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
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