The Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.
Speaker: Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government
Moderator: Clement Brenot, Research Manager, Growth Lab
Prof. Dercon's latest book, Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose ...
Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below)
The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Project on Workforce at Harvard University.
Speaker: James Mnyupe, Economic Advisor to the President, Republic of Namibia
Moderator: Daniel Schrag,Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard University, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment
Whether attending in-person or virtually, please register...
Speaker:Doyne Farmer, Director of Complexity Economics, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School; Baillie Gifford Professor, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
New research from Doyne Farmer and others shows that wind, solar, and other renewables would deliver energy security to the world and save $12 trillion...
The Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.
Speaker: Leah Boustan, Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Moderator: Nikita Taniparti, Research Manager, Growth Lab
Prof. Leah Boustan will discuss her work, including her new book Streets of Gold: America’...
Learn more about the Growth Lab's mission and approach, our academic research and policy engagements, and student opportunities. You'll hear directly from the Growth Lab's senior leadership, fellows, and staff.
Speakers include: Ricardo Hausmann - Director, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, HKS ...
The Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.
Speaker: HE Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Cabinet Member & UAE Minister of Economy
Moderator: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, HKS
The Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.
Speaker: Chris Blattman, Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute and Harris School of Public Policy
The Growth Lab 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: David N. Weil, James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University
Abstract: We develop a new measure of land quality by estimating weights in a Poisson regression of population in grid cells on a vector of geographic characteristics and country fixed effects. Aggregating to the level of countries, we construct average...
The Growth Lab 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: Mathieu Couttenier, Professor, University of Lyon and Ecole Normale Superieur
Abstract: Artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) are on the rise. They represent a...