Past Events

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Data & Human Rights During the Pandemic

Thursday, 4/30/2020, 11:00am - 12:00pm

While many analysts have focused on threats to online privacy, other human rights, including freedom of expression and access to information online, can also be

Why Has Data Become a National Security Issue?

Thursday, 4/16/2020, 11:00am - 12:00pm

We are pleased to invite you to the third webinar hosted by The Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub. The webinars focus on current and emerging data governanc

The LEAP Initiative with Jorge Dajani, Chief Ethics Officer, World Bank

Tuesday, 4/14/2020, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Jorge Dajani is the Chief Ethics Officer of the World Bank Group. He will describe the organization and activities of the ethics function of the World Bank Grou

Webinar on Data Governance in Smart Cities

Thursday, 4/9/2020, 11:00am - 12:00pm

We are pleased to invite you to the second webinar hosted by The Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub. The webinars focus on current and emerging data governan

Webinar on E-Commerce at the WTO: What’s Going On?

Monday, 3/30/2020, 11:00am - 12:00pm

We were pleased to invite you to the first webinar hosted by The Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub in a series of free webinars on current and emerging data

Entrepreneurship and Empowerment

Wednesday, 3/18/2020, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Tuesday, March 18, 12:30-2 Chris Blattman (Columbia) “Entrepreneurship and Empowerment”

2nd Annual Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium (WALES)

Friday, 2/28/2020, 8:30am - 5:00pm

WALES is a one-day labor economics conference that brings together researchers from DC-area institutions. The goal is to provide an outlet to share work in prog

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

“Intervention without Empire: The Ethics of Foreign Influence in a Neo-Colonial World” with Dr. Lucia Rafanelli

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