Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker: Felipe Kast, Senator of Chile for the period 2018-2026. Former Minister of Social Development and 2017 Presidential Candidate. About the Talk: One of the puzzles of modern democracy is populism. Why, despite its multiple failures, again and again populism reincarnates, with huge costs for citizenship. Today Venezuela suffers from populism in its worst expression, but […]
Speaker: Susi Pudjiastuti, Indonesia Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. About the talk: Indonesia Club at Harvard is proud to facilitate a public lecture and Q&A session with multiple award-winning Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia, Susi Pudjiastuti. In this event, she will share about the state of fisheries in Indoenesia and beyond, […]
Speaker: Salimah Samji, Director, Building State Capability Program - Harvard University. About the talk: Salimah will share the learnings from teaching the PDIA (Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation) Methodology to hundreds of practitioners worldwide through the Program's online course. She will describe the "real world" challenges of applying this methodology and share success stories of practitioners worldwide. […]
About the Conference: Our world is rapidly changing. The rise of populism, the migration crisis and the threat of climate change are driving development initiatives to evolve and adapt to these new dynamics. The 24th student organized edition of the annual Global Development Conference will debate the future, and envision a future shaped through shared […]
Speaker: Jamey Butcher - Executive Vice President, Chemonics About the talk: In January 2016, Chemonics International was awarded the Global Health Supply Chain - Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) program. GHSC-PSM is the largest project ever awarded by USAID, and is tasked with procuring and delivering the HIV AIDS, malaria, reproductive health, maternal and child health and […]
Speakers: Martha Chen - International Coordinator, WIEGO 1997-2017 Isabel Guerrero Pulgar - Regional Vice-President, World Bank; Co-Founder, IMAGO Jacqueline Bhabha - Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard University Salimah Samji - Director, CID Building State Capability Program Join the Women in Power Professional Interest Council and the International Development Professional Interest Council for a […]
Speakers: Daniel Mejia, Secretary of Security of Bogota & Chris Blattman, Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy Moderator: Thomas Abt, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Development at Harvard University About the talk: To better understand which security policies are most effective, the Mayor’s office of Bogota is testing and evaluating several […]
Speakers: Dr. Salam Fayyad, MEI Senior Fellow and Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority and Rema Hanna, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School; Co-Director of the Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) research program, Center for International Development, Harvard University About the talk: A seminar with Dr. Salam Fayyad, MEI Senior Fellow and Former Prime […]
Speaker: Dan Honig, Assistant Professor of International Development, Johns Hopkins SAIS; PhD, Harvard Kennedy School About the talk: Join the CID's Building State Capability Program and the M-RCBG's Sustainability Science Program for an interview with Dan Honig, author of Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn't Work. In his new book, Honig argues […]
Speaker: H.E. Dr. Abdirahman D. Beileh, Minister of Finance, The Federal Republic of Somalia About the Talk: While Somalia has achieved socio-economic progress in the past years, there are many remaining challenges to overcome. The overriding argument is that Somalia is truly unique in both the challenges it poses to the world and the opportunities it provides for national […]