Speaker: Tidhar Wald, Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Better Than Cash Alliance, United Nations

About the talk: Billions...

Speaker: José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director of Americas division, Human Rights Watch

About the talk: The current exodus of Venezuelans has generated the largest migration crisis...

Speaker: Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University

About the talk: The literature on income gaps between Chiapas and the rest of Mexico revolves around individual factors. Yet, twenty years after the Zapatista rebellion, the schooling gap has shrunk while the income gap has widened, and we find no evidence indicating that Chiapas indigenes are worse-off than their likes...

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: The Economist reported last September that it is "a good moment to celebrate Bangladesh’s economic progress. Its annual growth has averaged more than 6% over the past ten years and has run above 7% over the past two.” More than celebrating, Bangladesh Rising conference will discuss how Bangladesh can maintain its momentum, and potentially accelerate the growth achieved in the last decade. The conference will host practitioners, academics, and high-level government officials to discuss the ways the country can advance further and avoid pitfalls. It...