Past Events
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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
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.