget Office and the Ministry of Finance two years later. His interests in the practice of development prompted him to take advisory roles for Teodoro Petkoff in the 2006 runoff presidential election\, for the democratic coalition between 2006 and 2012 and for presidential candidate Henrique Capriles as Head of his Public Policy Team in 2012. Ricardo holds a Master in Public Policy from IESA\, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University and a PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-how-did-venezuela-degenerate-into-a-failed-state-and-how-can-it-recover/ LOCATION:Perkins Room – R-429 Rubenstein 4th floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170919T012400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175422Z UID:14823-1507726800-1507730400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series Seminar: Asian Development Bank’s 2017 Economic Forecast for Asia and the Pacific DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Yasuyuki Sawada\, Chief Economist and Chief Spokesperson on economic and development trends\, Asian Development Bank About the talk: The Asian Development Bank’s flagship economic publication Asian Development Outlook (ADO) provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in developing Asia. The ADO Update examines the prospects for developing Asia by sub-region: Central Asia\, East Asia\, South Asia\, Southeast Asia\, and the Pacific. This year’s ADO Update theme chapter\, Sustaining Development Through Public-Private Partnerships\, explores how Asia can use public-private partnerships (PPPs) to bolster infrastructure investment. The presentation will address: • Economic prospects for developing Asia and the Pacific• Key risks to the region’s outlook• Implications of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet normalization for Asia• What is behind the recent uptick in trade and whether it can be sustained• Measures governments can take to promote PPPs and ensure their success About the Speaker: Yasuyuki Sawada is the chief spokesperson for ADB on economic and development trends\, and leads the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department\, which publishes ADB’s flagship knowledge products. Dr. Sawada previously served as a Professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo. He also performed research at a variety of institutions\, such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute; the World Bank; Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia; Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies; Pakistan Institute of Development Economics; International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines; International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka; Research Institute of Economy\, Trade\, and Industry in Japan; and Japan Society of Promotion of Science\, where he led a number of large-scale development policy evaluation projects in Asia and other developing countries. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed research articles on diversified topics pertaining to Asia and other developing countries ranging from macro development issues\, such as long-term economic growth and structural change\, sovereign debt sustainability\, foreign aid\, trade\, ageing and social security\, and natural and man-made disasters to micro issues of poverty\, education\, infrastructure\, microenterprises\, microfinance\, health\, and disabilities. This event is co-sponsored with: \n     URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-seminar-asian-development-banks-2017-economic-forecast-for-asia-and-the-pacific/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room – Taubman Building 5th floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170830T203300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175421Z UID:14850-1507291200-1507294800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Paying for Success: Innovative Designs for Social Impact DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Max Bode\, Junior Partner at Instiglio About the talk: In the last decade\, Results-Based Financing (RBF) has gained tremendous momentum in the international development space. Now\, about $30 billion in funding have been disbursed through RBF mechanisms in 78 low and middle-income countries. The promise of RBF is simple: by tying the funding of social services to results\, RBF drives results. It does so through aligning incentives\, introducing accountability\, encouraging prioritization\, and allowing for learning and flexible adaptation in implementation. Anchored in Instiglio’s experience in designing impact bonds\, outcomes markets\, and national-to-local government transfers\, Instiglio’s Junior Partner and HKS alumni Max Bode will discuss RBF’s track-record and potential to deliver on its promise of making social services more impactful. The talk will draw on a systematic review of trends in RBF\, and case studies of education\, workforce development\, and poverty alleviation projects in India\, Colombia\, Morocco\, and Kenya. \nAbout the speaker: Max heads the Washington DC office’s client engagement\, fundraising\, talent recruitment effort\, and provides strategic and technical guidance on Instiglio’s Africa portfolio. Prior to joining\, Max was a civil servant and ODI Fellow in Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health\, worked with Rwanda’s Ministry of Finance\, and investigated the effectiveness of social interventions as a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Max holds an MPA/ID from the Harvard Kennedy School\, a Masters from Barcelona Graduate School of Economics\, and a Bachelors from Maastricht University. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-paying-for-success-innovative-designs-for-social-impact/ LOCATION:Perkins Room – Rubenstein 4th Floor R-429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170929T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170929T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170824T222300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175420Z UID:14847-1506686400-1506690000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Impact Investing in Emerging Markets: Reaching its full potential DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kusi Hornberger\, Senior Project Manager\, Dalberg Global Development Advisors   About the talk: The most recent GIIN Annual Impact Investor Survey reports that total assets under management (AUM) for impact investing reached US$114 billion\, being roughly $36 billion dedicated exclusively to emerging markets. This represents massive growth over just two years when\, in 2015\, the market estimate was $60 billion. This growth\, coupled with numerous reports and surveys showing millennials’ strong interest in aligning values with investments\, suggests money and talent are pouring into the nascent field. Despite this rapid growth\, key improvements are needed before this promising field can reach its full potential. In his talk\, Kusi Hornberger will present his thoughts on eight of the most pressing issues and recommendations for improvement along the impact investment cycle for emerging markets – from goal setting to reporting results. \nAbout the Speaker: Kusi Hornberger is a Senior Project Manager in the Washington\, DC office of Dalberg Global Development Advisors. Kusi has 10+ years of project management\, investment and strategy experience working with a range of public\, private\, and non-profit clients\, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\, ECOM Agroindustrial Corp.\, World Bank Group\, Starbucks\, Experian and USAID. Prior to joining Dalberg\, Kusi was Vice President of Investment Research & Strategy at Global Partnerships where he oversaw the investment strategy and portfolio including analysis of investment opportunities in agriculture cooperatives\, artisan retailers\, cookstove and solar lamp manufacturers and distributors\, private health clinics as well as integrated microfinance institutions across Central/South America and East Africa. He was also the in-house expert on agriculture finance\, leading the investment appraisal and relationships for portfolio of investments in >40 rural and agriculture focused social enterprises across range of commodity value chains including coffee\, cocoa\, fresh vegetables and nuts. Further he was responsible for managing GP’s relationship with the Council for Smallholder Agriculture Finance (CSAF)\, served as an advisor to the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) and Agros International and presented at numerous conferences (Cracking the Nut\, FLII\, SCAA\, SOCAP\, etc.) about GP’s approach to investing in agriculture value chains. Kusi also has experience working as a management consultant\, spending three years at Bain & Company based out of its Sao Paulo\, Brazil office and serving a wide range of public\, private and non-profit clients across South America including several leading agribusiness multinationals and foundations during his time there he authored a Bain Brief titled “The State of Impact Investing in Latin America” As well as working as an Investment Officer for six years with the International Finance Corporation where he spent three years based out of the Bogota\, Colombia office and held lead the formation of the investment promotion agency Invest in Bogota as well as shift the strategy of Brazil’s investment and export promotion agency APEX-Brasil to a sector led approach. He also published numerous articles on private sector development and competitiveness including “Attracting FDI – How Much Does Investment Climate Matter?”. Finally\, he started his career working with TechnoServe Inc. in East Africa where he was one of the early members of the coffee team working with Peets Coffee & Tea that helped transform the coffee sector in Rwanda and Tanzania. Kusi holds a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD Business School in Singapore\, a Master of Public Administration in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. He is fluent in Portuguese\, Spanish and conversant in Swahili.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-impact-investing-in-emerging-markets-reaching-its-full-potential/ LOCATION:Rubenstein-429\, Perkins Room END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T173000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170907T001800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175421Z UID:14826-1506356100-1506360600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series Seminar: Taking back control or losing it? An analysis of the possible economic impact of Brexit 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: According to the majority of economic studies and to the European Commission’s 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. Brexit implies a shrinking of the EU market and\, in that sense\, is not good news for UK neither for EU. Firms lose profit opportunities. However\, given the much larger size of EU\, the process is much more harmful for UK. In fact\, the EU is able to recover a sizeable part of its lost trade with the UK through the rise of intra-EU free trade. The UK has forsaken this privileged preferential access to EU\, thus\, negatively affecting half of its aggregate exports and imports. Overall\, although Brexit may offer good prospects for some manufacturing firms coming from outside the Brexit block\, at a more aggregate level benefits for outsiders seem scarce. Brexit’s scope seems confined to the EU landscape. 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. However\, very restrictive migration policies in the UK\, such as a reduction in “all EU migrants”\, “net EU migrants” or the “5-year policy” the government is talking about could be even more damaging than trade and FDI related effects of 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-seminar-taking-back-control-or-losing-it-an-analysis-of-the-possible-economic-impact-of-brexit/ LOCATION:WAPPP Conference Room (Taubman 102)\, Harvard Kennedy School – 79\, JFK Street END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T180000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170919T191600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001537Z UID:14899-1506355200-1506362400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:DRCLAS Event: The Maritime Dispute Before the International Court of Justice: The Bolivian Arguments DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Carlos Diego Mesa\, Former President of Bolivia (2003-2005) About the talk: For more than a century the diplomatic relationships between Bolivia and Chile have been conditioned by the Pacific war (1879-1884)\, where Bolivia and Peru confronted Chile. As a product of the war Bolivia lost access to the Pacific Ocean. This country has not renounced to the right of regaining sovereign access to the Ocean. In 2014\, Bolivia presented a demand before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague\, Netherlands. In 2015 the ICJ declared itself legally qualified judge on the case\, and the countries are now waiting for the final verdict of the Court. The former President of Bolivia\, and current international spokesman of the Bolivian maritime cause in The Hague\, Mr. Carlos Mesa\, will expose the arguments behind the demand of his country\, and the potential implications of the ICJ´s verdicts to the audience in Harvard University.  Mr. Mesa is a former constitutional President (2003- 2005) and Vice-president (2002-2003) of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Since 2014 he is the international spokesman of the Bolivian Maritime Demand before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Mr. Mesa is also an intellectual figure in his country. Author of more than twenty books and dozens of documentaries\, many of them regarded as fundamental to understand the contemporary history of Bolivia\, he won the Journalism prize “Rey de España” (1994) and National Journalism Prize of Bolivia (2012). Mr. Mesa is a regular contributor of open editorials in local and international media. Moderator: Steven Levitsky\, Professor of Government\, Harvard University  This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School Latin American Caucus.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/drclas-event-the-maritime-dispute-before-the-international-court-of-justice-the-bolivian-arguments/ LOCATION:CGIS South\, S020\, 1730 Cambridge Street END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170829T002600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175420Z UID:14827-1505995200-1505998800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series Seminar: The power of attraction: the European Union's gravitational pull for development and stabilization DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Johannes Hahn\, Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations\, European Commission About the Talk: Through its enlargement and neighborhood policies\, the European Union aims at exporting stability to the Western Balkans\, Eastern Europe and the Southern Mediterranean regions. With a broad policy toolbox\, the EU fosters political stabilization and socioeconomic transformation\, thus helping to lay the basis for the development of its partners. Commissioner Hahn\, who spearheads this policy for the EU\, will report on the latest successes and challenges\, including the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. About the Speaker: Johannes Hahn (born in 1957 in Vienna/Austria) has been serving as the Member of the European Commission in charge of Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations since November 2014. He is responsible for the Union’s relations with the six Western Balkans countries and Turkey\, as well as relations with Europe’s Eastern and Southern neighbours\, from Ukraine to the South Caucasus and from Syria to the Maghreb. From 2010 to 2014\, Dr. Hahn was the Member of the European Commission in charge of Regional Policy. Before joining the Commission\, he served as Austria’s Federal Minister for Science and Research from 2007-2010\, as a Member of the Vienna State Government from 2003 to 2007 and a Member of the Vienna State Parliament from 1996 to 2003. Since the mid-1980ies\, he held various senior management functions in different sectors of the Austrian economy\, including as board member and CEO of Novomatic AG from 1996-2003. Johannes Hahn holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna.   This event is co-sponsored by: URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-seminar-the-power-of-attraction-the-european-unions-gravitational-pull-for-development-and-stabilization/ LOCATION:Bell Hall\, Belfer Building END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170915T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170915T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170911T172900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175421Z UID:14824-1505476800-1505480400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series Seminar: Leadership in the Sustainable Development Era DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sarmad Khan\, Team Leader & Policy Advisor for Leadership Development\, UN;Ifoda Abdurazakova\, Policy Specialist on Leadership Development\, UN About the talk: The global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all Member States of the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The SDGs constitute 17 ambitious goals from ending poverty\, to protecting livelihoods of people\, to the climate and the environment. To meet the pace of a constantly changing world\, we must equally change and adapt skillsets and leadership capabilities necessary to perform in the new era of ‘development’ type work? The event will provide an opportunity to explore leadership capabilities to respond to the complex challenges of sustainable development\, and discuss how this transformation is taking shape at the United Nations. About the Speakers: \nSarmad Khan is Team Leader and Policy Advisor for Leadership Development at the United Nations Development Operations Coordination Office in New York. At UN Headquarters\, his work involves supporting the UN Development Group (UNDG) in articulating its direction to address complex\, multidimensional leadership challenges of Agenda 2030 and the ‘leave no one behind’ imperative. His focus is on UN leadership policy and diversity\, analyzing and building senior leadership capabilities\, and designing learning strategies targeting UN field leaders and next generation leadership. He is one of the lead authors of the UNDG-endorsed UN leadership model promoting transformative and collaborative leadership\, and is a member of the UN interagency steering committee charged with proposing a UN system-wide leadership framework. He previously worked with the UN System Staff College as Coordinator of its flagship programme on UN Leadership\, and where he also advised global UN Country Teams on their multi-stakeholder consultations with governments and national partners on national development priorities. Prior to this\, Sarmad spent over seven years working with senior leadership of UN operations in Iraq and Yemen focusing on UN development and transition strategies\, and with UN Development Programme’s Crisis Prevention and Recovery Bureau in Geneva. \nIfoda Abdurazakova is a Policy Specialist on Leadership Development at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Previously she focused on strengthening voices and leadership skills of youth activists in Uzbekistan through large-scale campaigns and establishing a young network. Ifoda led global projects on crowdsourcing\, innovation and women’s economic empowerment and throughout her career\, she worked with UN Women\, UNDP\, UN Secretariat\, UN Peacekeeping Operations and non-profit organizations. She is an author of a publication promoting civic engagement and youth leadership. Ifoda is a Harvard Kennedy School alumn.     URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-seminar-leadership-in-the-sustainable-development-era/ LOCATION:Perkins Room – Rubenstein 4th Floor R-429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T180000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170831T193400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175421Z UID:14816-1505233800-1505239200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID 2017 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 BSC; Andrea Carranza\, CID Acting Executive Director; Asim Khwaja\, Co-Director for EPoD Faculty; Ricardo Hausmann\, CID Director URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-2017-open-house/ LOCATION:Bell Hall\, Belfer Building (B-500) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170908T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170823T181600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175420Z UID:14825-1504872000-1504875600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series Seminar: Learning by Doing\, Learning by Erring: Climate Resilience in the Latin American City DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Carolina Zambrano-Barragán\, Climate change and urban sustainability expert from Quito\, Ecuador. About the talk: Latin America needs new approaches to face the impacts of climate change and rapid urbanization\, particularly in a context of poverty and rising inequality. Cities in the region have emerged as a central actor for social and political innovation\, and urban areas offer a unique scenario to pilot transformational change. In this event\, Carolina Zambrano will discuss the main opportunities and challenges for climate action in Latin American cities\, with a focus on urban resilience and adaptation. She will share key insights from her personal experience in Quito\, Ecuador\, and discuss the importance of dynamic socio-institutional frameworks and policies for climate change management. \nAbout the speaker: Carolina Zambrano-Barragán\, MC/MPA 2018\, is a climate change and urban sustainability expert from Quito\, Ecuador. Before coming to HKS\, she worked at Avina Foundation as Latin American Director of Sustainable Cities and as a professor at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar’s Master’s Program on Climate Change. Formerly\, Carolina was Director of Environmental Policy for the city of Quito and Undersecretary of Climate Change at Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment. She has carried out several consulting and research initiatives around the world\, integrating climate action with social inclusion\, urban policy\, and biodiversity conservation. Carolina is a Biologist and holds a Master’s on Environmental Management from Yale University.     URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-seminar-learning-by-doing-learning-by-erring-climate-resilience-in-the-latin-american-city/ LOCATION:Perkins Room – Rubenstein 4th Floor R-429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170428T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170428T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170425T222800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14957-1493380800-1493384400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Human mobility: potential and resistance DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lant Pritchett\, Professor of the Practice of International Development\, Harvard Kennedy School About the Session: Professor Lant Pritchett will present the four “risks and costs of migration” to host countries (Economic\, Cultural Assimilation\, Political and Security) and discuss the often overlooked gains of migration to both rich and middle income countries. He will give examples of how different “types” of countries can address the above mentioned costs and benefits from worker mobility.  \nAbout the Speaker: Lant Pritchett is Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (as of July 1\, 2007). In addition he is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Global Development. He was co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics and worked as a consultant to Google.org. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1983 with a B.S. in Economics and in 1988 from MIT with a PhD in Economics. After finishing at MIT Lant joined the World Bank\, where he held a number of positions in the Bank’s research complex between 1988 and 1998\, including as an adviser to Lawrence Summers when he was Vice President from 1991-1993. From 1998 to 2000 he worked in Indonesia. From 2000 to 2004 Lant was on leave from the World Bank as a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In 2004 he returned to the World Bank and moved to India where he worked until May 2007. Lant has been part of the team producing many World Bank reports\, including: World Development Report 1994: Infrastructure for Development\, Assessing Aid: What Works\, What Doesn’t and Why (1998)\, Better Health Systems for Indias Poor: Findings\, Analysis\, and Options (2003)\,World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for the Poor\, Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reforms (2005). In addition he has authored (alone or with one of his 22 co-authors) over 50 papers published in refereed journals\, chapters in books\, or as articles\, at least some of which are sometimes cited. In addition to economics journals his work has appeared in specialized journals in demography\, education\, and health. In 2006 he published his first solo authored book\, Let Their People Come\, and in 2013 his second\, The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain’t Learning. Lant\, an American national\, was born in Utah in 1959 and raised in Boise\, Idaho. Perhaps because of this\, he has worked in\, or traveled to\, over fifty countries and has lived in three other countries: Argentina (1978-80)\, Indonesia (1998-2000)\, and India (2004-2007\, & 2011-2012). Lant has been married since 1981 to Diane Tueller Pritchett and together they have three children. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-human-mobility-potential-and-resistance/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T174500 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170117T231800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004341Z UID:15053-1493310600-1493315100@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Security and Development Seminar: Violence\, Insecurity\, and Development in Latin America DESCRIPTION:The fourth session in CID’s new Security and Development Seminar Series. Latin America has the highest rates of interpersonal violence in the world. In this session\, leading experts explore the causes\, correlates\, and consequences of this violence\, with an emphasis on the Northern Triangle region\, which includes El Salvador\, Guatemala\, and Honduras. Speakers: Nathalie Alvarado-Renner\, Citizen Security Lead Specialist\, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)\, Daniel Ortega\, Director of impact evaluation and policy learning\, CAF Thomas Abt\, Innovation in Citizen Security Project\, Center for International Development at Harvard University Marcela Escobari\, visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution and former Assistant Administrator\, USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean There will be a live stream of the event on CID’s Facebook page. Seating capacity is 40. RSVP on the link below to confirm a seat.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/security-and-development-seminar-violence-insecurity-and-development-in-latin-america/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170422T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170422T163000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170410T175100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14922-1492851600-1492878600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:HKS Latin American Conference - Moving Beyond the Crossroads: How can Latin America overcome its old and new challenges? DESCRIPTION:The 2017 Latin American Conference is the fourth conference organized by Latin American students at the Harvard Kennedy School. It seeks to create awareness about the policies\, experiences\, and opportunities for future growth and development in the region. For the first time\, the Conference will have two former presidents of the region as our keynote speaker: Mrs. Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) and Mr. Carlos Salinas de Gortari (Mexico)\, who will give their outlook on how Latin America has changed and the region’s development challenges. For detailed information and tickets please access: https://www.latamconference.org/ URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/hks-latin-american-conference-moving-beyond-the-crossroads-how-can-latin-america-overcome-its-old-and-new-challenges/ LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School – Littauer building 1st floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170415T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170415T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170406T010700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004439Z UID:15056-1492245000-1492275600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:South Asia ConnectED DESCRIPTION:  South Asia ConnectED is the first ever South Asia centric education conference being hosted in Harvard Graduate School of Education. Explore catalyzing for scale in education policy\, social change and education technology with leaders from South Asia. Join John Floretta\, Associate Director of Policy for J-PAL\, Sridhar Rajagopalan\, Founder\, Educational Initiatives\, Sanjli Gidwaney\, Director\, Design for Change\, USA and many others as they opine and connect with us on the day. Register here for free: http://bit.ly/2nbLSXr Organizers: This conference is being conducted by HGSE South Asia Education Initiative\, a student body at HGSE\, aiming to build a bridge between students and faculty in Harvard and beyond with education practitioners and academics in South Asia. Follow us here: http://bit.ly/2o6KUMH URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/south-asia-connected/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170414T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170414T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170404T170800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14840-1492171200-1492174800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Economic policy in Brazil - prospects for recovery after the crisis DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Fabio Kanczuk\, Secretary of Economic Policy at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance and Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of São Paulo. Please sign up for the event on the link below to secure a seat About the talk: In recent years Brazil has been experiencing its largest economic contraction since 1930s. In an attempt to reverse the decline in economic activity the Government is currently implementing a series of measures to reduce inflation\, control government debt and promote private investment. In this event\, the Secretary of Economic Policy at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance will talk about the roots of the economic crisis\, the measures being adopted and the current and future challenges for Brazilian policy-makers. About the Speaker: Fabio Kanczuk is Electronic Engineer “Magna cum Laude” from ITA (Aeronautic Technological Institute)\, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA and a post-doctorate from Harvard University. His academic work was published in international journals as Journal of International Economics\, Review of Economic Dynamics\, Journal of Development Economics and Review of International Economics. In the private sector\, he was a consultant during the last twenty years\, and was a Partner at Rosenberg Consultoria\, MCM Consultores\, Reliance Gestão de Ativos\, e Brazil Warrant Gestão de Investimentos. He is currently Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of São Paulo\, and the Secretary of Economic Policy at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance. This event is co-sponsored with: Brazilian Caucus – A Student Run Organization at HKS URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-economic-policy-in-brazil-prospects-for-recovery-after-the-crisis/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170413T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170407T005700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14944-1492084800-1492088400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Ecuador After the Election: What Comes Next? DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Stay tuned for a new date on our website. This session will discuss the outcome of the recent elections for President and National Assembly in Ecuador. Speakers: Nathalie Cely Suárez\, President\, Center for Competitiveness and Innovation of Ecuador and Ricardo Hausmann\, Director\, Center for International Development at Harvard University. Moderator: Belén Sánchez\, President\, Harvard Ecuadorian Student Association (HESA) About the Speakers: Nathalie Cely Suarez is a social innovator\, creative and academic thinker focused on finding solutions to boost competitiveness and economic inclusion in Latin America. With more than 25 years of experience working in Latin America and Ecuador on issues related to economic structural transformation\, export diversification\, investment attraction and competitiveness. She recently served as Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States\, where she had the opportunity to promote the great tourism and productive potential of the country. Her previous positions in the public service as Coordinating Minister of Production and Competitiveness and Coordinating Minister of Social Development give her extensive experience in the design and implementation of policies for productive diversification\, economic and social inclusion and international relations Currently she shares her time between her participation as an advisor to the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils based in Washington and the executive chair of the Center for Competitiveness and Innovation of Ecuador\, as well as accompanying Stratega BDS as Chair of the Advisory Council. Her extensive background and academic preparation led her to lead and form part of advisory teams to Latin American and Caribbean Governments and to Multilateral Cooperation Agencies. She is actively involved as a panelist in major global events such as the recent UNCTAD Conference Number 14 event. She is the author of several publications on economic issues\, where her vision has made her an opinion leader on issues of economic\, social and competitiveness development. Nathalie Cely is an economist from the Catholic University of Guayaquil; During her years of study\, she was awarded the prestigious prize of “Philanthropic” in 1985\, 1986 and 1987\, and the “Faculty of Economics” award in 1987; Later\, and thanks to a grant from the Inter-American Development Bank\, he completed a master’s degree in Public Administration at Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government; Also has a Diploma in Public and Social Policies; She received the “Edward Mason Award for Academic and Community Contributions” in 2001. During her work as an Associate Researcher at the Harvard Economic Development Center\, she did research work as an assistant to internationally renowned professors. \nRicardo Hausmann is Director of the Center for International Development and Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at Harvard University. Previously\, he served as the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-2000)\, where he created the Research Department. He has served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela (1992-1993) and as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela. He also served as Chair of the IMF-World Bank Development Committee. Hausmann was Professor of Economics at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) (1985-1991) in Caracas\, where he founded the Center for Public Policy. His research interests include issues of growth\, macroeconomic stability\, international finance\, and the social dimensions of development. He holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University. Co-sponsored with: \nHarvard Ecuadorian Student Association (HESA) is a student organization registered at University-wide Student Group Program (USG) of Harvard University in December 2013. The purpose of Harvard Ecuadorian Student Association (HESA) is to engage students from across Harvard University in an active dialogue about Ecuador\, as well as to foster a community of students from and/or interested in Ecuador throughout campus. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-ecuador-after-the-election-what-comes-next/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170401T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170401T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170320T214400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T173119Z UID:14796-1491004800-1491004800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:2017 Harvard Global Development Conference: "Rethinking Development: The World in Transition" DESCRIPTION:For over 20 years\, the GDC has offered a world-class forum for exploration of new trends in the international development world. The conference has been a thriving platform for decision-makers\, practitioners\, experts\, academics and emerging young leaders to engage with one another and share innovative ideas\, attracting world-renowned speakers. This year\, the conference discusses fundamental questions on technology\, policy frameworks\, financing and contemporary issues in global development. More than 50 senior executives are joining from the World Bank\, UNDP\, Asia Development Bank\, McKinsey&Company\, Nordic Development Fund\, Unilever\, Citigroup\, The Bridgespan Group\, MIT D-Lab\, One Acre Fund\, Millenium Challenge Corporation\, SK Group\, Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab\, Cignifi\, Bankable Frontier Associates\, Medecins Sans Frontieres\, Technoserve\, Center for Global Development\, Global Green Growth Institute\, and many more. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for International Development at Harvard University. There will be office hour sessions with some of the speakers. To buy tickets: www.globaldevelopmentconference.org To updates: https://www.facebook.com/gdcharvard URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/2017-harvard-global-development-conference-rethinking-development-the-world-in-transition/ LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T131500 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170107T020500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175418Z UID:14955-1490961600-1490966100@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Parag Khanna\, Geo-Strategist\, best selling author & Senior Research Fellow\, National University of Singapore. \nParag Khanna will present his book\, “Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization”. In this book Khanna guides us through the emerging global network civilization in which mega-cities compete over connectivity more than borders. His journeys take us from Ukraine to Iran\, Mongolia to North Korea\, Panama City to Dubai\, and the Arctic Circle to the South China Sea—all to show how 21st century conflict is a tug-of-war over pipelines and Internet cables\, advanced technologies and market access. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-connectography-mapping-the-future-of-global-civilization/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room\, Taubman Building\, Harvard Kennedy School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170324T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170307T204400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14948-1490356800-1490360400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Made in Mexico: The Path Ahead for Trade and Migration Issues DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Gerardo Esquivel\, Professor of Economics at El Colegio de Mexico\, and Executive Coordinator of Research at the Instituto Belisario Domínguez of the Mexican Senate About the session: The session will discuss the future of trade (NAFTA) and migration flows between Mexico and the U.S. in the context of the Trump administration.  What are the scenarios? Is NAFTA over? What can be expected in migration policy?  About the Speaker: Gerardo Esquivel received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard in 1997. He also holds a B.A. in economics from the National University Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM\, 1989) and an M.A. in economics from El Colegio de Mexico (1991). He is currently a Professor of Economics at El Colegio de Mexico\, where he has been since 1998\, and is the Executive Coordinator of Research at the Instituto Belisario Domínguez of the Mexican Senate. Previously\, he worked as a Senior Macroeconomics Researcher at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID). Mr. Esquivel has also been a consultant for the International Monetary Fund\, the Inter-American Development Bank\, the World Bank\, the United Nations Development Program and the Central Bank in Mexico. In 2011\, Mr. Esquivel was Tinker Visiting Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy in the University of Chicago. Dr. Esquivel has written extensively on several economic issues and has received numerous distinctions for his research. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-made-in-mexico-the-path-ahead-for-trade-and-migration-issues/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170310T175000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170310T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170301T024600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14828-1489168200-1489172400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: A conversation with His Excellency Paul Kagame DESCRIPTION:Speaker: His Excellency Paul Kagame\, President of The Republic of Rwanda THIS EVENT IS FULL HARVARD ID ONLY: You will be required to present your Harvard ID at the entrance.  About the Speaker: Paul Kagame was born in October 1957 in Rwanda’s Southern Province. His family fled pre-independence ethnic persecution and violence in 1960\, crossing into Uganda where Kagame spent thirty years as a refugee. Determined to resist oppressive regimes\, as a young man\, Paul Kagame joined current Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his group of guerrilla fighters to launch a war to free Uganda from dictatorship. Under the new government\, he served as a senior military officer. In 1990\, Paul Kagame returned to Rwanda to lead the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) four-year struggle to liberate the country from the autocratic and divisive order established since independence. Led by Kagame\, the Rwanda Patriotic Army defeated the genocidal government in July 1994 and the RPF subsequently set Rwanda on its current course towards reconciliation\, nation building and socioeconomic development. Paul Kagame was appointed Vice-President and Minister for Defence in the Government of National Unity on 19 July 1994\, and four years later was elected Chairman of the RPF\, a partner in the Government of National Unity. On 22 April 2000 Paul Kagame took the Oath of Office as President of the Republic of Rwanda after being elected by the Transitional National Assembly. President Paul Kagame won the first ever democratic elections held in Rwanda in August 2003 and was re-elected to a second seven-year mandate in August 2010. President Kagame has received recognition for his leadership in peace building and reconciliation\, development\, good governance\, promotion of human rights and women’s empowerment\, and advancement of education and ICT\, and is widely sought after to address regional and international audiences on a range of issues including African development\, leadership\, and the potential of ICT as a dynamic industry as well as an enabler for Africa’s socioeconomic transformation. President Kagame served as chair of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Group on MDGs from 2010 to 2015 and is the current co-chair of the ITU’s Broadband Commission alongside Carlos Slim. Paul Kagame is married to Jeannette Nyiramongi and they have four children. He is a keen tennis player and football fan. The Session will be moderated by Lant Pritchett\, Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard Kennedy School Please contact Camila_Lobo@hks.harvard.edu if you have any questions about this event. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-a-conversation-with-his-excellency-paul-kagame/ LOCATION:NYE\, A\,B\,C – Taubman Building END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170303T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170303T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170121T005400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175418Z UID:14949-1488546000-1488549600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Peace through Entrepreneurship: Investing in a Start-up Culture for Security and Development DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Steven Koltai\, Managing Director of Koltai & Company\, and Brookings Guest Scholar\, Governance Studies Steven Koltai is an expert on international entrepreneurship ecosystem development.  He is currently Managing Director of Koltai & Company\, an entrepreneurship program development consultancy.  At Brookings\, Koltai is pursuing a project and book provisionally titled: “World Peace through Entrepreneurship.” Most recently\, he was Senior Advisor for Entrepreneurship at the US Department of State where he created and managed the Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP)\, focused primarily in job creation via entrepreneurship in Muslim majority countries.  Previously\, Steven has 30 years of business experience as an investment banker (Salomon Brothers)\, management consultant (McKinsey & Company)\, media industry (Warner Bros and Lifetime Television)\, and as a multiple company successful entrepreneur and angel investor.  He is a long time member of the Council on Foreign Relations where he was an International Affairs Fellow.  Koltai serves on numerous for profit and not-for-profit Boards\, including the Tisch College of Active Citizenship at Tufts University (his alma mater)\, Babson Global at Babson College\, the Library of Congress’ David Rubenstein Literacy Awards Committee\, the Museum of Hungarian-speaking Jewry in Safed\, Israel\, and Advancing Girls Education (AGE) Africa in Malawi. Koltai was born in Budapest\, Hungary\, fleeing to the U.S. as a small child with his family following the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.  He was raised in Los Angeles\, California and Kansas City\, Missouri.  He has two sons and lives in Maine and Washington\, D.C. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-peace-through-entrepreneurship-investing-in-a-start-up-culture-for-security-and-development/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170224T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170123T194400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175418Z UID:14954-1487941200-1487944800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Benefiting from Return Migration: Effects of Return Migration on Non-migrants' Wages and Employment DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ljubica Nedelkoska is a Growth Lab research fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University About the talk: When CID started its engagement in Albania\, a small developing economy bordering Greece\, our team was particularly worried about the negative spillovers that the unfolding debt crisis in Greece could bring about. In addition to the adverse effects on trade and investments\, the livelihoods of some 600\,000 Albanians living in Greece (over 20% of Albania’s population) and their remittance-receiving families were put at risk. Albanian migrants in Greece were particularly affected by the Greek crisis\, which spurred a wave of return migration that increased Albania’s labor force by 5% between 2011 and 2014 alone. We studied how this return migration affected the employment chances and earnings of Albanians who never migrated. Initially to our surprise\, we found positive effects on the wages of low-skilled non-migrants and overall positive effects on employment. The gains partially offset the sharp drop in remittances in the observed period and are probably triggered by return of know-how and financial capital. The employment gains are concentrated in the agricultural sector\, where most return migrants engage in self-employment and entrepreneurship. Businesses run by return migrants seem to pull Albanians from non-participation\, self-employment and subsistence agriculture into commercial agriculture. About the speaker: Ljubica’s research focuses on human capital\, migration\, lifelong learning\, capital-labor relations and structural transformation. She works at the intersection of research and policy\, and has contributed to several such projects in Albania\, Sri Lanka\, the Netherlands\, Sweden\, and Germany. She holds a PhD in Economics of Innovation from the Friedrich Schiller University\, Germany and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Appalachian State University\, North Carolina. Before joining CID\, Ljubica worked as a post-doctoral researcher and a coordinator of the Research Group “Economics of Innovation” at the Friedrich Schiller University and as a research fellow at the Zeppelin University in Germany. Link to research paper: http://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/welcome-home-crisis-effects-return-migration-non-migrants-wages-and URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-benefiting-from-return-migration-effects-of-return-migration-on-non-migrants-wages-and-employment/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170217T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170217T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170121T002200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175418Z UID:14959-1487336400-1487340000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Practical Economics - Economic Transformation and Government Reform in Georgia 2004-2012: A conversation with Nika Gilauri\, Georgia Prime Minister (2009-2012) DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Nika Gilauri\, former Prime Minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri will present his book\, Practical Economics\, in which he provides a detailed analysis of the reforms made in Georgia. The book starts by discussing why the Georgian case is exemplary for other countries and proceeds to describe the fight against corruption\, the rightsizing of government\, the creation of a business-friendly environment\, tax and customs reform\, the privatization of state-owned enterprises\, energy sector reforms\, and smart spending approaches applied to welfare\, healthcare\, education\, and procurement. In some cases\, the description draws on the experiences of other countries\, either because they served as an inspiration for Georgia’s reforms or because approaches pioneered in Georgia were successfully applied there. In a nutshell\, this book is an attempt to answer one question: how do you manage a transformation to bring about fast and sustainable growth? In what follows\, Mr. Gilauri approaches this question from two angles: What is the right size for a government\, both in terms of its regulatory footprint and in terms of its budget in relation to the size of the economy? How do you ensure a government’s efficiency in terms of its decision making\, its interaction with the private sector\, its financial flows\, and the services it provides? The book concludes with a discussion of leadership\, in recognition of the fact that even the best approaches would not apply themselves. It takes determined leadership to make them work – the courage to fix what is broken\, to try innovative approaches\, and to learn from one’s mistakes.  So is this a book for leaders only\, for heads of state and government? Far from it. There is something here for everyone who takes an interest in public affairs – politicians\, civil servants\, consultants\, and all active citizens who may be interested in how governments function and how they can be transformed. This book also shows that none of the major economic theories stands the test of practical application. Some people believe that the state should redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor. Others believe that the freedom of enterprise is more important. Many believe that a monetarist approach is the best solution to the world’s economic problems\, while others favor Keynesian economics. In author’s experience\, none of these theories is universally applicable. Every given economic problem requires its own solution. This is why he advocates what he calls Practical Economics. Practical Economics is about finding the right mix of economic policies for a given country at a given moment. This book is about the mix of economic policies that transformed the Georgian economy between 2004 and 2012. While some of these policies may not be applicable to any other country\, the book makes the case that many of them are relevant for many countries\, developing as well as developed\, today. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-practical-economics-economic-transformation-and-government-reform-in-georgia-2004-2012-a-conversation-with-nika-gilauri-georgia-prime-minister-2009-2012/ LOCATION:NEW LOCATION: Malkin Penthouse\, 4th Floor Littauer\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170216T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170216T184500 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170113T011900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004326Z UID:15051-1487266200-1487270700@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Security and Development Seminar: Inequality\, Crime\, and Development in Latin America DESCRIPTION:The third session in CID’s new Security and Development Seminar Series. Inequality as both Cause and Effect of Crime\, Violence in Latin America. This session will explore the causal relationships between inequality\, crime\, and violence\, understanding the former as a both cause and effect of the latter. The relative importance of proximate vs. root causes of crime and violence will also be debated. Speakers: Rodrigo R. Soares\, Lemann Professor of Brazilian Public Policy and International and Public Affairs Filipe R. Campante\, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School João M P De Mello\, Lemann Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Emily Owens\, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology\, Law and Society at the University of California\, Irvine There will be a live stream of the event on CID’s Facebook page. Seating capacity is 40. RSVP to cid@hks.harvard.edu to confirm a seat. This event is co-sponsored with: The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Harvard Kennedy School’s LATINX Caucus Harvard Kennedy School’s Brazilian Caucus URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/security-and-development-seminar-inequality-crime-and-development-in-latin-america/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170213T173000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170125T022800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14809-1487001600-1487007000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Book Launch: "Building State Capability - Evidence\, Analysis\, Action" DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Matt Andrews\, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Lant Pritchett\, Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard Kennedy School \n \n Authors Matt and Lant will present the recently launched book: “Building State Capability – Evidence\, Analysis\, Action”. \n The book uses data to identify failures in efforts to build state capability in development\, employs theory to explain why these failures are common and likely to persist-keeping countries in capability traps–and builds on applied experience to offer a new approach to build state capability more effectively. \n ‘Building State Capability provides anyone interested in promoting development with practical advice on how to proceed—not by copying imported theoretical models\, but through an iterative learning process that takes into account the messy reality of the society in question. The authors draw on their collective years of realworld experience as well as abundant data and get to what is truly the essence of the development problem.’  Francis Fukuyama\, Stanford University; author of State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century \n About the Speakers: \n Matt Andrews is Associate Professor of Public Policy. His research focuses on public sector reform\, particularly budgeting and finan \n\ncial management reform\, and participatory governance in developing and transitional governments. Recent articles focus on forging a theoretical understanding of the nontechnical factors influencing success in reform processes. Specific emphasis lies on the informal institutional context of reform\, as well as leadership structures within government-wide networks. This research developed out of his work in the provincial government of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa and more recently from his tenure as a Public Sector Specialist working in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. He brings this experience to courses on public management and development. He holds a BCom (Hons) degree from the University of Natal\, Durban (South Africa)\, an MSc from the University of London\, and a PhD in Public Administration from the Maxwell School\, Syracuse University. \n Lant Pritchett is Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University \n\n(as of July 1\, 2007). In addition he is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Global Development. He was co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics and worked as a consultant to Google.org. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1983 with a B.S. in Economics and in 1988 from MIT with a PhD in Economics. \n After finishing at MIT Lant joined the World Bank\, where he held a number of positions in the Bank’s research complex between 1988 and 1998\, including as an adviser to Lawrence Summers when he was Vice President from 1991-1993. From 1998 to 2000 he worked in Indonesia. From 2000 to 2004 Lant was on leave from the World Bank as a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In 2004 he returned to the World Bank and moved to India where he worked until May 2007. \n Lant has been part of the team producing many World Bank reports\, including and has authored (alone or with one of his 22 co-authors) over 50 papers published in refereed journals\, chapters in books\, or as articles\, at least some of which are sometimes cited. In addition to economics journals his work has appeared in specialized journals in demography\, education\, and health. In 2006 he published his first solo authored book\, Let Their People Come\, and in 2013 his second\, The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain’t Learning. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/book-launch-building-state-capability-evidence-analysis-action/ LOCATION:Allison Dining Room – Taubman 5th Floor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170210T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170210T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170131T211600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z UID:14940-1486731600-1486735200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Building an award winning NGO: an insight on the challenges and reality behind the dream to make a difference DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Filipe Alfaiate and Ariana Almeida\, Co-Founders of the Timor-Leste based NGO\, Empreza Diak About the session: Filipe and Ariana will be talking about how their dream to make a difference became an award winning NGO empowering poor women and their families in Timor-Leste\, the newest and most impoverished country in Asia. They will focus on what can be learned from the challenges\, mistakes and successes they faced in the past six years while launching the timorese NGO Empreza Diak (which means Good Business) and developing a sustainable team of staff\, volunteers and donors. All passionate about changing lives by creating opportunities that build better lives\, not charity. They will share unexpected outcomes\, challenges\, successes and what they would have done differently. And how they found that passion\, hard work and innovation can make a difference even in the most challenging of places. They will also talk about why and how they used the over 2 million USD fundraised between 2011 and 2015 to focus on women economic empowerment\, social business and inclusive markets\, in programs now reaching over 5\,000 vulnerable people.  About the speakers: Filipe Alfaiate is a Mason Fellow and MC/MPA candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. An innovator\, critical and strategic thinker\, he has a passion for new ideas and unique expertise at intersection of Law\, social issues and development. Filipe has launched and led social projects in Portugal\, Brazil and Timor-Leste focusing on social change\, economic development and social inclusion. He has 16 years’ experience as adviser and consultant to governments\, private sector firms and non-governmental organizations\, in Law\, Innovation\, Economic Empowerment and Policy and worked in more than 20 countries.  A qualified lawyer in Portugal\, Timor-Leste and England\, Filipe was senior associate in the international law firm Clifford Chance. Later\, he was the senior adviser of Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister providing advice on investment\, Law and the drafting of the country’s National Strategic Plan. In 2010 Filipe co-Founded and directed the timorese NGO Empreza Diak\, focusing his work on business development and innovation.  Ariana Almeida is a social entrepreneur\, gender equality and economic empowerment expert and program manager. Her passion for fighting social injustices and for working with those with fewer opportunities in life to build better futures inspired her to work in development.  After working with Save the Children (UK\, Brazil\, Hong Kong\, Timor-Leste) and Plan International (Timor-Leste) she co-founded the social enterprise Empreza Diak\, which received the prestigious Sergio Vieira de Mello Human Rights Award\, 2014 by Timor-Leste’s President. She led the organization’s women economic empowerment program and advocated for gender equality. Ariana holds a Law Degree and brings her law and development expertise to her management\, advocacy and program and policy design.                URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-building-an-award-winning-ngo-an-insight-on-the-challenges-and-reality-behind-the-dream-to-make-a-difference/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170208T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170208T183000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150031 CREATED:20170120T033800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004453Z UID:15058-1486574100-1486578600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Stories and Statistics: Why we need mixed methods to understand international development (Co-Sponsored with the Ash Center) DESCRIPTION:Quantitative or qualitative: which evaluation method is more useful?  This has long been a contentious debate in the field of international development.  Yet while individual methods like randomized control trials\, ethnography\, structured observations\, and interviews are each well-placed to reveal parts of the picture\, each can also miss important parts of the whole.  Thus the question is: how can researchers become more deliberate and holistic in using mixed methods to understand the full picture?  The Transparency for Development Project is seeking to answer that question in its pursuit of understanding of whether\, where\, and how citizen-led transparency and accountability interventions can improve health.  Join us as T4D Principal Investigators Archon Fung\, Dan Levy\, and Stephen Kosack reflect on the T4D project’s mixed method approach and draw on early insights from the evaluation that demonstrate the importance of integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in evaluating development programs.   Speakers: Dan Levy\, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy\, HKS; Faculty Chair\, SLATE Stephen Kosack\, Associate Professor\, University of Washington; Senior Research Fellow\, Ash Center   Moderator: Archon Fung\, Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship; Academic Dean\, HKS   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/stories-and-statistics-why-we-need-mixed-methods-to-understand-international-development-co-sponsored-with-the-ash-center/ LOCATION:Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation\, Suite 200N\, 124 Mt Auburn Street\, Cambridge END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170203T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170203T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T150032 CREATED:20170119T192100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175418Z UID:14956-1486126800-1486130400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: How Some Rustbelt Cities are Becoming the Smartest Places on Earth and Why it Matters DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Antoine van Agtmael\, senior adviser at Foreign Policy Analytics and principal founder\, CEO and CIO of Emerging Markets Management LLC. Mr. van Agtmael is senior adviser at Foreign Policy Analytics\, a public policy advisory firm in Washington DC and was the principal founder\, CEO and CIO of Emerging Markets Management LLC (and later chairman of AshmoreEMM)\, a leading investment management firm for emerging market equities.  He was also a founding director of the Strategic Investment GroupSM.  Before founding EMM in 1987\, Mr. van Agtmael was Deputy Director of the Capital Markets department of the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”)\, the private sector-oriented affiliate of the World Bank. While at IFC\, he coined the term “emerging markets” and founded the IFC Emerging Markets Database. He was also a Division Chief in the World Bank’s borrowing operations\, Managing Director of Thailand’s leading merchant bank TISCO and Vice President at Bankers Trust Company.  Mr. van Agtmael is co-author of The Smartest Places on Earth (Public Affairs\, March 2016)\, author of The Emerging Markets Century (Free Press\, 2007)\, Emerging Securities Markets (Euromoney\, 1984)\, and co-editor of The World’s Emerging Stock Markets (Probus Publishing\, 1992). He was an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center and taught at the Harvard Institute of Politics and Thammasat University\, Bangkok. He has lectured widely at universities and other professional audiences around the world. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School\, an M.A. in Russian and Eastern European Studies from Yale University and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Erasmus University in the Netherlands. He is a Board member of The Brookings Institution (and Co-Chair of its International Advisory Council)\, the NPR Foundation (and until 2013 its Chair and NPR board member)\, the Smithsonian’s Freer Sackler Gallery\, and Magnum Photos. He is also a member of the Yale President’s Council on International Activities and of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is married and has two children and a grandchild.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-how-some-rustbelt-cities-are-becoming-the-smartest-places-on-earth-and-why-it-matters/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR