Past Events

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Microeconomics Seminar with Mitchell Hoffman (Toronto)

Wednesday, 11/2/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

This seminar was held virtually. Please sign up for our listserv for link and announcements for all of our seminars.

XR, AI, and Human Rights

Tuesday, 11/1/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Data-driven technologies such as XR and AI could, if effectively designed and deployed, enhance human rights because they expand individual capabilities.

Trade and Development Seminar with Devaki Ghose (World bank)

Tuesday, 11/1/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

This event was held virtually. Please sign up for our listerv for updates and announcements for all of our seminars.

Viewing Multidemensional Poverty from Many Angles

Unidimensional Underpinnings of Multidimensional Counting Measures

Monday, 10/31/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

We were pleased to invite you to a joint virtual event with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Progra

Trade and Development Seminar with Gharad Bryan (LSE)

Thursday, 10/27/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

It will be a Virtual Seminar,  Please sign up for our listerv for updates and announcements for all of our seminars.

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus on The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions

Thursday, 10/27/2022, 9:00am - 10:00am

We are pleased to invite you to a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh who created a model

Microeconomics Seminar with Jesse Gregory (Wisconsin University)

Wednesday, 10/26/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Seminar will be held Virtually. Please sign up for our listserv for link and announcements for all of our seminars.....

The many forms of poverty: Analyses of deprivation interlinkages in the developing world

Monday, 10/24/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

It is widely acknowledged that for efficient progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) their interlinkages have to be taken into account.

Sovereign Credit Ratings: Process & Practice

Sunday, 10/23/2022, 8:00am - 10:00am

Sovereign Credit Ratings have served as a baseline for international institutional investors in determining their allocation of capital across a spectrum of cou

Macro-International Seminar with Jennie Bai (Georgetown University)

Wednesday, 10/19/2022, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

“Security Lending and Corporate Financing: Evidence from Bond Issuance”

Microeconomics Seminar with Barry Chiswick (GWU)

Wednesday, 10/19/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

“The Occupations of Free Women and Substitution with Enslaved Workers in the Antebellum United States.” Barry Chiswick (GWU) will present his paper “The Occupat

The 2022 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index

Monday, 10/17/2022, All day

This seminar explored the latest findings of the 2022 update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago

Tuesday, 10/11/2022, 12:30pm - 3:00pm

Matthew Turner (Brown University) presented his paper “The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago”, which is attached.

An environmentally-augmented Multidimensional Poverty Index: The Case of Madagascar

Monday, 10/10/2022, All day

The continuing degradation of the environment, which constitutes a major threat to human life, urges scientists to find new reliable methods to measure the asso

2022 WITA Virtual Intensive Trade Seminar

Tuesday, 10/4/2022, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Washington International Trade Association in partnership with the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University and the World....

Macro-International Seminar with Gon Huertas (GWU)/TBA

Thursday, 9/29/2022, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

TBA Please sign up for our Seminars Listserv to receive the details.............

Private: BRAC USA Book Talk Event

Wednesday, 9/28/2022, 10:00am - 11:00am

Wednesday, September 28th, 2022........

Collaborate To Create Change: Towards Racial and Socioeconomic Equity in our Scholarship, Research & Teaching

Friday, 9/23/2022, 7:30am - 6:00pm

The George Washington University invites you to join us for our first racial and socioeconomic equity research showcase. GW’s Equity Institute Initiative (EII).

FFC/2022: The 24th Federal Forecasters Conference

Thursday, 9/22/2022, 9:00am - 4:30pm

At the beginning of the conference, join us in honoring the life and work of friend, colleague, and longtime supporter of the Federal Forecasters Consortium....

George Talks Business: Durreen Shahnaz

Thursday, 9/15/2022, 4:30pm - 5:00pm

Durreen Shahnaz, founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and IIX Foundation, was interviewed by Dr. Alyssa Ayres, dean of the GW Elliott School of..