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:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161121T202400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175418Z UID:14951-1480682700-1480687200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Productive Transformation in Latin America and Strategic Participation in Global Value Chains: An OECD Perspective DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Roberto Martinez Yllescas\, Head of OECD Mexico Centre \nAs head of the OECD Mexico Centre\, Roberto Martínez Yllescas (MPP ’95) works to increase the OECD’s relevance and impact in Mexico and Latin America. Roberto was previously Chief of Staff to Commissioner Labardini as one of the founders of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute. Previously\, he was a Senior Advisor in the Secretariat of Communications and Transport in Mexico. He has over fifteen years of experience working in governmental\, multilateral organisations and private sector companies as Government Affairs manager in Mexico at Intel Corp\, as well as Central-Southern Regional Chief for the National Telecommunications\, Electronics and IT Industry Association of Mexico. He has also been a senior consultant to the United Nations Development Programme\, USAID and Mexico’s Centre for Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness. Mr. Martínez Yllescas\, a Mexican national\, holds a BA in International Relations from El Colegio de México\, a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science\, and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government *Lunch is served   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-productive-transformation-in-latin-america-and-strategic-participation-in-global-value-chains-an-oecd-perspective/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161201T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161201T183000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161121T193600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004333Z UID:15052-1480611600-1480617000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Security and Development Seminar: Transnational Crime: Gangs\, Guns\, Drugs\, and Development in Latin America DESCRIPTION:The second session in CID’s new Security and Development Seminar Series. This session will explore how trafficking in illicit drugs\, weapons\, and persons by transnational criminal organizations impedes development in many Latin American countries. Speakers: Thomas Abt\, Innovation in Citizen Security Project\, CID Daniel Mejia\, Secretary of Security of Bogota\, Colombia Steven Dudley\, Co-director\, InSight Crime\, Wilson Center João M P De Mello\, Lemann Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 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. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/security-and-development-seminar-transnational-crime-gangs-guns-drugs-and-development-in-latin-america/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T203000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161121T195400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175417Z UID:14963-1480359600-1480365000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Nurturing Economic Growth: What Should LATAM Countries do under the New Normal? DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Carlos Fernández Valdovinos\, Governor of the Central Bank of Paraguay Moderator: Ricardo Hausmann\, Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University \nCarlos Fernández Valdovinos\, Governor of the Central Bank of Paraguay since October 2013. He has a Ph.D. in Economics (University of Chicago\, 1999)\, Master in Economic Policy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, 1994) and graduated in economics (Federal University of Parana\, Brazil\, 1990). Previously\, he served as the Managing Director of the Economic Research Division at the CBP (2001-2004)\, senior economist covering Argentina at the World Bank in Washington\, DC (2004-2006)\, senior economist at the African\, European and Western Hemisphere Departments\, and Representative for Brazil and Bolivia at the International Monetary Fund (2006 – 2013). Fernández Valdovinos is part of the Board of Directors of the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) and Governor of Paraguay before the International Monetary Fund. Both in 2015 and 2016\, he was a recipient of the “Best Central Banker Award” by Global Finance Magazine. Co-sponsors: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; HKS Spanish Caucus; the Latinx Caucus; and the Latin American Caucus Photo: CC BY-SA 4.0  URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/nurturing-economic-growth-what-should-latam-countries-do-under-the-new-normal/ LOCATION:Starr Auditorium\, 2nd Floor Belfer\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T181000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161119T015200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003102Z UID:14976-1480353000-1480356600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Political Prisoners and Torture in Venezuela: The Experience of an HKS Alumnus and Venezuelan Political Prisoner DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Francisco Marquez\, MPP’12 and political prisoner; Tarek Masoud\, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations\, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Francisco Marquez Lara is a Venezuelan lawyer and polítical activist with the Voluntad Popular party. He was held as a political prisoner in Venezuela for four months. Throughout this time he was detained in four facilities under three organizations. This is the story of what he lived through and witnessed.  Before his imprisonment\, Marquez was Chief of Staff for the Mayor of El Hatillo in Caracas. He obtained his law degree at Catholic University Andres Bello and his Master in Public Policy degree at Harvard Kennedy School. Related – El Pais: Strife-torn Venezuela frees two political prisoners URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/political-prisoners-and-torture-in-venezuela-the-experience-of-an-hks-alumnus-and-venezuelan-political-prisoner/ LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse\, 4th Floor Littauer\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161128T195400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T230017Z UID:14813-1480350600-1480356000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Business History Seminar - HBS DESCRIPTION:Business history InitiativeWe seek to enable scholars\, educators\, and practitioners to learn from the past by providing rich and nuanced evidence on the key issues faced by the world today. Since the work of Joseph Schumpeter and the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History in the 1940s\, Harvard has taken an interdisciplinary and global approach to understanding business history. Presenter: Arne Westad\, Harvard University “World’s Apart: The Cold War in the 20th Century” URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/business-history-seminar-hbs/ LOCATION:Baker B82 – HBS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161118T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161118T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161117T205900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175417Z UID:14952-1479473100-1479477600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Too Small to Fail: Why Small Countries are Outperforming Larger Ones and What Lessons can be Learned DESCRIPTION:Speaker: R. James Breiding\, Author \n‘Too Small to Fail’ analyzes a number of successful countries that have created virtues out of their physical limitations. It attempts to understand what they do differently and why they seem to do it better. Why are they better-educated\, more egalitarian\, and wealthier?  R.James Breiding is the author of Swiss Made – The Untold Story behind Switzerland’s Success. Published in 10 languages and offered by 50 Swiss ambassadors as a diplomatic gift\, ‘Swiss Made’ has become the most authoritative work on Swiss socio-economic history. Mr. Breiding is a graduate of IMD Lausanne and the Harvard Kennedy School. He has been selected as a fellow by Harvard University’s Center for International Development in connection with his research on Swiss Made. His work has been widely published in publications like the Economist\, the Financial Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, and the New York Times\, etc. He worked as a chartered accountant and senior manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers; a director at NM Rothschild + Sons; and managing director at Templeton Investment. He founded\, with the assistance of Sir John Templeton and other prominent investors\, Naissance Capital\, a Swiss ‘boutique’ Investment firm. He is a Swiss citizen.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-too-small-to-fail-why-small-countries-are-outperforming-larger-ones-and-what-lessons-can-be-learned/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161116T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161116T183000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161105T012000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175417Z UID:14900-1479315600-1479321000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Education for People and Planet: Creating Sustainable Futures for All DESCRIPTION:On November 16th CID will be hosting a presentation by Dr. Priyadarshani Joshi of the recently published 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report\, an editorially independent report published by UNESCO. This report has been mandated by the international education community to monitor the progress of the global goal of education in the new UN agenda (2016 – 2030). The Report presents a comprehensive vision of the ways in which education is linked to the other 16 sustainable development goals\, and details the implications for monitoring the education goal (SDG 4). The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion. \nPriyadarshani Joshi is from Nepal and is a researcher with the Global Education Monitoring Report\, housed in UNESCO. She joined the team in 2014\, and her chief emphasis has been on articulating education’s role in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. She has a PhD in Education Policy from the University of Pennsylvania. Her personal research agenda focuses on the consequences of private sector growth for the public sector\, parental choice\, and system wide quality and equity in the education sector in developing countries. Prior to her doctoral work\, her professional backgrounds included research positions at the IMF and consultancies at UNICEF and the World Bank. Priya also initiated\, co-designed and was part of the board of an innovative mobile library project in Nepal\, one of the World Bank Development Marketplace 2003 Education Sector Project winners. Priya holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and Chemistry from Amherst College\, and a Master’s in Public Administration (Economic Policy) from Princeton University. \nMichèle Lamont is Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies and the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies at Harvard University. She will serve as the 108th President of the American Sociological Association in 2016-2017. A cultural sociologist\, Lamont is the coauthor of Getting Respect: Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States\, Brazil\, and Israel(Princeton University Press\, 2016). She is also the author of a dozen books and edited volumes and has published close to one hundred articles and chapters on a range of topics including culture and inequality\, race\, racism and stigma\, social change and social resilience\, academia and knowledge\, and qualitative social science research. She is currently working on a monograph titled Being Worthy and is completing a co-edited Special Issue of Social Science and Medicine on “Mutuality\, Health Promotion and Collective Cultural Change.” She serves as the Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the Co-Director of the Successful Societies program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. \nConnie K. Chung is the Associate Director for the Global Education Innovation Initiative and a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education\, teaching a research practicum about education quality. She conducts research about civic\, global citizenship\, and 21st century education. She is especially interested in how to build the capacities of organizations and people to work collaboratively toward providing a relevant\, rigorous\, meaningful education for all children that not only supports their individual growth but also the growth of their communities. She is the co-editor of the book\, Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-First Century: Educational Goals\, Policies\, and Curricula from Six Nations (Harvard Education Press\, 2016)\, a co-author of the K-12 curriculum resource\, Empowering Global Citizens: A World Course (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform\, 2016)\, and a contributor to a book about US education improvement efforts\, A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (Oxford University Press\, 2011). A former high school English literature teacher\, she was nominated by her students for teaching awards. Connie received her BA\, EdM\, and EdD from Harvard University and her dissertation analyzed the individual and organizational factors that facilitated people from diverse ethnic\, religious\, and socio-economic class backgrounds to work together to improve their community. This event is co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/education-for-people-and-planet-creating-sustainable-futures-for-all/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161110T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161103T235000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002343Z UID:14943-1478781900-1478786400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Designing Technology for the "Other" 5 Billion DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Prof. Umar Saif\, Chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board With the advent of $50 smartphones\, we can finally design software applications to fight poverty\, disease and illiteracy for the “other” 5 billion people in the developing-world. In this talk\, Prof. Umar Saif will share a series of systems designed for the 120 million citizens in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. These systems have been used for targeting 13 million Dengue containment activities\, monitoring 53\,000 schools in Punjab\, tracking 3\,700 vaccinators and collecting feedback from 11 million citizens. Each system highlights a unique set of challenges and opportunities for designing systems for the developing-world. Prof. Saif will conclude by explaining the challenge of measuring socio-economic impact of projects in the developing-world and present a new smartphone-based platform aimed at democratizing data collection\, surveys and randomized controlled trails at a large scale. Buffet lunch served. No RSVP required. Space available on a first-come\, first-served basis. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-designing-technology-for-the-other-5-billion/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161104T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161104T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161031T163600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002503Z UID:14953-1478259900-1478264400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Venezuela: How an Oil Rich Country Went Bust and the Roadmap to Get It Back on Track DESCRIPTION:Speakers: CID Venezuela Project Team Venezuela is currently undergoing the worst economic crisis in its history. By the end of 2016\, more than 30% of the gross domestic product (GDP) it had three years ago will be lost. Poverty has soared to record levels. Monthly inflation rates are gradually approaching hyperinflation. Shortages of basic food staples and medicines are rampant. In order to promote a better understanding of the causes\, magnitudes\, and possible remedies of the crisis\, the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University launched a research initiative on Venezuela at the end of 2015. To learn more about this work and some preliminary findings\, visit our project page. Members of our research team will share their experiences and preview their findings at this seminar. *Originally scheduled in the Perkins Room\, please note the location of this seminar is now in the Malkin Penthouse. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-venezuela-how-an-oil-rich-country-went-bust-and-the-roadmap-to-get-it-back-on-track/ LOCATION:*Malkin Penthouse\, 4th Floor Littauer\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161103T170000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161031T162000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235656Z UID:14815-1478188800-1478192400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Case Study Seminar - Global Leadership and Management at a Time of Rapid Change: Translating Macro-trends to the Individual Organization DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Charles MacCormack\, President Emeritus\, Save the Children Charlie MacCormack is the former President and CEO of Save the Children US\, an independent nonprofit organization with programs in the United States and more than 50 countries. He also serves on the board of directors of the International Save the Children Alliance\, which implements programs totaling $1 billion for children in 120 countries\, and is former chair of the board of InterAction.  Dr. MacCormack will discuss how organizations and associations of organizations respond to unpredictable change at the organizational level. He will highlight the case of Save the Children.RSVP required. Email cid@hks.harvard.edu. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/case-study-seminar-global-leadership-and-management-at-a-time-of-rapid-change-translating-macro-trends-to-the-individual-organization/ LOCATION:Perkins Room\, 4th floor Rubensteing bldg\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161028T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161028T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161019T174500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002439Z UID:14950-1477655100-1477659600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Peace through Entrepreneurship: Investing in a Start-up Culture for Security and Development — CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:This event has been cancelled. To be rescheduled in the spring. Details TBD.  URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-peace-through-entrepreneurship-investing-in-a-start-up-culture-for-security-and-development-cancelled/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T150000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161003T173500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T225948Z UID:15050-1477573200-1477580400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Security and Development Seminar: Corruption\, Impunity\, and Development in Latin America DESCRIPTION:The first session in CID’s new Security and Development Seminar Series. This session will explore how corruption and impunity obstruct development in Latin America\, with a focus on Mexico.Speakers include:Ricardo Hausmann\, Faculty Director\, CIDThomas Abt\, Innovation in Citizen Security Project\, CIDLourdes Morales\, Associate Professor\, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE)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. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/security-and-development-seminar-corruption-impunity-and-development-in-latin-america/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, Rubenstein Building\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161011T193000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175417Z UID:14942-1477050300-1477054800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - City SMARTup: New Tools to Fire Up Your Smart City Project DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Renato De Castro\, International Advisor\, World e-Governments Organization   \nRenato de Castro is a Smart City senior consultant with more than 20 years’ experience and specialized in investment attraction and management for smart cities projects. He is senior vice president for Smart Cities at CreF\, Inc\, an American investment bank from Pittsburgh. He is also a member of the global advisory board of Leading Cities\, located in Boston\, and international advisor for The World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments\, in Seoul. Renato responds as mentor and advisor specialized in globalization strategies for startups around the world. He is a Doctor of Business Administration candidate at Maastricht School of Management\, MSM\, Netherlands\, researching about Smart Cities. He is also a writer\, columnist and video blogger for Smart City\, ICT and Urbanization Strategies topics. Note: This talk will be held in Nye A in the Taubman building. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-city-smartup-new-tools-to-fire-up-your-smart-city-project/ LOCATION:Nye A\, 5th Floor Taubman\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161018T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161018T173000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161018T013500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175417Z UID:15049-1476806400-1476811800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Saving a Nation: Restoring the Rule of Law In Guatemala DESCRIPTION:Join Iván Velásquez Gómez\, Commissioner for the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)\, as he describes his battles against illegal security groups and clandestine security organizations in Guatemala – criminal groups believed to have infiltrated state institutions\, fostering impunity and undermining democratic gains in Guatemala since the end of the country’s armed conflict in the 1990s. The CICIG  represents an innovative initiative by the United Nations together with a Member State to strengthen the rule of law in a post-conflict country. Before his post with CICIG\, Commissioner Gómez was a prosecutor in Colombia\, where he investigated the ties and relations of former President Uribe to paramilitary groups. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Development\, the Carr Center for Human Rights\, and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Tickets to this event are free\, with priority given to Harvard students\, but you MUST register HERE    URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/saving-a-nation-restoring-the-rule-of-law-in-guatemala/ LOCATION:Adams House LCR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20161006T173700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175417Z UID:14945-1476445500-1476450000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Empowering Human Capital and Institutions through Higher Education DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angelica Natera\, Executive Director LASPAU \nAngélica Natera is the Executive Director of Laspau: an organization affiliated with Harvard University that has contributed to the educational development of thousands of individuals in Latin America through scholarship programs and knowledge exchange opportunities. With more than 25 years of professional experience\, including 14 years at Harvard\, she has worked on the design and management of educational programs for public and private universities\, governmental agencies\, private companies and non-profit organizations in Latin America\, Spain and the United States. In working with different regions in the world\, Angélica has developed extensive expertise and a deep understanding of global trends and innovation in higher education. Angélica has developed programs to improve teaching in public and private universities in Latin America and the Caribbean\, programs on effective learning and teaching in engineering and science\, programs to improve entrepreneurship education\, and initiatives to promote the development of clusters of innovation and competitiveness through the integration of universities\, government and industry. She has led educational programs for a broad range of organizations and entities\, including the United States Department of State\, Goldman Sachs Foundation’s 10\,000 Women Initiative\, the Kellogg Foundation\, the Ministry of Education in Chile\, the Ministry of Higher Education\, Science and Technology in the Dominican Republic\, and the Council of Science and Technology in Colombia among others. These programs and initiatives have involved experts from Harvard University\, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, Olin College\, Brown University\, and the University of California. Angélica has advised governments and university leaders on innovation in learning and teaching. In 2007 she founded the Initiative for the Development of Academic Innovation\, which has contributed to the professional development of thousands of university teachers and academic leaders in Latin America. She has been invited to share her ideas and experience across the US\, Latin America\, Caribbean\, Africa\, Asia and the Middle East. Because of her work and leadership\, Angélica has been invited to present at the National Hispana Leadership Institute\, a program for successful Latinas leaders in the US. Angélica is Venezuelan and holds a graduate certificate in administration and management from Harvard University\, a graduate degree in psychology from the Universidad Simón Bolivar in Venezuela\, and a bachelor of administrative and management sciences from the Universidad Tecnológica del Centro in Venezuela. In 2010 Angélica was awarded the Harvard University Administrative Fellowship\, a program of the office of the assistant to the President\, which selects talented individuals in the university. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-empowering-human-capital-and-institutions-through-higher-education/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161007T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161007T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20160927T002200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175417Z UID:14941-1475840700-1475845200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Can Government Promote Evidence-based Innovation in Development? DESCRIPTION:  Speaker: Anne Healy (MPA/ID ’12)\, Managing Director of Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)\, USAID Anne leads Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) at USAID\, the Agency’s evidence-based social innovation fund. She has worked across the private\, public\, and social sectors on evidence and innovation in government and international development. As a consultant at McKinsey & Co.\, she advised Fortune 500 companies\, federal and state government entities\, multilateral organizations\, and philanthropies on strategy\, organizational change\, and operations\, with a focus on economic development and crisis response and recovery. Anne was part of the senior leadership team that established the Innovations for Poverty Action operation in Kenya\, where she also oversaw randomized controlled trials in the water and sanitation sector with leading development economists from Harvard and Berkeley. Most recently\, as Senior Advisor at the State Department\, Anne advised Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom on global health security and innovation in Department operations and management. DIV recruits graduate student summer interns\, so this would be a useful opportunity for students starting to consider internship options to hear about an exciting opportunity in the public sector. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-can-government-promote-evidence-based-innovation-in-development/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160930T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160930T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20160913T212900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002407Z UID:14946-1475235900-1475240400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - Evaluating a Green Finance Investment: Scaling-Up Renewable Geothermal Energy in Indonesia DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Migara Yawardena\, Senior Energy Specialist in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice\, The World Bank Migara Jayawardena has worked throughout the world on issues related to infrastructure reform and development finance. Mr. Jayawardena’s work in the energy sector has focused mostly on power sector and utility reform\, renewable energy\, rural electrification\, public-private partnerships\, and development challenges related to climate change.  In his current position\, he works mainly on business development\, policy advice\, and investment lending challenges in the Latin America and Caribbean region.  Previously\, Mr. Jayawardena worked in the East Asia region of the World Bank where he led work on climate change and support to a globally unprecedented geothermal renewable energy development program; institutional reform of utilities; power transmission and distributional system strengthening; hydropower development; rural energy access; and oil and gas sector issues. Mr. Jayawardena has also worked in Europe and Central Asia and Africa regions of the World Bank\, in addition to holding the position of Special Assistant to the Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining the World Bank\, Mr. Jayawardena was the Assistant Program Director and a Faculty Member for the Program on Investment Appraisal and Management\, at Harvard University’s Institute for International Development (HIID).  He also helped establish Cambridge Resources International (CRI)\, an investment and risk advisory consultancy. Migara received his B.Sc. in Economics from Towson State University and his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-evaluating-a-green-finance-investment-scaling-up-renewable-geothermal-energy-in-indonesia/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160923T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160923T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20160913T211900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175416Z UID:14958-1474631100-1474635600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Making a Mark and Achieving Your Highest Potential in the Development Sector DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Soulaima Gourani\, CEO Capital Aid & Owner\, Tradeconductor.com \nSoulaima Gourani is a Danish CEO\, motivational speaker\, author\, and philanthropist whose vision is to make the world a more tolerant place through international trade and business relations. She is currently CEO of CapitalAid\, a Denmark-based company helping small businesses to accelerate growth through strategic growth loans\, and as CEO of Tradeconductor.com\, a service working to implement trade relations and connecting manufacturers with distributors. Gourani has also worked as an advisor to several major companies (e.g. Samsung\, Microsoft\, Dell\, Ernst & Young\, Deloitte\, Danske Bank\, etc.) on customer loyalty\, strategic networking\, employee motivation\, and designing sustainable products. Alongside her work with business growth and trade\, Gourani serves as the chair of numerous other organizations including Global Dignity\, a nonprofit working to engage youth in conversations about dignity\, and the Mara Mentor Initiative\, an online platform seeking to empower young African entrepreneurs in their business ventures URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-making-a-mark-and-achieving-your-highest-potential-in-the-development-sector/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160916T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160916T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20160901T012400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175416Z UID:14939-1474026300-1474030800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - A New Era for Development Assistance: How well are NGOs and their Partners Adapting? DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Charles MacCormack\, President Emeritus\, Save the Children \nCharles MacCormack is President Emeritus of Save the Children U.S. and currently an advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University\, where he is working on issues involving the role of private philanthropy in global health and development. Most recently\, Dr. MacCormack has served as Executive Chair of the Millennium Development Goal Health Alliance; Executive in Residence at Middlebury College; and Senior Fellow at Interaction. He was previously CEO of Save the Children from 1993 to 2012 and CEO of World Learning/School for International Training from 1997 until 1993. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and holds his Masters and Ph.D degrees from Columbia University. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-a-new-era-for-development-assistance-how-well-are-ngos-and-their-partners-adapting/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20160901T011500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002731Z UID:14960-1473421500-1473426000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: What if Doctors Could Prescribe Seeds? Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture to Address Malnutrition in Rwanda DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessie Cronan\, Executive Director\, Gardens for Health International Gardens for Health International (GHI) is an NGO that works in partnership with local health centers in Rwanda to provide lasting agricultural solutions to chronic childhood malnutrition. Jessie joined the Gardens for Health team in June 2012. She came to the organization with a broad range of experiences in international development and in Africa specifically. As a Princeton-in-Africa fellow with the Tanzanian Children’s Fund in 2007 – 2008\, Jessie spent 18 months living and working in rural Tanzania to improve educational outcomes of primary school students. Jessie’s work in Tanzania inspired her to pursue a career focused on working at the community level to spark sustainable change in the developing world. While pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Policy\, Jessie worked as a consultant with the Aceh Women’s League – an Indonesian NGO dedicated to promoting women’s political empowerment – and with the Network of Women Leaders – a group of public and private sector leaders in the Horn of Africa.Most recently\, Jessie served as a Strategy and New Business Development Coordinator with TechnoServe\, an NGO dedicated to identifying business solutions to poverty in Swaziland. Jessie holds a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-what-if-doctors-could-prescribe-seeds-integrating-nutrition-and-agriculture-to-address-malnutrition-in-rwanda/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160906T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160906T191500 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20150831T222500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235742Z UID:14820-1473185700-1473189300@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID 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 hosted by Marcela Escobari\, CID Executive Director. Featuring Research Programs: Building State Capability (Matt Andrews) Evidence for Policy Design (Asim Khwaja) Growth Lab (Ricardo Hausmann) RSVP not necessary. If you have any questions about the event\, please contact Andrea Hayes. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-open-house-2/ LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160107T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160108T010000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20160106T020000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T203448Z UID:15057-1452128400-1452214800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Sri Lanka Economic Forum DESCRIPTION:Lunch Seminar – How Change Happens: How Political and Social Change Takes Place and the Role of Individuals and Organization in Influencing that Change\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteering Sri Lanka towards Sustainable and Inclusive Development\n\n\n\nHarvard University’s Center for International Development has done an initial growth diagnosis on Sri Lanka and has identified the following key areas they believe are important to support sustained and inclusive long-term growth. \n\n\n\n\nMacroeconomic and Fiscal Stability\n\n\n\nStructural Transformation and Competitiveness\n\n\n\nUrbanization and Development\n\n\n\nRegional Development and Social Inclusion\n\n\n\n\nThis economic forum is structured around these key areas of risk and opportunity\, with several internationally-respected thought leaders invited to share their perspectives with the Government of Sri Lanka. \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\n\nRicardo Hausmann – Director\, CID\n\n\n\nJoseph Stiglitz – Professor of Economics\, Graduate School of Arts and Science\, Columbia Business School\n\n\n\nGeorge Soros – Founder/Chairman\, Open Society Foundations\n\n\n\nRanil Wickremesinghe – Prime Minister\, Sri Lanka\n\n\n\n\nVisit http://srilankaeconomicforum.org/ for a live stream. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\nExplore URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/sri-lanka-economic-forum/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151002T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20150710T230200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004500Z UID:15059-1443722400-1443808800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Symposiusm on Inclusive Growth and Development DESCRIPTION:The Center for International Development at Harvard University is collaborating with the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Meta-Council on Inclusive Growth and the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth to find sustainable and scalable solutions to foster inclusive growth. The project began in March 2015 with a “call for practical examples and ideas” – open to those in the Network of Global Agenda Councils of the World Economic Forum\, various Forum communities including Global Shapers and Young Global Leaders\, as well as to those in academia\, governments\, think-tanks\, non-profits\, private sector or working independently. It will culminate in a two-day symposium at CID on October 1-2\, 2015\, during which those behind the best examples or ideas of practices\, policies and institutional models will meet with other leaders to discuss how to best move them forward. The Symposium is an invitation-only event\, but a live web stream is available for the public. To learn more about the proposals and agenda\, visit www.growthsymposium.org. Thursday\, Oct. 1 | 6:00pm [[{“fid”:”3026321″\,”view_mode”:”default”\,”type”:”media”\,”attributes”:{“height”:”57″\,”width”:”69″\,”style”:”float: left;”\,”class”:”media-element file-default”}}]]The Challenge of Inclusion: A Conversation with Larry Summers Featuring: Lawrence H. Summers\, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University Host: John Authers\, Senior Investment Columnist\, Financial Times Co-Sponsor: Harvard University Institute of Politics Friday\, Oct. 2 | 8am – 6pm [[{“fid”:”3026321″\,”view_mode”:”default”\,”type”:”media”\,”attributes”:{“height”:”57″\,”width”:”69″\,”style”:”float: left;”\,”class”:”media-element file-default”}}]]Watch all panels and sessions   Follow us: [[{“fid”:”3026731″\,”view_mode”:”default”\,”type”:”media”\,”attributes”:{“height”:”42″\,”width”:”63″\,”style”:”float: left;”\,”class”:”media-element file-default”}}]] @HarvardCID   |   @CNTR4Growth   |   @WEF #Inclusive Growth URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/symposiusm-on-inclusive-growth-and-development/ LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T183000 DTSTAMP:20260422T065231 CREATED:20160810T222800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175416Z UID:14819-1441904400-1441909800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Open House DESCRIPTION:We want to give a warm welcome to our students and faculty to the 2016-2017 academic year! Please join us for some refreshments and to learn more about CID from staff and faculty starting at 6:15pm.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-open-house/ LOCATION:NYE B & C\, 5th floor Taubman Building\, HKS END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR