Past Events
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Covering The Other Half Billion: China’s Rural Sector
Thursday, 2/27/2020, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
For much of post-1949 history, the rural sector has been the poor relation of China’s society and economy. Today, however, the rural sector lies at the heart of
Mardi Dungey Memorial Research Conference
Friday, 2/21/2020, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
On behalf of the Institute for International Economic Policy, the Research Program on Forecasting, the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, University of
Monday, 2/3/2020, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
In a world filled with state-sanctioned oppression, many look to the international community to help secure justice when states fail or refuse to do so. But att
Data as a Development Issue Conference
Friday, 1/31/2020, 9:00am - 5:00pm
9:00am: Welcome Professor James Foster, Professor and Director, Institute for International Economic Policy and George Washington University 9:15am: Presentatio
Agricultural Transformation and Farmers’ Expectations: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Tuesday, 1/28/2020, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Why adoption rate of potentially pro table agricultural technologies in Africa remains low is still puzzling. This paper uses a randomized control trial to....
Colonial Origins and Fertility: Can the Market Overcome History?
Thursday, 1/23/2020, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Can market incentives overcome the long-term impact of historical institutions? We address this question by focusing on the role of colonial reproductive laws..
Cash or Coupons? Testing the Impacts of Cash versus Vouchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Tuesday, 1/7/2020, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Tuesday, October 8, 2014, 12:30-2:00pm Jenny Aker, Tufts University “Cash or Coupons? Testing the Impacts of Cash versus Vouchers in the Democratic Republic of
Technology, Taxation, and Corruption Evidence from the Introduction of Electronic Tax Filing
Thursday, 12/12/2019, 12:30am - 2:00pm
Please join us with welcoming Oyebola Okunogbe (World Bank) as she will be be presenting a Trade & Development Workshop. Many e-government initiatives introduce
South Africa: Rebuilding the Dream
Monday, 11/11/2019, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, South Africa’s economy is in crisis. Inequality in South Africa is the highest in the world; unemployment is on th
IMF October 2019 World Economic Outlook
Friday, 11/1/2019, 9:30am - 12:15pm
Friday, November 1, 2019 9:30a.m. – 12:15p.m. Lindner Family Commons (6th Floor) Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20052
All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development
Wednesday, 10/30/2019, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Please join us to listen to Claudia Steinwender from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Steinwender has written extensively in the area of international trade,
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Digital Trade
Wednesday, 10/30/2019, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Data has become the most traded good and/or service across borders. The American economy is increasingly reliant on digital trade. But the US does not yet parti
Elusive Development in Latin America: Structural Challenges and Instability Hotspots
Friday, 10/11/2019, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Friday, October 11th, 2019 2:00 – 3:30pm, Room 212 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, Washington, DC 20052 The event will feature Luis Felipe
Seminar on Governing Finance for Sustainability
Monday, 9/30/2019, 11:30am - 12:30pm
The nexus between financial governance, macroeconomic and financial stability, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability has become the subject of a gro
Ethics and Leadership: A discussion on ‘America First’ Foreign Policy with Patrick Fine
Monday, 9/16/2019, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Patrick C. Fine is the Chief Executive Officer of FHI 360, a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing
6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference
Saturday, 8/31/2019, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Monday, September 9th, 2019. 5th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference 4th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference 3rd Urbanizat
IMF Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook (REO)
Thursday, 5/9/2019, 10:00am - 12:00pm
The economic recovery in sub-Saharan Africa continues. Regional growth is set to pick up from 3.0 percent in 2018 to 3.5 percent in 2019, before stabilizing at
Saturday, 5/4/2019, 12:30am - 2:00pm
Abstract: A social program can achieve great success in one case but not in another, and the reason is far from clear. This paper tests a new hypothesis that ti
Shared Values in U.S.- Taiwan Relations: Strengthening Democracy Through Open Governance
Tuesday, 4/23/2019, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Open. Collective. Experimental. Sustainable. Taiwan’s first Digital Minister Audrey Tang will address what happens when people who grew up on the internet get t
Earth Day: The Ethics of Climate Change
Monday, 4/22/2019, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dr. Andrew Steer is the President and CEO of the World Resources Institute, a global research organization that works in more than 50 countries, with offices in