4th GW India Conference on India’s Economic Development and U.S.-India Economic Relations
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Elliott School of International Affairs City View Room The Institute for International Economic Policy is pleased to invite you to the annual GW India Conference on India’s Economic Development and U.S.-India Economic Relations. This...
8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference
March 7 – 8, 2024World Bank, Main Complex 1818 H St, Washington, DC The 8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to urban expansion and the...
Sustainable Cities Workshop: Housing, Local Economic Development, & Planning
Thursday, February 15, 20249:00 AM – 12:30 PM ETWorld Bank, Main Complex Room MC4-100 1818 H St, Washington, DC Zoom Link for Virtual Participation The World Bank – GWU Sustainable Cities workshop series brings together academics and development practitioners to...
1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Research Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development”
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
8:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Hybrid
Poverty and human development challenges in Arab countries
Monday, November 20th, 2023
4 p.m EDT
Online
Trade and Development Seminar
Monday, September 25th, 2023
12:30 to 2 pm EDT
2115 G Street NW
Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Multidimensional Poverty Reduction
Wednesday, 15th March, 2023
The Future of Global Poverty Alleviation Through Social Business
Friday, March 24th, 2023
9:30-10:30 p.m EDT
In-Person
Sustainable Cities Workshop on “Urban Inclusion and Development”
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
9:30-1:45 EDT
In-Person and Virtual
Methodological Approaches on How to Measure Risk of Poverty with Income and Wealth
March 1st, Wednesday 2023 Zoom and In-Person Speaker: LIS Data Centre...
Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia in the time of COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications
March 8th, Wednesday 2023
via Zoom and in person
Nigeria National Multidimensional Poverty Index
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Zoom and In-Person
Multidimensional Poverty in Europe. A Longitudinal Perspective
February 22th, Wednesday 2023
Zoom and In-Person
Cumulative deprivations in the labour market
February 15th, Wednesday 2023
Zoom and In-Person
Optimised Multidimensional Poverty Reduction. A Model Based on Policy-Makers Capabilities
February 8th, Wednesday 2023
Zoom and In-Person
Inclusive Absolute Well-Being Changes. An Application with Multidimensional Cross-Country Analysis
Monday, 21st November, 2022
vai Zoom and In-Person
Measuring Multidimensional Poverty. A Global Assessment of Data Availability and Data Gaps
Monday, November 7th, 2022
11:00 a.m.
via Zoom
The End of Growth and the Return of Ideology: Economics, Sustainability, and Technology in Xi Jinping’s China
Friday, November 4th, 2022
via Zoom
Unidimensional Underpinnings of Multidimensional Counting Measures
Monday, 31st October, 2022
11:00 a.m.
Zoom and In-Person
The many forms of poverty: Analyses of deprivation interlinkages in the developing world
Monday, 24th October, 2022
11:00 a.m.
via Zoom
The 2022 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Monday, 17th October, 2022
An environmentally-augmented Multidimensional Poverty Index: The Case of Madagascar
Monday, 10th October, 2022
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus on The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions
Thursday, October 27th, 2022
9:00 a.m. – 10 a.m. ET
Lindner Family Commons and via Zoom
Human Development Report 2022 – Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives. Shaping Our Future in a Transforming World
Monday, November 14th, 2022
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Zoom and In-Person
IMF Africa REO
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
via Zoom and In-Person
Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Elliott School Commons
In Person and via Zoom
Spatial Spillovers from Urban Redevelopments: Evidence from Mumbai’s Textile Mills
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. ET
via Zoom
Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty with Bayesian Network Classifiers
Monday, March 7th, 2022
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET
via Zoom
Multidimensional Poverty in Brazil in the Early 21st Century – Evidence from the Demographic Census
Monday, February 28th, 2022
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET
via Zoom
Profiling Gendered Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Monday, February 21st, 2022
11:00 – 12:15 p.m. ET
via Zoom
The Distribution of Wealth in Germany 1895-2018
Monday, February 7th, 2022
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. ET
via Zoom
The U.S. Federal Reserve and Economic Inequality
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
via Zoom
Distributional Impacts of Cash Transfers on the Multidimensional Poverty of Refugees: The ESSN program in Turkey
Monday, November 29th, 2021
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EST
via Zoom
Predicting and Mapping MPI using Geospatial and Combined Disparate Data Sources
Monday, November 22nd, 2021
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EST
via Zoom
Accelerating Systemic Transformation: A Case Study from Wales (UK)
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EDT
via Zoom
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021 Unmasking Disparities: Ethnicity, Race, and Gender
Monday, October 11th, 2021
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EDT
via Zoom
Inequality and the Centrifugal Nature of the Labor Market
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Poverty, Climate, and Unemployment: Towards a World of Three Zeros
Thursday, September 16, 2021
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. EDT
via Zoom
The Spatial Economic Effects of Conflict
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
via Webex
The Use of Multidimensional Poverty and Vulnerability Indices in the Context of Health Emergencies
Monday, May 24, 2021
10 a.m. – 11:15 p.m. EDT
via Zoom
Disaggregating the Global MPI by Ethnicity
Monday, May 17, 2021
10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EDT
via Zoom
8th Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Thursday, May 13, 2021 – Friday, May 14, 2021
The Impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Program on Multidimensional Poverty of Refugees in Turkey
Monday, May 3rd, 2021
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m EDT
via Zoom
Hidden Wealth
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
via Zoom
Horizontal and Intersecting Wealth Inequalities in Mozambique – 1997 to 2017
Monday, April 19, 2021
10:00 a.m. EDT
via Zoom
Quality-adjusted Population Density
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
12:30pm – 2:00pm
via Zoom
Revised Arab Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m EDT
via Zoom
Analysing Individual Deprivations alongside Household Poverty: Possibilities for Gendered, Intrahousehold, and Multidimensional Analyses
Monday February 22nd, 2021
10:00AM-11:15AM EST
Multidimensional Deprivation Index: An Experimental Measure for European Developed Countries
Monday February 15th, 2021
10:00 AM-11:15AM EST
WebEx
Schooling in India’s New Education Policy and Impact of COVID on Learning Outcomes
Wednesday February 10th, 2021
9:30 AM-11:00AM EST
via WebEx
Multidimensional Poverty Indices and Children. Four Measurement Strategies
Monday February 8th, 2021
10:00 AM-11:30AM EST
via WebEx
Moderate internationally comparable MPI
Monday February 1st, 2021
10:00 AM-11:30AM EST
via WebEx
Changes over Time in the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index and Other Measures: Towards National Poverty Reports
Monday January 25th, 2021
10:00 AM-11:30AM EST
via WebEx
Multidimensional Poverty in the U.S.
Friday, December 11th, 2020
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST
WebEx
IMF October 2020 World Economic Outlook
October 28, 2020
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
via WebEx
Immunocapital: Disease, Power, and Inequality in the Antebellum Cotton Kingdom
Monday, October 26, 2020
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
WebEx
India’s COVID-19 Challenge: Outcomes and Options
Thursday, October 15, 2020
10:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT
WebEx
No Going Back: Post Corona Reconstruction Program
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
11 am EDT
WebEx
Fiscal Dominance: A Theory of Everything in India
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
10:00 am – 11:30 am EDT
WebEx
A Discussion of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2020
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
WebEx
IMF’s Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook (REO)
Thursday, July 23, 2020
11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT
WebEx
Global Income Inequality: Current Developments and Their Political Implications
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
12:30-2:00pm
WebEx
Webinar on E-Commerce at the WTO: What’s Going On?
Monday, March 30, 2020
11:00 am EST
Zoom
The LEAP Initiative with Jorge Dajani, Chief Ethics Officer, World Bank
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm EST
The event will be held virtually via Zoom Webinar with a Moderated Q&A.
Covering The Other Half Billion: China’s Rural Sector
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
The George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Agricultural Transformation and Farmers’ Expectations: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
12:30 pm -2.00pm
Monroe Hall, Seminar Room 321
2115 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052
Colonial Origins and Fertility: Can the Market Overcome History?
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
12:30 pm -2.00pm
Monroe Hall, Seminar Room 321
2115 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052
Cash or Coupons? Testing the Impacts of Cash versus Vouchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Tuesday, October 8, 2014
12:30-2:00pm
Firm-to-Firm Trade: Imports, Exports, and the Labor Market
Tuesday, November 5, 2014, 12:30-2:00pm
Railroads and American Economic Growth: A “Market Access” Approach
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:30-2:00pm
Micro/International Finance & Macroeconomics Seminar with John Haltiwanger
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Positive Effect of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Human Capital Accumulation in China
Tuesday, November 13, 12:30 – 2:00pm
Who Smooths What? Asset Smoothing versus Consumption Smoothing in Burkina Faso
Tuesday, November 15, 12:30-2, Monroe 321
The Measurement of Human Development in Theory and in Practice
Tuesday, November 22, 12:30-2, Monroe 321
Magic Transition? Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Rural China from 1988 to 2002
Tuesday, March 8, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets
Tuesday, October 19, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
7th Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Friday, April 5, 2019 Center for Global Development 2055 L St NW, 5th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading economics...
Sensitivity Analyses in Poverty Measurement: The Case of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Monday January 18th, 2021
10:00 AM-11:15 AM EST
via WebEx
All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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, economic history and innovation and productivity. She will be presenting a paper called “All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development”.
Elusive Development in Latin America: Structural Challenges and Instability Hotspots
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 Lopez-Calva, Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP....
The Power of Public Private Partnerships to Drive Gender Equality – SDG #5
Thursday, October 17th, 2019 4:00 pm – 5:30pm Lisner Auditorium 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052 Watch Video This panel aims to build a greater understanding of the power of public-private partnership investments and their ability to impact and accelerate change...
6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference
Monday, September 9th, 2019
South Africa: Rebuilding the Dream
Monday, November 11th, 2019 2:00pm – 3:30pm Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 Elliott School for International Affairs 1957 E Street, NW Washington DC 20052 Event Overview Twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, South Africa’s economy is in crisis....
How Should We Measure City Size? Theory and Evidence Within and Across Rich and Poor Countries
August 2019. Remi Jedwab, Prakash Loungani, and Anthony Yezer. IIEP working paper 2019-11
IMF Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook (REO)
Lindner Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs
Thursday, May 9, 2019
10:00am to 12:00pm
Economic Diversification in the Post-Oil Era
State room, Elliott School of International Affairs
Friday, April 12, 2019
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Hosting Kuwait’s Minister of Finance
Should Leaders Focus on Poverty or Inequality? Ethical and Policy Perspectives
Lindner Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs
Monday, February 25, 2019
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Co-sponsored with the Leadership, Ethics, and Practice Initiative and the Institute for International Economic Policy
The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Evidence on the Autocrat’s Trade-off
Trade and Development Seminar
Nancy Qian
Northwestern University
John W. Kendrick Seminar Room
2115 G ST NW
Thursday, December 13, 2018
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Development and Microfinance: Learning from Steve Hollingworth
President and CEO, Grameen Foundation
Room B12, Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St NW
Thursday, November 29, 2018
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Co-Sponsored with Sigma Iota Rho
Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice
Trade and Development Seminar
Tavneet Suri
MIT Sloan School of Business
John W. Kendrick Seminar Room
2115 G ST NW
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook
Lindner Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Forging Pathways Out of Poverty: The Global Journey of BRAC
Faruque Ahmed
Room 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
5th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference
Friday, September 7, 20188:30am to 7:30pm Preston Auditorium, The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C., 20433 Across the developing world, the growth of cities is outpacing effective policy. Low density land use results in rapidly expanding cities, raising...
Misallocation, Informality, and Firm Dynamics in Mexico
Santiago Levy Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank Misallocation, Informality, and Firm Dynamics in Mexico Monday, April 23, 2018 5:30 to 7:00pm – Reception to Follow Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner...
6th Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Friday, April 20, 2017 Elliott School of International Affairs Room 212 1957 E St. NW Washington D.C. 20052 The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading...
Brazil and China: A Developing Partnership
André Soares is a Counselor at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Board of Directors and Non-Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and David Shambaugh is a professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program at...
Building Brazil’s Future: A Conference on Innovation, Investment and Economic Development
View the Agenda Building Brazil’s Future brings together researchers, business leaders, and policymakers to discuss the country’s efforts to launch a sustainable economic recovery through game changing innovations and investments along with key policy reforms. The...
4th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference
Friday, September 8, 2017 Preston Auditorium The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W., 20433 Washington D.C. DetailsOrganizersSpeakersAgenda This conference hosted by the World Bank, George Washington University (Institute for International Economic Policy) and...
5th Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Friday, May 5, 2017 This year’s conference is hosted by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University The Mercatus Center Founders Hall, Room 113 3351 Fairfax Dr., Arlington VA 22201 The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual...
IMF Africa Regional Economic Outlook
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 9:00am to 12:00pm Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Africa continues to experience great opportunities for growth while also facing several great challenges....
Poverty in India: Issues and Policies
S. Mahendra Dev Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research International Economic Policy Forum Co-hosted by the International Tax and Investment Center and the GW Department of Economics Wednesday, November 16, 2016 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Elliott School of...
Vietnam 2035: Toward Prosperity, Creativity, Equity, and Democracy
Bui Quang Vinh Former Vietnam Minister of Planning and Investment Watch the event in English: Watch the event in Vietnamese Tuesday, November 1, 2017 2:00 to 3:30pm Elliott School of International Affairs City View Room, 7th Floor 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052...
A Discussion with Muhammad Yunus
A Discussion with Muhammad Yunus Nobel Peace Prize winner and Grameen Bank founder Wednesday, October 26, 2016 6:00 to 7:00pm Lisner Auditorium 730 21st Street Northwest Washington, DC...
Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in India: Policy Challenges and Prospects
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Watch the conference videos Click here to access the morning speakers Click here to access the afternoon speakers Click here to access...
Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Interventions on Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Quasi-Random Child Health and Family Planning Program in Bangladesh
Tania Barham University of Colorado – Boulder “Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Interventions on Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Quasi-Random Child Health and Family Planning Program in Bangladesh” Tuesday, September 6, 2016...
2016 Intensive Trade Seminar: Spring Session Deep Dive-One Day Course
Click here for more information Friday, May 13, 2016 9:00am to 4:00pm – Reception to Follow Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Rotunda, 8th Floor, North Tower 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington , DC...
Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE)
Friday and Saturday, April 29-30, 2016 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington,...
Economics and Political Economy of Africa
Thursday, April 28, 2016 Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 DetailsOrganizersSpeakersAgenda Hosted by the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University, this conference...
The Microfinance Business Model
Jonathan Morduch New York University Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:30 to 2:00pm Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 For information, please contact professor Remi Jedwab...
4th Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Friday, April 8, 2016 Elliott School for International Affairs 1957 E St. NW Washington, D.C. 20052 The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading economics...
Trade and Development Workshop: “The Geography of Development: Evaluating Migration Restrictions and Costal Flooding”
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg Princeton University Tuesday, April 7, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Measuring Poverty’s depth and breadth, and shared prosperity: The World Bank/IMF Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016
8:30 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast and Registration 9:00 – 9:15 AM: Opening Remarks Forrest Maltzman, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, GWU M. Ayhan Kose, Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank 9:15 –...
Life-Cycle Dynamics and the Expansion Strategies of U.S. Multinational Firms
Natalia Ramondo University of California at San Diego Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G...
Generalizing the Results from Social Experiments: Theory and Evidence from Mexico and India
Michael Gechter Pen State University Wednesday, March 9, 2016 12:30 to 2:00pm Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington,...
Just Do Your Job: Obedience, Routine Tasks, and the Pattern of Specialization
Davin Chor National University of Singapore Monday, March 7, 2016 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G...
Trade and Development Workshop: “The Mortality Effects of Retirement: Evidence from Social Security Eligibility at Age 62”
Maria D. Fitzpatrick Cornell University Tim Moore The George Washington University Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G...
Third Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference
DetailsOrganizersSpeakersAgenda This conference hosted by the World Bank, George Washington University (Institute for International Economic Policy), the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, the NYU Urbanization Project, and The Growth Dialogue brings together...
“Crimes against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Lisa Cameron (with Jennifer Muz and Manisha Shah) Monash University Tuesday, December 1, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G...
Election Results and Economic Prospects in Myanmar
Thursday, November 19, 2015 9:15 to 10:30am Elliott School of International Affairs Suite 505 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 On November 19th at Elliott School of International Affairs, the Institute for International Economic Policy at The George...
“Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan” (Trade and Development Workshop)
David Atkin Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tuesday, November 3, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G Street Washington,...
“Using Technology to Promote Political Participation in Emerging Democracies: VIP:Voice and the 2015 South African Elections” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Craig McIntosh University of California, San Diego Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Do Government Audits Reduce Corruption? Estimating the Long-Term Impacts of Exposing Corrupt Politicians” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Claudio Ferraz Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Bones, Bacteria and Break Points: The Heterogeneous Spatial Effects of the Black Death and Long-Run Growth” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Remi Jedwab The George Washington University Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Good Jobs, Bad Jobs: What’s Trade Got To Do With It?” (Trade and Development Workshop)
James Lake Southern Methodist University Monday, April 23, 2018 5:30 to 7:00pm – Reception to Follow Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington,...
“The Intergenerational Transmission of War” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Filipe Campante Harvard Kennedy School Read the paper here. Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“News Shocks in Open Economies: Evidence from Giant Oil Discoveries” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Liugang Sheng Chinese University of Hong Kong Read the paper here. Monday, April 23, 2018 5:30 to 7:00pm – Reception to Follow Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop: “Management as a Technology”
Nicholas Bloom Stanford Graduate School of Business Tuesday, April 28, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
3rd Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Friday, April 24, 2015 This event is hosted by the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de) Rafik B. Hariri Building, Rom 240 Georgetown University 3700 O St. NW Washington, D.C. 20057 The Washington Area Development...
Trade and Development Workshop: “Information Frictions and the Law of One Price: When the States and the Kingdom became United”
Claudia Steinwender IES Fellow at the International Economics Section at Princeton University Tuesday, April 21, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm Monroe Hall of Government 2115 G Street NW, Room 321 Washington, DC 20052 With the establishment of the transatlantic...
Inaugural Conference on India’s Economy
Monday, April 13, 2015 8:15am to 5:00pm Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 The Indian economy is showing signs of revival after several years of slowdown. A new growth oriented government has just...
Trade and Development Workshop: “Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial”
Amit Khandelwal Columbia University Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop: “Financing Smallholder Agriculture: An Experiment with Agent Intermediated Loans in India”
Dilip Mookherjee Boston University Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop: “Forecasting When it Matters: Evidence from Semi-Arid India”
Xavier Gine The World Bank Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Next week’s Trade and Development Workshop will feature Xavier Gine, a Lead Economist for the World Bank’s...
Trade and Development Workshop: “Women’s Empowerment in Action” Markus Goldstein (World Bank)
Markus Goldstein The World Bank Tuesday, March 3, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop: Export Decision Under Risk
Jose de Sousa University of Paris-Sud Tuesday, February 24, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop: Volatility and the Foregone Gains from Trade
Treb Allen Northwestern University Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop: A Structural Model Groundwater Economy
Hanan Jacoby The World Bank Tuesday, February 3, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
USAID and GW Discuss Ending Extreme Poverty
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 3:00 to 5:00pm Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 As the world achieved the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015, developed and developing countries have focused more sharply on the...
Governments and Internet Governance: A Panel Discussion
Monday, January 26, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Overview: Despite their long experience in global and domestic governance, policymakers from many nations struggle...
2nd Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:30am to 8:00pm World Bank Headquarters, Washington, D.C This conference hosted by the World Bank, George Washington University (Institute for International Economic Policy), and the Growth Dialogue brings together academics and...
State Capitalism: Its Evolution and Contribution to Industrialization and Development
The seminar, organized by the Growth Dialogue at George Washington University School of Business, discussed the evolving role of state capitalism in major economies and measures introduced to enhance the efficiency of state enterprises. State capitalism exists in...
Trade and Development Workshop
Monica Singhal Harvard Kennedy School Wednesday, October 29, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop
Quamrul Ashraf Williams College Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop
David McKenzie The World Bank Tuesday, October 7, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop
Chris Udry Yale University Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Less Is More? Implications of Regulatory Capture for Natural Resource Depletion” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Sheetal Sekhri University of Virginia Tuesday, May 6, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm George Washington University Washington,...
“Up from Poverty? The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery and the Long-run Distribution of Wealth” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Hoyt Bleakley Princeton University Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
2nd Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Friday, April 26, 2014 This year’s conference is hosted by the Department of Economics and the Center for Economics and Policy at the University of Maryland. 1400 16th St. NW Washington, D.C. 20036 The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium...
“Trade Reform and Regional Dynamics: Evidence From 25 Years of Brazilian Matched Employer-Employee Data” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Brian Kovak Carnegie Mellon University Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“The Cross, the Crescent, or the Crown? A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Effectiveness of Local Religious and Secular Leaders” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Molly Lipscomb University of Virginia Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“R&D and Productivity in Multinational Firms” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Kamran Bilir University of Wisconsin at Madison Tuesday, April 8, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Joint Development-Microeconomics Seminar”
Prashant Bharadwaj University of California, San Diego Wednesday, April 2, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone- Based Agricultural Extension” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Shawn Cole Harvard Business School Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Employing and Empowering Marginalized Women” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Chris Blattman Columbia University Click here for flyer Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Trade and The Topography of the Spatial Economy” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Costas Arkolakis Yale University Download the paper here Tuesday, March 4, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
“Path-Breakers: How Does Women’s Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?” (Trade and Development Workshop)
Lakshmi Iyer Harvard Business School (with Sonia Bhalotra and Irma Clots-Figueras) Tuesday, January 15, 2014 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Louise Fox The World Bank Cosponsored by the World Bank Development Research Group and Urbanization Knowledge Platform Tuesday, January 13th, 2014 12:00 to 2:00pm Lindner Commons, 6th Floor 1957 E Street Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop
Felix Tintelnot Chicago and Princeton Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm The George Washington University Washington,...
Trade and Development Workshop
Adam Storeygard Tufts University Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm The George Washington University Washington,...
The Cognitive Effects of Micronutrient Deficiency: Evidence from Salt Iodization in the United States
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 The George Washington University Washington,...
Policy Forum: Assessing India’s Inclusive Development for Better Outcomes
Monday, October 14, 2013 The George Washington University Washington,...
Cash or Coupons? Testing the Impacts of Cash versus Vouchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 The George Washington University Washington,...
Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference
Monday and Tuesday, May 13 and 14, 2013 9:00am – 5:00pm The World Bank, Room: MC 2-800 Washington, DC 20052 View the conference schedule and agenda...
Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World
Dr. Duncan Green Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB, honorary Professor of International Development at Cardiff University, Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies His book:From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change...
1st Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
Friday, April 20, 2013 Elliott School of International Affairs Room 212 1957 E St. NW Washington D.C. 20052 The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading...
The Global Food Challenge
Monday, April 23, 2018 5:30 to 7:00pm – Reception to Follow Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Commons, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Dr. Shenggen Fan Director General, IFPRI RSVP now This forum will be based on the global...
“The Positive Effect of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Human Capital Accumulation in China”
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 Street NW Washington,...
Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War
Nathan Nunn Professor of Economics, Harvard University The paper can be found here. Tuesday, November 6, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Expanding Access to Micro Credit: The Role of Collateralized Loans
William Jack Associate Professor of Economics, Georgetown University Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices
Jessica Goldberg Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Maryland The paper can be found here. Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
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. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
International Symposium on “The Economics of Ultra-poverty: Causes and Remedies
Visit the ultra-poverty initiative page here. Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:00am to 5:00pm – Reception to Follow Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Schedule Day 1: Thursday March 22 Ultra-poverty Research Workshop:...
Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses
Keynote Speaker Alain de Janvry (UC Berkeley) Conference videos to be uploaded soon. Friday September 30, 2011 Elliott School of International Affairs Linder Family Commons Suite 602 1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052 8:30-9:00 a.m. – Breakfast...
Volatility in Commodity Markets – Causes and Impacts on the Poor
Joachim von Braun Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and Professor for Economic and Technological Change at University of Bonn, Germany and former Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Dr. von Braun’s...
Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way
Steven Radelet Chief Economist, USAID Dr. Radelet’s book can be previewed here. Please find his PowerPoint presentation here. Audio of Dr. Radelet’s presentation can be found here Monday, September 12, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm Lindner Commons, 6th Floor...
Petty Corruption
Mukul Majumdar Cornell University Download his paper here. Monday, April 25, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Managers’ Mobility, Trade Status, and Wages
Luca David Opromolla Banco de Portugal Hosted by the GWU Department of Economics Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
The Global Economic Crisis: A View from Montenegro
Milorad Katnić Finance Minister, Montenegro The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:00 to 1:00pm Room 505 1957 E St NW Washington,...
A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressors, with an Application to the Study of Poverty Persistence in China
Irina Murtazashvili University of Pittsburgh Hosted by the GWU Department of Economics Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Human Rights, Development and Economic Growth – Metrics, New Ways of Thinking, and New Strategies
April 7 12:30-7:00 & April 8 8:00-5:00 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 Since the members of the UN negotiated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the world has made great human rights progress. But that progress is not...
Skill Biased Heterogeneous Firms: Trade Liberalization and the Skill Premium Redux
Ariell Reshef University of Virginia Tuesday, April 5, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
Rema Hanna Harvard University Download the paper here. Co-sponsored by the GWU Department of Economics Friday, April 1, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Is There Surplus Labor in Rural India?
Andrew Foster with Mark Rosenzweig Brown University & Yale University Tuesday, March 29, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Fair and Rules Based: A new trade policy for Europe
Lucian Cernat Chief Trade Economist, European Commission Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality and Economic Growth in Mexico
Santiago Levy Inter-American Development Bank View the paper here. Co-hosted with the GWU Department of Economics Tuesday, November 2, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Market
Asim Khwaja Harvard University View the paper here. Co-hosted with the GWU Department of Economics Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
The Libertarian Welfare State
Robert Frank Cornell University Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
Bad Public Schools are Public Bads: Test-Scores and Civic Values in Public and Private Schools
Jishnu Das The World Bank Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
International development through multinationals: foreign R&D units and indigenous innovation
Joel Blit George Washington University Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington,...
