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SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Bank Regulation meets Human Rights – Can bank regulators make the world a better place? How?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Daniel M. Schydlowsky\, Ph.D.\, Superintendent of Banking\, Insurance and Private Retirement Funds\, Republic of Peru\, 2011-2015. 	About the Talk: Businesses listen to their bankers\, the bankers listen to the Bank Regulators: this generates leverage. It also provides opportunity to further respect for Human Rights in a variety of ways\, while lowering risk for the banking community. 	  	About the Speaker: Dr. Daniel Schydlowsky served as Superintendent of Banking\, Insurance and Private Pension Fund Administrators of Peru (SBS)\, August\, 2011- November\, 2015. He concurrently served as President of the Association of Bank Supervisors of the Americas (ASBA) and as Chairman of Governing Council of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI). 	In October\, 2015\, he was awarded the inaugural Edward W. Claugus Award for Excellence in Regulation of Micro Finance. From 2001 to 2006\, Dr. Schydlowsky served in the administration of President Alejandro Toledo as Presidential Counselor for Economic and Financial Affairs (2001-2002)\, as President of Peru´s Development Finance Corporation\, COFIDE\, (2002-2006)\, as member of the board of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (2002-2006)\, as well as of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF)\, (2002-2006). He has also served as member of the Advisory Council and as Vice President of The Latin American Association of Development Finance Institutions\, ALIDE. Dr. Schydlowsky has had a long and distinguished academic career. 	During 2010\, he was Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and concurrently Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government of the Harvard Kennedy School. He was previously Professor of Economics at Boston University (1972-1990) and at The American University in Washington D.C. (1990-2001) and also a Visiting Scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since leaving government\, he has served as consultant to the Alliance for Financial Inclusion\, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Inter-American Development Bank on matters of financial inclusion and digital finance. In earlier years\, he has been a consultant to different international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)\, the World Bank\, UNDP and USAID. 	He has worked in most Latin American countries as well as in Bangladesh\, Indonesia\, Romania and South Africa. He has published eight books and ninety-three professional articles on economic issues in numerous professional journals. Professor Schydlowsky holds a BA and MA in Economics and an LLB from San Marcos University\, Peru\, and an MA and PhD in Economics from Harvard. He was awarded a Doctorate honoris causa by San Marcos University\, Peru\, in November\, 2015.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-bank-regulation-meets-human-rights-can-bank-regulators-make-the-world-a-better-place-how/
LOCATION:Perkins Room – R-429 Rubenstein 4th floor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T140000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Does US development policy have a future under Trump?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Todd Moss\, Senior Fellow\, Center for Global Development and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. 	 	About the talk: Development policy has become increasingly intertwined with US national security\, diplomacy\, and economic policy. Yet the new administration has proposed severe budget cuts to USAID\, State\, and other relevant accounts. Where does development policy fit in the new administration? What will be different? Are there potential new opportunities? 	About the speaker: 	Todd Moss is senior fellow at the Center for Global Development where his research focuses on US-Africa relations\, energy policy\, and private investment. Moss is also a nonresident scholar at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute and an adjunct professor at Georgetown. 	He served as COO/VP at the Center from 2009-2016. Moss is currently working on electrification in Africa\, cash transfers in new oil economies\, and ideas for upgrading US development finance tools. In the past he led CGD’s work on Nigerian debt\, reconstruction in Zimbabwe\, the future of the World Bank’s soft loan IDA\, and the African Development Bank. Moss served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State 2007-2008 while on leave from CGD. 	Previously\, he has been a Lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE) and worked at the World Bank\, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and the Overseas Development Council. Moss is the author of numerous articles and books\, including African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors (2011) and Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse with Cash Transfers (2015). 	Moss also writes an international thriller series for Penguin’s Putnam Books about a State Department crisis manager including The Golden Hour (2014)\, Minute Zero (2015)\, Ghosts of Havana (2016)\, and The Shadow List (forthcoming 2017).
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-does-us-development-policy-have-a-future-under-trump/
LOCATION:Perkins Room – R429\, Rubenstein 4th floor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T183000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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SUMMARY:What I Learned as a Political Prisoner in Venezuela with Francisco Lara Marquez
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Francisco Lara Marquez MPP 2012\, a Venezuelan lawyer and political activist. Marquez was a political prisoner in Venezuela and later forced into exile in the United States. Tarek Masoud\, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations will moderate. This discussion is part of the Ash Center’s Democracy in Hard Places Initiative.  	Event organized by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation\, co-sponsored by the Center for International Development. 	About the SpeakerBefore his imprisonment in June 2016\, Marquez was Chief of Staff of the Mayor of El Hatillo in Caracas starting in 2014. Previously he worked with the Lt. Governor of the State of Miranda. He obtained his Law degree in the Catholic University Andres Bello (2009) and his Master in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (2012). He is currently focusing on torture and human rights issues and researching on the erosion of democracy in Venezuela.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/what-i-learned-as-a-political-prisoner-in-venezuela-with-francisco-lara-marquez/
LOCATION:Ash Center Foyer\, 124 Mt. Auburn Street\, Suite 200 North
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171103T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171103T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20171019T184100Z
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SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: Education in Pakistan: What works to improve learning outcomes?
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Niharika Singh\, Ph.D. Student Affiiate\, & Zainab Qureshi\, Senior Program Manager\, Evidence for Policy Design Program 	About the Talk: Despite significant progress in enrollment and educational access\, learning outcomes in Pakistan remain vastly substandard. At the same time\, the country’s education landscape has changed dramatically with the mushrooming growth of low cost private schools\, estimated to cater to 42% of school going children today. Evidence for Policy Design’s Learning and Education Achievement in Pakistan Schools (LEAPS) program is leading transformational research to understand the impacts of these changes\, and examining how to catalyze innovation in the education ecosystem of Pakistan. This talk will outline the LEAPS team’s research on how to alleviate system-level constraints to improve education quality and student learning outcomes. Lead researchers on LEAPS are Tahir Andrabi (Pomona)\, Jishnu Das (World Bank) and Asim Khwaja (Harvard Kennedy School). 	See the presentation: Education in Pakistan: What Works to Improve Learning Outcomes? 	About the Speakers:  \nNiharika Singh is a PhD candidate in Public Policy at Harvard University and co-principal investigator on a LEAPS study examining the effects of providing unconditional cash grants to rural low cost private schools in Pakistan. Her research interests span a range of topics in development and labor economics. She received her BA in Economics from McGill University and worked as a research assistant in India and the U.S. prior to graduate school. \nZainab Qureshi is the LEAPS Senior Program Manager at EPoD\, overseeing implementation of Education and policy research in Pakistan. She has previously worked at various organizations across the Education sector in Pakistan\, implementing low cost Education delivery programs and developing an alternate model of education for low income schools. She holds a Master’s in Education (Ed.M.) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a BA in Economics and International Development from McGill University.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-education-in-pakistan-what-works-to-improve-learning-outcomes/
LOCATION:Perkins Room – Rubenstein 4th Floor – R-429
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171031T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171031T173000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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SUMMARY:CID Speaker Series: A Steep Price: The Economics of Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Laura Jaitman\, Research Economist\, Inter-American Development Bank 	About the talk: Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region on earth\, with a homicide rate that is 4 times the global average. In this talk\, first recent estimates of the economic cost of crime will be presented\, and LAC high crime rates will be discussed within the Becker crime economics framework. Second\, an innovative theoretical extension to this framework will be presented concerning the relationship between the production of durable goods and crime. Finally\, specific policy implications for LAC countries will be explored. \nDr. Laura Jaitman is an Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). She joined the IDB in 2014\, where she previously coordinated the research agenda for the Citizen Security and Justice sector. Her principal area of research is the economics of crime\, development economics\, and the evaluation of crime prevention and crime control strategies. Before joining the IDB\, she worked as a consultant at the World Bank\, the IDB\, and J-PAL in different developed and developing countries. Overall\, Jaitman has more than a decade of working experience in the field of public policy. Jaitman holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University College London\, UK. Her work has been published in international peer reviewed journals\, such as the Economic Journal\, and featured in international media.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-speaker-series-a-steep-price-the-economics-of-crime-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
LOCATION:Perkins Room – Rubenstein 4th Floor R-429
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171027T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20171006T171500Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T140000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170919T012400Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170830T203300Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170929T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170824T222300Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T173000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T180000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170919T191600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001537Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170915T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T180000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170831T193400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175421Z
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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)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170908T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170908T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170428T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170428T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170425T222800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T174500
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170117T231800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004341Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170422T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170422T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170415T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170415T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170406T010700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004439Z
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170414T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170414T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170413T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170401T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170401T000000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T131500
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170324T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170307T204400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175419Z
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170310T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170303T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170303T140000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170224T140000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170217T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170217T140000
DTSTAMP:20260422T013208
CREATED:20170121T002200Z
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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
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