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#DevTalks: Confronting Post-COVID Macroeconomic Challenges in Namibia

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.

The end of the commodity super-cycle slowed growth in Namibia and the fiscal situation worsened with COVID-19. In this Development Talks Seminar, Ipumbu Shiimi, Namibia's Minister of Finance, discusses the growth challenges facing the country, including high poverty...

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Book Talk: Reclaiming Populism

Reclaiming Populism contends that populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and the Gilets Jaunes happen when the system really is rigged. Citizens the world over are angry not due to immigration or income inequality, but economic unfairness: the sense of being held back from success because opportunity is not equal and reward is not according to contribution.

This forensic book demonstrates that illiberal populism strikes hardest when family origins decide success rather than talent and effort.

The authors, Eric Protzer and Paul Summerville, propose a framework of...

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#DevTalks: A New Agenda Macroeconomic Stability

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.

In this Development Talks seminar, Antoinette M. Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), discusses the key tenets for a new agenda for macroeconomic stability based on her longstanding experience leading policy initiatives across the world.

#DevTalks: Economic Policy During COVID-19 in Peru - Addressing Old and New Challenges

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. In this seminar, María Antonieta Alva, Former Minister of Economy and Finance in Peru, will discuss the challenges of implementing economic policy in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Toward a Venezuelan Transition? Escaping a Complex Humanitarian Emergency

The Venezuelan crisis is, first of all, a humanitarian one triggered by the gradual collapse of the state, the GDP collapse amidst hyperinflation, the biggest humanitarian crisis of refugees and migrants in the region, and systematic violations of human rights. The Venezuelan humanitarian crisis has been aggravated by the pandemic -a crisis within a crisis. The seminars will analyze the current dimension of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the international initiatives to advance in a comprehensive solution.

Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth...

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Engaging Diasporas Around the World

On April 1, 2021, researchers at the Growth Lab shared insights and approaches to understanding global diasporas and diaspora engagement. Not all diaspora groups are equal, and they interact with their host country in a myriad of ways. The Growth Lab has worked in several contexts, including Albania, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Ethiopia, Jordan, among others, and shared an overview of what we have learned and implications for future research and policy implementation.

Speakers:...

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