Past Events
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“Is the Internet Democratizing Trade Policy by Empowering Small Developing Countries to Trade?”
Monday, 9/30/2013, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Susan Aaronson The George Washington University, National War College Monday, September 30, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052
“State Capacity and Development”
Tuesday, 9/24/2013, 12:30am - 2:00pm
James Robinson Harvard University with Daron Acemoglu (MIT) and Camilo Garcia-Jimeno (U Penn) Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm The George Washington
Nuts & Bolts of U.S. Trade Policy
Wednesday, 9/18/2013, 1:00am - 2:00am
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052
Tuesday, 9/10/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Juan Vargas Universidad del Rosario with Leopoldo Fergusson (Universidad de los Andes, James A. Robinson (Harvard University), and Ragnar Torvik (NTHU) Tuesday
The Post-2015 Development Agenda
Friday, 9/6/2013, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Friday, September 6, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052
OPHI Summer School on Multidimensional Poverty Analysis
Monday, 7/8/2013, 1:00am - 2:00am
Monday, July 8, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052
Tuesday, 5/21/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Dave Donaldson MIT View the paper here Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC 20052
Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World
Thursday, 5/9/2013, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Dr. Duncan Green Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB, honorary Professor of International Development at Cardiff University, Visiting Fellow at the Institute f
Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US
Wednesday, 5/1/2013, 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052
1st Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Saturday, 4/20/2013, 8:00pm - 9:00pm
The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading economic
Thursday, 4/18/2013, 9:00am - 6:00pm
Cosponsored by European University Institute (Global Governance Programme), George Washington University (Elliott School) and the World Bank (Development Resear
Friday, 3/29/2013, 11:30am - 2:00pm
Friday, March 29, 2013 11:30am to 2:00pm The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 View the PowerPoint here
Railroads and American Economic Growth: A “Market Access” Approach
Tuesday, 3/5/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University “Railroads and American Economic Growth: A “Market Access” Approach,” joint with Dave Donaldson, MIT........
The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Tuesday, 2/12/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Justin R. Pierce Economist, Federal Reserve Board Tuesday, February 12, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washin
The Real Exchange Rate, Real Interest Rate, and Risk Premium
Wednesday, 11/14/2012, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Charles Engel Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison An International Finance Forum and Macro-International Seminar The paper can be found here
“The Positive Effect of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Human Capital Accumulation in China”
Tuesday, 11/13/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Yao Pan George Washington University The paper can be found here. Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G S
Production Staging: Measurement and Facts
Tuesday, 10/16/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Has production become more vertically fragmented? To answer this question, this paper develops two measures of production staging using input-output tables. The
Sustainable Development Forum: “Grand Challenges for Sustainability Science”
Wednesday, 9/12/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
William Clark Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm Suite 505, 5th Floor 1957 E St. NW Washington, DC
The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Tuesday, 9/11/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Stelios Michalopoulos Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University The paper can be found here. Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kend
Making Urbanization in Asia Sustainable: Trends and Challenges
Wednesday, 8/29/2012, 12:15pm - 2:00pm
Guanghua Wan Asian Development Bank PISA and ADB The PowerPoint presentation can be found here. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:15 to 2:00pm Lindner Commons, 6th