Review of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress, by Steven Pinker
Originally published 1/28/2022
Comparison of Adaptation and Resilience vs Development Programs: Differences and Implications for International Organizations
Originally published on April 6, 2017
Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Visits IIEP
Originally published on October 27, 2016
Reflections on COP21 and the Paris Climate Agreement
Originally published on January 11, 2016
A Review – Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses – Part VII: Price Spikes Policy Solutions
Originally published on March 14, 2012
A Review – Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses – Part VI: Price Volatility Policy Solutions
Originally published on March 14, 2012
A Review – Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses – Part V: Price Trend Policy Solutions
Originally published on March 14, 2012
A Review – Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses – Part IV: Food Price Spikes
Originally published on March 5, 2012
A Review – Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses – Part III: Food Price Volatility
Originally published on February 24, 2012
A Review – Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses – part II: Rising Price Trend
Originally published on February 22, 2012
A Review – Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses *
Originally published on February 22, 2012
IMF’s Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook (REO)
Thursday, July 23, 2020
11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT
WebEx
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....
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
March 2019. Stephen C. Smith, Alberto Posso and Lucia Ferrone. IIEP Working Paper 2019-2.
Works Councils and Workplace Health Promotion in Germany
February 2019. Stephen C. Smith, Uwe Jirjahn and Jens Mohrenweiser. IIEP Working Paper 2019-1.
A mHealth Voice Messaging Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Senegal
February 2019. Shauna Downs, Jessica Fanzo, Jozefina Kalaj, Joachim Sackey, and Stephen C. Smith. IIEP Working Paper 2019-6.
Development Economics Meets the Challenges of Lagging U.S. Areas Applications to Education, Health and Nutrition, Behavior, and Infrastructure
September 2018. Stephen C. Smith. IIEP Working Paper 2018-7.
Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils
October 2017 by Stephen Smith (George Washington University) & Uwe Jirjahn (University of Trier) IIEP Working Paper 2017-22
Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
July 2017 by Yao Pan, Stephen C. Smith, and Munshi Sulaiman IIEP Working Paper 2015-11
How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomised Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda
January 2017 by Stephen C. Smith (George Washington University), Vida Bobić (George Washington University), Ram Fishman (Tel Aviv University), & Munshi Sulaiman (Save the Children) IIEP Working Paper...
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....
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 Two Fragilities: Vulnerability to Conflict, Environmental Stress, and their Interactions as Challenges to Ending Poverty: A Policy Analysis
by Stephen Smith (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2016-1
Person Equivalent Headcount Measures of Poverty
August 2015 by Tony Castleman, James Foster, and Stephen C. Smith (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2015-10
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...
USAID BASIS AMA CRSP/I4 Index Insurance Innovation Initiative 2014 Technical Committee Meeting
Cosponsored with University of California – Davis Thursday and Friday, November 6-7, 2014 12:00 to 5:15pm George Washington University, Washington DC This event was a gathering of researchers and stakeholders involved with the Index Insurance Innovation...
6th Annual Conference on U.S.-China Economic Relations and China’s Economic Development
G2 at GW 2013 Friday, November 8, 2013 Lindner Commons, Suite 602Elliott School of International Affairs1957 E St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052 Click here to watch videos The U.S.-China relationship is now second to none in importance for international economic...
Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development
September 2013 by Stephen C. Smith (co-author Jonathon Rothbaum) IIEP Working Paper 2013-06
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...
Do Foreign Owners Favor Short-Term Profit? Evidence from Germany
January 2013 by Stephen C. Smith (George Washington University), Verena Dill (Universität Trier), and Uwe Jirjahn (Universität Trier) IIEP Working Paper 2013-15
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low-Income Countries: Lessons from Current Research and Needs from Future Research
June 2012 by Stephen C. Smith (co-author Arun S. Malik, IIEP and GWU) IIEP Working Paper 2012-8
Assessing the Frontiers of Ultra-Poverty Reduction: Evidence from CFPR/TUP, an Innovative Program in Bangladesh
June 2012 by Stephen Smith & Shahe Emran IIEP Working Paper 2009-6
The Scope of NGOs and Development Program Design: Application to Problems of Multidimensional Poverty
June 2012 by Stephen C. Smith IIEP Working Paper 2012-7
Awareness as an Adaptation Strategy for Reducing Mortality from Heat Waves: Evidence from a Disaster Risk Management Program in India
May 2012 by Stephen C. Smith (co-author Saudamini Das, University of Delhi) IIEP Working Paper 2012-6
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:...
What Kind of Poverty Trap? An Investigation of Single and Multidimensional Traps With Ethiopian Household Panel Data
by Stephen C. Smith IIEP Working Paper 2010-4
Multidimensional Poverty and Interlocking Poverty Traps: Framework and Application to Ethiopian Household Panel Data
by Stephen C. Smith IIEP Working Paper 2011-4
Climate Change, Uncertainty and Decision-Making
by Stephen C. Smith & Arun Malik IIEP Working Paper 2010-24 Updated May 2011
Autonomous Adaptation to Climate Change: A Literature Review
by Arun Malik & Stephen C. Smith IIEP Working Paper 2010-27
Regional Agricultural Endowments and Shifts of Poverty Trap Equilibria: Evidence from Ethiopian Panel Data
by Stephen C. Smith IIEP Working Paper 2011-1 Updated 2011
Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam
November 2009 by Stephen Smith & Shahe Emran IIEP Working Paper 2009-15
Long-run Causes of Comparative Development: An Interpretation of the Recent Evidence
September 2007 by Stephen Smith IIEP Working Paper 2008-13
