The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries, regions, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy.
Speaker: Marcos Buscaglia, Economist, Former Wall Street Analyst and Emerging Markets Expert
Moderator: Javier Murcio, Director, Emerging Markets; Portfolio Manager and...
Each year, the Growth Lab offers students exciting opportunities to work with its research teams on applied projects around the world, often embedded with local governments and project counterparts. Opportunities for summer 2024 include work on the Growth Lab’s Azerbaijan, Morocco, Hermosillo, and Wyoming projects.
We are hosting a pizza lunch on Wednesday, January 31st at 12 pm to provide more...
The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.
The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. In this seminar, Tristan Reed will discuss his new research on the product space.
Speaker Tristan Reed, Applied economist at the World Bank's Development Research Group
The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.
The Growth Lab recently completed a two-year applied research project which diagnosed causes of South Africa’s economic challenges and and outlined a path forward. The project was a research collaboration centered with South Africa’s National Treasury and in coordination with the Centre for Development and Enterprise.
Speakers: Ann Bernstein, Executive Director, Center for Development and...
The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.
Speaker: John Morrow, Reader in Economics at King's Business School
The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.
Speaker: Pierre-Alexandre Balland (Utrecht University & AI Toulouse Institute)
In this hybrid seminar, Pierre-Alexandre Balland will review the growing use of economic complexity within different sections of the European Commission, EU member states, and EU regions. He will then highlight existing limitations and blindspots that the field seriously needs to...
Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below)
The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.
Speaker: William B. Bonvillian, Lecturer at MIT, and Senior Director for special projects at MIT’s Office of Open Learning
Despite longstanding opposition from mainstream economists and neoliberal perspectives to industrial policy, the United States, confronted by advanced technology competition from China, climate change, and a global pandemic, adopted from...