The Implementation of the Venezuelan Temporary Statute of Protection Enacted by the Government of Colombia

In March 2021, the Government of Colombia approved an innovative solution for the crisis of Venezuelan migrants and refugees: the Temporary Statute of Protection. From a multi-disciplinary perspective, the event will discuss the experience with the implementation of the Statue, particularly from the perspective of the socio-economic assimilation of refugees and migrants.

Speakers: Felipe Muñoz, Chief, Migration Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank; Ana María Ibáñez, Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank; Laura Dib, Director of the Migrants Legal Clinic at Los Andes University, Colombia.

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Development Talks: Labor Mobility and International Development

The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. In this Development Talks seminar, Danielle Heinecke, First Assistant Secretary at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia, will discuss her work focusing on labor mobility as a tool for promoting international development.

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Climate Policies for Economic Development

As the world faces the daunting challenge of limiting global warming, Latin America is in a unique position to leverage its human and natural resources to drive economic development. Should the region focus on decreasing its emissions or on driving green energy production? What climate policies can Latin America adopt to ensure sustained, equitable economic growth?

Join us for a conversation with panelists Mauricio Cárdenas,Visiting Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia’s School of Public & International Affairs, and Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Growth Lab and Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. The event will be moderated by Laurie Fitzmaurice, Executive Director at the CGEP.

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Development Talks: A New Agenda for Macroeconomic Stability

The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. In this Development Talks seminar, Antoinette M. Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will discuss the key tenets for a new agenda for macroeconomic stability based on her longstanding experience leading policy initiatives across the world.

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Development Talks: Four Frameworks for Macroeconomic Policy in a Pluralist Polity

The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. In this Development Talks seminar, Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2016-2019), will discuss four frameworks for macroeconomic policy in a pluralist polity based on his experience and insights from serving as Central Bank Governor.

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Development Talks: Managing Policy Reform in Jordan

The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. In this Development Talks seminar, Dr. Omar Razzaz, Former Prime Minister of Jordan (2018-2020), will discuss his experience and insights from managing policy reform initiatives in the country.

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Development Talks: Economic Policy During COVID-19 in Peru – Addressing Old and New Challenges

The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. These seminars take place on Wednesdays at 12PM EDT on a biweekly basis. In this Development Talks seminar, María Antonieta Alva, Former Minister of Economy and Finance in Peru, will discuss the challenges of implementing economic policy in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Private-Public Collaboration in Productive Development Policies: The Experience of the Argentine Mesas Sectoriales, 2016-2019

Watch the event recording of this seminar and download the presentation slide deck. 

Joint work by Martin Obaya and Ernesto Stein analyzes Argentina’s experience with the Mesas Sectoriales (or sectoral roundtables), a public-private dialogue instrument deployed during the Macri administration, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Production. After an unsuccessful first attempt during which they did not garner the necessary political support, the mesas sectoriales became a key instrument of public policy at the sector level. Their objective was to identify the main obstacles to the development of specific sectors –such as missing or inadequate regulations, missing public inputs, lack of coordination across public sector agencies, etc– and quickly move from dialogue and diagnosis into action, coordinating the public sector response in order to provide the necessary solutions. After discussing where the mesas sectoriales fit within the broader scope of productive development policies, we analyze their main characteristics and participants, as well as the key areas of action: simplification, quality and internationalization, and labor issues. We discuss some of the ingredients that made them successful, and extract a few key policy lessons.

About the speaker: Ernesto Stein is Principal Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Research Department. He has previously been the IDB’s Regional Economic Advisor in the Country Department of Belize, Central America, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic, and a Growth Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Development. He has published extensively on issues of international trade and integration, foreign direct investment, productive development policies, institutional economics and political economy. A native of Argentina, he holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

PDIA in Action: Radicalization in France

As part of MLD103M, students at HKS spent 7 weeks working on exploring radicalization in France, and to help identify ideas and entry points. In this presentation, the student team and their authorizer will share some of their key takeaways and recommendations from this experience.
 
Presenters: Sasha Mathew, Imara Salas, Kishan Shah, Katie Wesdyk, students at the Harvard Kennedy School; Raphael Kenigsberg, Cyber Security Expert at BNP Paribas and Implementing Public Policy executive program alumni. Moderator: Salimah Samji, Director of Building State Capability.

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PDIA in Action: Abandoned Infrastructure Projects in Nigeria

As part of MLD103M, students at HKS spent 7 weeks working with the Head of Projects Management and Results Delivery Office, in the office of the Governor of Plateau State to better understand the number of abandoned infrastructure projects in Nigeria, and to help identify ideas and entry points. In this presentation, the student team and their authorizer will share some of their key takeaways and recommendations from this experience.

Presenters: Nathalie Gazzaneo, Tendai Mvuvu, Rodrigo Tejada, Matt Weber, students at the Harvard Kennedy School; David Wuyep, Head of Projects Management and Results Delivery Office, in the office of the Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria and Implementing Public Policy executive program alumni. Moderator: Salimah Samji, Director of Building State Capability.

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