Past Events
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Understanding the Economic Impacts of Tariffs: Perspectives from Academia and Industry
Tuesday, 4/15/2025, 8:15am - 9:15am
Join us for a cross-sector discussion on the economic impacts of tariffs.
The World Bank: Actions to End Poverty on a Livable Planet with Luis Felipe López-Calva
With Luis Felipe López-Calva, Global Director for Poverty and Equity at the World Bank Group
Wednesday, 4/9/2025, 5:30pm - 6:45pm
The World Bank: Actions to End Poverty on a Livable Planet with Luis Felipe López-Calva Event.
Trade & Development Seminar: Denni Tommasi (World Bank)
Monday, 4/7/2025, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Please join the GW Department of Economics for a trade and development seminar with Denni Tommasi (World Bank).
Monday, 3/31/2025, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us for a discussion led by Elliott School Dean Alyssa Ayres and Professor Jay Shambaugh, former Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs
Monday, 3/31/2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Female leaders from Sweden, Canada, the US, and Indigenous territories and communities discuss climate change, geopolitics, and the transition to a new economy.
Macro-International Seminar with Viral Acharya (NYU)
Wednesday, 3/19/2025, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Please join the GW Economics Department for a macro-international seminar with Viral Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics at NYU's Leonard N. Stern School
Macro-International Seminar with Francesco Grigoli (IMF)
Thursday, 3/13/2025, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Please join the GW Department of Economics for a macro-international seminar with Francesco Grigoli, an economist with the International Monetary Fund.
Using Machine Learning to Estimate Multidimensional Poverty
Tuesday, 3/11/2025, 12:10pm - 1:10pm
Speakers: Heriberto Tapia and Moumita Ghorai (Human Development Report Office, UNDP)
Tuesday, 3/4/2025, 11:10am - 12:10pm
In recent decades, young individuals in Italy have faced increasing precariousness in their employment, fragmented career paths, prolonged transitions to adulth
Trade & Development Seminar: Victor Couture (University of Toronto)
Monday, 3/3/2025, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Please join the GW Department of Economics for a trade and development seminar with Victor Couture, associate professor of economic analysis and policy at the U
Investing in Local Climate Action: The Evolving Role of National Governments
Tuesday, 2/25/2025, 12:15pm - 1:45pm
National governments, acting on their own and through multilateral organizations, have been seen as the primary movers of climate action.
Poverty and its many faces: An analytical framework for deprivation interlinkages
Tuesday, 2/25/2025, 11:10am - 12:10pm
How do you measure the interlinkages between deprivations in diverse dimensions of human wellbeing? This seminar proposes an analytical framework for the
Macro-International Seminar: Alessandro Rebucci (Johns Hopkins University)
Wednesday, 2/19/2025, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Please join the GW Department of Economics for a macro-international seminar with Alessandro Rebucci, professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Much Ado About Nothing? Commodity Price Shocks and Quality of Employment in Peru
Tuesday, 2/18/2025, 11:10am - 12:10pm
The 2000s commodities boom spurred a period of high economic growth across Latin America. In Peru, this "super cycle" was primarily driven by a surge in mining
Wednesday, 2/12/2025, 1:30pm - 6:00pm
The World Bank – GWU Livable and Sustainable Cities workshop brings together academics and development practitioners.
Resilient Human Development: Advancing human development amidst shocks.
Tuesday, 2/11/2025, 11:10am - 12:10pm
OPHI Seminar Tuesday 11th February 2025 16:10 - 17:10 GMT Meeting Room 2, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB Abstract TBC
Macro-International Seminar: Carlos Góes (International Financial Corporation)
Wednesday, 2/5/2025, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Please join the GW Department of Economics for a macro-international seminar with Carlos Góes, economic researcher with the International Financial Corporation
Macro-International Seminar: Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania)
Wednesday, 2/5/2025, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Please join the GW Department of Economics for a macro-international seminar with Carlos Góes, economic researcher with the International Financial Corporation
Tuesday, 2/4/2025, 11:10am - 12:10pm
This seminar introduces a novel, policy-relevant measure of multidimensional empowerment based on the Alkire-Foster method and using data from partnered women a
AI at Work: Building and Evaluating Trust Presented by TRAILS
Tuesday, 2/4/2025, 9:00am - 3:00pm
The Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society (TRAILS) invites AI thought leaders, researchers, and advisors from industry, policy, and academia to join u