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In addition to academic research and policy papers, the Growth Lab shares research insights and the impact of our work through visual stories, blogs, newsletters, podcasts, videos, and press releases.

Our work has been featured in various media outlets including the BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, The Economist, The Financial Times, New York Times, Wall St. Journal, and Washington Post.

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Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

January 16, 2026

Ricardo Hausmann and others expound on Venezuela’s oil sector, economy, and democratic hopes during this panel discussion at HKS, reports Harvard Magazine.

The Venezuelan flag flies above a home in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela

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Venezuela needs predictability — not predation

January 15, 2026

In this op-ed for the Financial Times, Ricardo Hausmann explains why rebuilding Venezuela’s energy sector, requires a credible, legitimate government investors can trust.

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From elation to frustration: Trump snub wrongfoots Venezuela’s opposition

January 6, 2026

The Guardian interviews Ricardo Hausmann on the US mission to remove Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela.

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Peace and prosperity in Venezuela will come from democracy, not oil, writes Ricardo Hausmann

January 5, 2026

In this op-ed for The Economist, Ricardo Hausmann explains why democratic transformation, not oil extraction, is the key pathway to long-term peace and prosperity in Venezuela.

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Interview with Ricardo Hausmann

Society of Professional Economists – Econ Thoughts

Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor, and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Ricardo Hausmann, founder and director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and […]

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Odd Lots: What It Takes to Win a Trade War

Bloomberg Odd Lots

The focus of President Trump’s trade policies is clearly China. There are tariffs on everyone, of course, but it’s the growing Chinese manufacturing might, and the various perceived risks associated […]

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Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa with Ricardo Hausmann

Growth Lab Podcast Series

Episode Summary In this introductory episode, Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard […]

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Odd Lots: How Economic Complexity Explains Which Countries Become Rich

Bloomberg Odd Lots

Why do some countries become rich while others stagnate? And can you predict which countries become wealthy in advance of them actually increasing their collective GDP? The answer may lie […]

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Exiting the Resource Curse: The Political Economy of Natural Resource Management in Latin America

In this Development talk, Osmel Manzano, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, discusses the key challenges and opportunities for effective natural resource management in Latin America, and […]

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#DevTalks Green Growth by Design: The Science and Strategy of Greenplexity

A live demo and Q&A with Professor Ricardo Hausmann on the release of next-gen Greenplexity, a groundbreaking data and strategy tool that reveals how countries can identify their most promising opportunities across ten value chains at the heart of the global energy transition.

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AI and Economic Development: An Open-Source Angle on Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Implications

Thomas Wolf, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Hugging Face, discusses how AI is influencing dynamics in economic development, and explore the key challenges facing policymakers and researchers as they work to understand and guide these transformations. HuggingFace operates the leading open platform for collaboration in AI.

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A Computational View of Life and Intelligence

“Life” and “intelligence” are terms with heavily contested meanings. In this Development Talk, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Vice President and Fellow, and CTO of Technology & Society at Google, offered a novel, unified perspective on both, as described in his new book, “What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds.”

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Student Stories: Climate, Conservation, and Women’s Financial Empowerment in India

January 16, 2026

Dana Yoo is a second-year MPP student at Harvard Kennedy School. She was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2025 Summer Internship Program and contributed to an ongoing project in Meghalaya, […]

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How Cheyenne’s Housing Reforms are Easing Wyoming’s Housing Crisis

December 19, 2025

By Eric Protzer Cheyenne is the capital of Wyoming, with a population of approximately 65,000. The state of Wyoming as a whole has faced a durable shortage of housing, and […]

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Student Stories: Understanding the Challenges Facing Rural Areas in New Mexico

December 3, 2025

Andrea Vega is a Master’s in Public Policy student at Harvard Kennedy School. She was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2025 Summer Internship program and contributed to the ongoing project […]