BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Growth Lab - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230403T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230403T113000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230403T182000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004128Z UID:15035-1680516900-1680521400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Tackling the UK’s Regional Economic Inequality: Binding constraints and avenues for policy intervention DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.Location: Weil Town Hall\, Belfer\, HKS/ZoomWhether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public.About the Seminar: The UK is one of the most regionally unequal industrialized economies. In this seminar\, Ed Balls and Anna Stansbury will discuss the UK’s regional economic inequality from the perspective of productivity disparities between large regions\, focusing on the gap between London/South East vs the rest\, looking at four important economic inputs – education\, infrastructure\, innovation\, and access to finance – for each one building up a collage of evidence to gauge the extent to which it is a binding constraint on regions’ productivity growth. They emphasize that economic opportunity for those from outside London and the South East is curtailed by London’s overheating housing market\, which limits interregional mobility. About the Speakers: Ed Balls is a broadcaster\, writer and economist. He is Professor of Political Economy at King’s College\, London and a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ed\, a former Member of Parliament\, was UK Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2011-2015) and served in the UK Cabinet as Secretary of State for Children\, Schools and Families (2007-2010). He was the UK Minister for Financial Services (2006-2007) and the Chief Economic Adviser to the UK Treasury (1999-2004) during which time he was Chair of the IMFC Deputies and UK G20 Deputy. Anna Stansbury is an Assistant Professor of Work and Organization Studies at MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a labor and macroeconomist whose work focuses on inequality and productivity in industrialized economies. She has a PhD in Economics from Harvard\, an MPP from the Kennedy School\, and a BA in Economics from Cambridge – and was a former part-time Growth Lab RA before her PhD! Read the full Research Paper: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/publications/awp/awp198VoxEU summary link: https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-tackle-uks-regional-economic-inequality-focus-stem-transport-and-innovation URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-tackling-the-uks-regional-economic-inequality-binding-constraints-and-avenues-for-policy-intervention/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T130000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230323T005700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175434Z UID:14867-1680609600-1680613200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: Access to Power / Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.Speaker: Ijlal Naqvi\, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean (Curriculum and Teaching) at the School of Social Sciences of Singapore Management UniversityProf. Naqvi will discuss his new book “Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan\,” which explores state capacity in Pakistan by following the material infrastructure of electricity across the provinces and down into cities and homes.Moderator: Abdurrehman Naveed\, HKS MPP 2023Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. Lunch will be provided. This talk is co-sponsored by the HKS South Asia Caucus.  \nAbout the speaker: Ijlal Naqvi is Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean (Curriculum and Teaching) at the School of Social Sciences of Singapore Management University. He studies governance and development in the Global South\, using infrastructure as a lens on state-building and the citizen’s engagement with the state on an everyday basis. His book Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan was published by Oxford University Press (2022). Ijlal’s research has been published in Energy Research and Social Science\, Journal of Development Studies\, Urban Studies\, Journal of Democracy\, and Current Sociology. Ijlal earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-access-to-power-electricity-and-the-infrastructural-state-in-pakistan/ LOCATION:Nye C\, Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T120000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230331T171900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004745Z UID:15079-1680692400-1680696000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Webinar: Leading Green Growth DESCRIPTION:As the world transitions to a lower carbon economy\, new industries\, markets\, and paths to economic prosperity are emerging. Join Harvard faculty Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag for a 1-hour webinar on how the current energy transition is reshaping economic opportunity around the world—opening new doors for some and posing threats to others—and explore what this transition means for you.This is a free\, live webinar that will last approximately 1 hour\, and the recording will be distributed to all registrants. This presentation does not qualify for a certificate. REGISTER HKS Executive Education is offering a one-week on campus program\, Leading Green Growth: Economic Strategies for a Low-Carbon World\, in August 2023. Under the direction of faculty chairs Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag\, participants will gain a foundational understanding of decarbonization and its economic impact. Application deadline is June 26. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/webinar-leading-green-growth/ LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T233000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230405T203900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004029Z UID:15031-1681121700-1681169400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Robot Adoption\, Organizational Capital and the Productivity Paradox DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public.Speaker: Rodimiro Rodrigo\, Assistant Professor at George Washington University School of Business.Abstract: Major technological changes have come with an adjustment period of stagnant productivity before the economy operates at its full potential. The mechanism of this adoption process is still not well understood. In this seminar\, Rodimiro Rodrigo will present his research on how productivity increases with a five-year lag after adopting industrial robots in Brazilian local labor markets. Combining employer-employee matched data with a novel measure of robot adoption\, he provides evidence of establishment-level labor reorganization and organizational capital depreciation induced by the automation process. He examines a model that highlights the role of organizational costs accompanying the adoption of new technologies\, illustrating its usefulness by using it to characterize the implications of the “innovator’s dilemma.” URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-robot-adoption-organizational-capital-and-the-productivity-paradox/ LOCATION:Weil Town Hall\, Belfer\, HKS/Zoom CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T130000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230330T183500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175434Z UID:14874-1681387200-1681390800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: Greening Economic Development / What Does It Take? DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Amir Lebdioui\, Assistant Professor in the Political Economy of Development\, SOAS University of London Moderator: Ketan Ahuja\, Research Fellow\, Growth Lab What does it take to align economic development with ecological sustainability? Is industrial development still the optimal pathway to poverty reduction? What does a climate-smart industrial policy look like? Why are the factors of success in the implementing of green industrial policy for latecomers? What does an economic development agenda look like for biodiverse nations? Drawing on recent research and policy work\, this talk will address how governments can cope with the changing optimal pathways to economic development\, and explain the type of joined-up policy approach needed to use the decarbonization agenda as a lever to diversify economies\, leave the commodity dependence trap behind\, and increasing macroeconomic resilience. Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. Lunch will be provided. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Amir Lebdioui is an Algerian development economist and lecturer in the Political Economy of Development at SOAS\, University of London. Before joining SOAS\, Amir was based at the London School of Economics (LSE) where he led the Canning House Research Forum\, a research and policy engagement program on the Future of Trade in Latin America. His research has focused on the economic diversification of resource-dependent nations\, low carbon innovation\, biodiversity-based innovation\, and industrialization in the context of climate change. Amir also regularly advises governments and international institutions on industrial policy strategies. He serves on the advisory council of the Natural Resource Governance Institute\, as member of the African Climate Foundation (ACF) and as a non-resident fellow of the Africa Policy Research Institute. He holds an MPhil and PhD in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-greening-economic-development-what-does-it-take/ LOCATION:Bell Hall (B-500) / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230417T131500 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230404T000600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175434Z UID:14872-1681732800-1681737300@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: Economic Policymaking in a World of Deep Disorder DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.Speaker: Mamo Mihretu\, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia\, HKS MPA 2009Moderator: Pablo Andrés Neumeyer\, Professor of Economics\, Universidad Torcuato Di TellaWhether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. Lunch will be provided. \nAbout the speaker: Mamo E. Mihretu is the 10th Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). As the central bank\, the primary objective of NBE is to maintain price stability\, health and proper functioning of the financial services industry. Before he was appointed as the Governor of NBE\, Mr. Mihretu served as the founding CEO of the Ethiopian Investment Holdings\, the strategic investment arm of the Government of Ethiopia. EIH manages all key commercial companies of the Government of Ethiopia\, such as Ethiopian Airlines and Ethio Telecom. Mr. Mihretu is a member of Ethiopia’s Macroeconomic Council\, which is the body that steers economic policy and strategic decisions.  Mr. Mihretu obtained a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. He also holds a post-graduate degree in Trade and Investment from the Universities of Pretoria and Amsterdam. He was a gold medalist when he graduated from Addis Ababa University\, School of Law. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-economic-policymaking-in-a-world-of-deep-disorder/ LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse / Zoom (registration info below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T130000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230406T235200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175435Z UID:14877-1681819200-1681822800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: Investment in the Energy Transition / Global and Domestic Dimensions DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Suman Bery\, Vice Chairperson\, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Moderator: Akshay Mathur\, Edward S. Mason Fellow\, Harvard Kennedy School Opening remarks: Ricardo Hausmann\, Director\, Growth Lab\, and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy\, HKS Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. Boxed lunch will be provided at the end of the seminar.  \nAbout the speaker: Mr. Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson\, NITI Aayog\, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator\, Mr. Bery took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson on May 1\, 2022. At the time of his appointment\, Mr. Bery was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research\, New Delhi; a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C.; and a non-resident fellow at Bruegel\, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation\, New Delhi.From early 2012 till mid-2016\, Mr. Bery was Royal Dutch Shell’s global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity\, he advised the board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell’s global scenarios group. During his time at Shell\, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modeling to India’s energy sector. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-investment-in-the-energy-transition-global-and-domestic-dimensions/ LOCATION:L-230 Gundle Family Classroom / Zoom CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230407T213000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175435Z UID:14881-1681920000-1681923600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: The Political Economy of the Postwar Reconstruction of Ukraine DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.Speaker: Vladyslav Rashkovan\, Alternate Executive Director\, International Monetary FundModerator: Konstantin Usov\, Acting Deputy Mayor of Kyiv\, HKS MC/MPA 2023 Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \nAbout the speaker: Vladyslav Rashkovan became a member of the International Monetary Fund Executive Board in February 2017. As an Alternate Executive Director\, Vladyslav represents Ukraine and 15 other European countries. Previously\, Vladyslav had a prominent banking career\, serving as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ukraine and being responsible for the banking sector reforms and central bank transformation. Before joining the NBU in 2014\, Vladyslav occupied the position of Chief Financial Officer of UniCredit Bank in Ukraine\, also being engaged in the leadership of the Group turnaround projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine\, Vladyslav stands at the center of many international projects to provide financial support to Ukraine and plan its post-war reconstruction and modernization. He also serves as a member of the International Advisory Panel for the National Recovery Council. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-the-political-economy-of-the-postwar-reconstruction-of-ukraine/ LOCATION:Nye A\, Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T133000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230407T183300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001852Z UID:14915-1681992000-1681997400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Green Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Inter-American Development Bank's Vision DESCRIPTION:Decarbonization will transform global production and trade patterns so radically that new growth opportunities are bound to arise for Latin America and the Caribbean. The panel will discuss those opportunities considering the Inter-American Development Bank’s vision for the energy transition in the region. Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann\, Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy\, Director of the Harvard Growth Lab\, Harvard Kennedy SchoolLenin H. Balza\, Economist in the Infrastructure and Energy Sector of Inter-American Development BankAraceli Clavijo\, Researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council | conicet · GEISA (Grupo de Estudios e Investigaciones Socio Ambientales)Moderated by: José Ignacio Hernandez\, Visiting Fellow\, Harvard Growth Lab\, Harvard Kennedy School This event is hybrid. To register for this in-person event\, click here. To register for the virtual session\, click here. Presented in collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies\, the Harvard University Center for the Environment\, and the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/green-growth-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-the-inter-american-development-banks-vision/ LOCATION:S216 Room\, CGIS South / Zoom CATEGORIES:Growth Lab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T113000 DTSTAMP:20260424T121145 CREATED:20230420T200600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004020Z UID:15030-1682331300-1682335800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Regulation by Reputation? Intermediaries\, Labor Abuses & International Migration DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Please register in advance. Speaker: Nilesh Fernando\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame About the Seminar: Migrant workers and employers rely on intermediaries to facilitate labor market placements. If information frictions obscure their reputation\, however\, intermediaries may under-invest in placement quality. Using data on over 1.5 million Sri Lankan migrants to the Gulf region\, Nilesh Fernando will examine the effects of an intermediary rating program that publicly revealed ratings two years after it was announced. Prior to the ratings being revealed\, eligible under-performing agencies invest in the rating criteria and place migrants with less abusive employers who pay higher salaries. Results suggest that the threat of quality revelation induced agencies to prospectively screen employers.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-regulation-by-reputation-intermediaries-labor-abuses-international-migration/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR