Past Events

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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

Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty

Wednesday, 9/28/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

We are pleased to invite you to a book launch event featuring Scott MacMillan to discuss his recent book Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of....

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..

China’s Prospects for Catching Up: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap in an Era of Massive GVC Repositioning

Wednesday, 5/11/2022, 11:00am - 12:30pm

Professor Keun Lee from Seoul National University, Economics Department, recently Vice Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers of the Korean President.

Annual Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS) Conference

Friday, 5/6/2022, 8:15am - 4:00pm

The Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS) is a forum that highlights trade research at institutions in the Washington D.C. area. Its primary act

Two Generations of Trailblazing Chinese American Women At The Asian Development Bank

Monday, 4/25/2022, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

How will the Asian Development Bank address the long-term challenges of poverty and climate change amidst evolving regional geopolitics and post-pandemic econom

The Vortex Book Launch Event

Monday, 4/25/2022, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

IIEP was to invite you to this event, co-sponsored by the Humanitarian Action Initiative (HAI), the Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA)....