Past Events
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Corporations and the Rule of Law
Wednesday, 9/17/2025, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Joint World Bank Group and IIEP Seminar featuring Professor Anat R. Admati
ECINEQ 2025 Keynote with Daron Acemoglu
“Can Technological Progress Build Shared Prosperity? Lessons from Power and Progress”
Wednesday, 7/9/2025, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu's Keynote Speech as part of the 11th ECINEQ Conference.
Sharing Prosperity: Policy Innovations to Tackle Economic Inequality
Tuesday, 7/8/2025, 9:00am - 5:30pm
This event will reflect on the impact economic inequality has on development and development policy, leading into the 11th ECINEQ Meeting.
9th Urbanization & Development Conference (South Africa)
Thursday, 6/12/2025, All day
Urban Economics in Action: Addressing African Cities' Challenges in Cape Town, South Africa
Washington Area International Trade Symposium
Friday, 5/2/2025, 8:15am - 6:00pm
The Institute for International Economic Policy is pleased to host the 14th Annual Washington Area International Trade Symposium.
Trade & Development Seminar: Stuart Rosenthal (Cornell)
Monday, 4/28/2025, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Please join the GW Department of Economics for a trade and development seminar with Stuart Rosenthal, professor and chair of the Paul Rubacha Department of Real
5th GW India Conference on India’s Economic Development and U.S.-India Economic Relations
Making India An Advanced Economy by 2047: Strengthening Institutions Addressing Inequities
Thursday, 4/24/2025, 8:30am - 7:00pm
The 5th GW India Conference on India’s Economic Development and U.S.-India Economic Relations will take place on Thursday, April 24th, 2025
The Future of Finance & Trade in Africa 2.0
Wednesday, 4/23/2025, 9:00am - 5:15pm
Join global leaders to explore digital transformation, trade, investment, and climate finance to drive sustainable growth across Africa.
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