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: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
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T153632
CREATED:20240208T020000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004149Z
UID:15038-1712138400-1712143800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Research Seminar: The Economic Impact of Transport Infrastructure: A Review of Project-level vs. Aggregate-level Meta-Evidence
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Timo Välilä\, Honorary Professor\, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction\, UCL 	Location: HYBRID: WEXNER W-434 A.B. / ZoomWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Abstract. This article undertakes a comparison of quantitative meta-studies at project level and at aggregate level to assess how well the economic impact of transport infrastructure is understood. Project-level analyses\, based on the so-called Flyvbjerg database\, have documented systematic cost overruns and\, less conclusively\, traffic demand shortfalls\, and they have interpreted these findings as being indicative of negative social welfare consequences of transport infrastructure investment projects. In contrast\, aggregate-level meta-analyses find consistently that there is a positive relationship between transport infrastructure and measured economic activity at the level of regions or countries\, especially in the long run and at higher levels of geographical aggregation. This seeming tension between the meta-results at different levels has been considered a paradox. However\, neither the project-level meta-results\, nor the available ex post evaluations of larger samples of transport infrastructure projects provide any conclusive evidence of their social welfare consequences\, and even if they did\, changes in social welfare and economic activity do not need to point in the same direction. There is therefore no paradox about the economic impact of transport infrastructure – we just do not understand its social welfare consequences at the meta-level as well as we understand its relationship with measured aggregate output.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-the-economic-impact-of-transport-infrastructure-a-review-of-project-level-vs-aggregate-level-meta-evidence/
LOCATION:WEXNER W-434 A.B. / Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T153632
CREATED:20240405T233600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003908Z
UID:15020-1712743200-1712748600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Labor Markets & Green Industrial Policy
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.Speaker: Christophe Combemale\, Assistant Research Professor\, Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon UniversityLocation: WEXNER W-434 A.B. (Harvard Community) / Zoom 	Whether attending in person or online please register in advance.  	About the Speakers:  	Christophe Combemale’s research focuses on the implications of technology choices and process design for skill demand\, and on workforce supply chain levers to meet industry skill demand needs. He is interested in how regional and national labor supply may constrain economic productivity and innovation\, and solutions that enhance outcomes for workers and firms.   	He co-leads the Workforce Supply Chains Initiative at the Block Center for Technology and Society. Last year\, he was the workforce research lead for an NSF-funded pilot program seeking to develop a National Network for Critical Technology Assessment. The program developed assessment capabilities for critical technologies for U.S. competitiveness\, to offer insights to U.S. legislators and other policy stakeholders. 	Combemale is also the CEO of Valdos Consulting\, a firm specializing in techno-economic modeling to support market\, technology\, and workforce strategy. Combemale and team currently apply these domains on behalf of federal\, academic and private clients in health and human services\, technology services as well as advanced manufacturing including semiconductors\, robotics\, electric vehicles\, and defense industrial applications.  	  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-labor-markets-green-industrial-policy/
LOCATION:HYBRID WEXNER W-434 AB\, HKS / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T153632
CREATED:20240402T181600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T000658Z
UID:14865-1713787200-1713790800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Development Talk -  Banking on Colombia’s Development: Innovation and Growth at Bancoldex
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy.  	Speaker: Javier Díaz Fajardo\, President and CEO of Bancóldex 	Moderator: Juan Jimenez\, Lecturer in Public Policy\, HKS 	This session will focus on Innovation and Growth at Bancoldex\, Colombia’s entrepreneurial development and export-import bank.   	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. Boxed lunch will be provided after the event. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. 	Speaker Bio: Javier Díaz Fajardo has thirty years of experience in financial markets. His work in this field includes management positions in New York\, Washington and Colombia. He has been president of Bancóldex\, Colombia’s business development bank\, since 2019. During this time\, he has led the growth of the entity\, exceeding $10 billion in total assets\, and has transformed the entity’s business model\, going from being a second-tier bank for commercial banking to one that provides direct credit to Colombian companies with an emphasis on innovation\, sustainability and digital transformation. 	In October 2023\, he was appointed co-president of the Development Banks Club (IDFC)\, an organization made up of 26 development institutions from around the world. Previously\, he was CEO of Renta 4 Global Fiduciaria\, an asset management startup (subsidiary of the Spanish bank Renta4). Until 2017 he was Commercial Vice President and Vice President Corporate of the Colombian Stock Exchange\, where he designed and completed the initial financing for a2censo\, a fintech that allows Colombian micro\, small and medium-sized companies to issue bonds to investors through crowdfunding.Diaz Fajardo holds a Master’s degree in International Business from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a law degree from the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. In addition\, he is a member of the Society of Kauffman Fellows\, the main venture capital and entrepreneurship network in Silicon Valley\, and is a founding member of the Colombian Institute of Corporate Governance. He has served on 10 boards of directors and taught the class “Financial System: History\, Strategy and Leadership” at CESA\, Colombia’s main business school. He also served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Grupo Aval\, Colombia’s largest financial group\, and was a director of Andes Capital\, a Colombian venture capital fund that he co-founded.  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-banking-on-colombias-development-innovation-and-growth-at-bancoldex/
LOCATION:HYBRID R-306\, HKS / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260419T153632
CREATED:20240422T143600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003225Z
UID:14986-1714055400-1714060800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Extraversion and Development: The Logic of Industrial Policy in Post-Liberation Africa
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.Speaker: Nicolas Lippolis\, Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia Climate SchoolLocation: R414-B / ZoomWhether attending in person or online please register in advance.Speaker Bio: Nicolas obtained his doctorate (DPhil) in Politics from the University of Oxford. Prior to the doctorate\, Nicolas earned an MSc in Economics for Development and a BA in Philosophy\, Politics and Economics\, both from Oxford University. He has taught at Oxford\, Sciences Po Paris\, and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has also consulted with the World Bank\, and previously worked in emerging markets macroeconomic research at Goldman Sachs in London. Nicolas is a native of Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-extraversion-and-development-the-logic-of-industrial-policy-in-post-liberation-africa/
LOCATION:R414-B / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR