September 2012
by Olga Timoshenko
IIEP Working Paper 2012-10
Month: September 2012
Structural Change in Ghana 1960-2010
September 2012
by Remi Jedwab (GWU and LSE) and Robert Darko Osei (ISSER)
Oil Politics in the Persian Gulf
Dr. Jean-François Seznec; Dr. Denise Natali; Matt Amitrano; Ambassador Edward “Skip” Gnehm, Moderator
Video can be found here.
Co-sponsor:
Middle East Policy forum
Middle East Policy forum
Tuesday, September 26, 2012
6:00 to 7:30pm
Lindner Commons, 6th Floor
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Can Trade Agreements Facilitate the Free Flow of Information? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as a Case Study
Organized by
The Institute for International Economic Policy
In partnership with:
The Computer Communications Industry Association
The Heinrich Boell Foundation
and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Friday, September 21, 2012
12:00 to 1:30pm – Beverages will be provided
Elliott School of International Affairs
Lindner Commons, 6th floor
1957 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Jonathan McHale, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Jayme White, Staff Director, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness, United States Senate
Usman Ahmed, Policy Counsel, eBay, Inc.
Rashni Rangnath, Director, Global Knowledge Initiative at Public Knowledge
President Obama has described the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as the first 21st century trade agreement. These negotiations are particularly important to advocates of an open Internet. The U.S. wants its TPP negotiating partners to accept language designed to protect intellectual property online, to encourage regulatory transparency for Internet governance, and to ensure open access to digital goods, applications, consumers, devices, networks, and information. Other governments have a different vision. Currently, although several non-profit U.S. bodies oversee technical specifications and the domain name system, international multi-stakeholder groups collaborate to maintain the free flow of information on the web. However, Russia, China and several other nations want to use “the monitoring and supervisory capabilities of the International Telecommunication Union,” a U.N. agency, to regulate the Internet. They believe the current system is too ad hoc, U.S.-centric, and does not allow national policymakers to restrict the free flow of information when such officials deem it appropriate. This discussion will examine what the U.S. is proposing. Representatives from the private sector, the Internet advocacy community, and the Senate Finance Committee will present their views on the implications of these provisions for the future of the Internet.
Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices
Jessica Goldberg
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
The paper can be found here.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
12:30 to 2:00pm
John W. Kendrick Seminar Room
Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Sustainable Development Forum: “Grand Challenges for Sustainability Science”
William Clark
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
12:30 to 2:00pm
Suite 505, 5th Floor
1957 E St. NW
Washington, DC 20052
How does the US Government Formulate and Enforce Trade Policy? – Intensive Trade Seminar
Washington International Trade Association
&
Institute for International Economic Policy
Video from the 2011 seminar series can be found here.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
8:30am to 5:30pm
State Room, 7th Floor
1957 E St., NW
Washington, DC 20052
The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Stelios Michalopoulos
Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University
The paper can be found here.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
12:30 to 2:00pm
John W. Kendrick Seminar Room
Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Climate, Ecosystem Resilience and the Slave Trade
James Fenske
University Lecturer in Economic History, Oxford University
The paper can be found here.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
12:30 to 2:00pm