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: Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics

Moderator: Dany Bahar, Associate Professor, Brown...

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.

Location: Zoom

Please register in advance. The Zoom webinar is open to the public.

About the Seminar: How do firms and inventors move through knowledge space as they develop their...

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.

Location: Online only/Zoom Please register in advance.

Abstract: In this seminar, Alessandra Peter, Assistant Professor of Economics at NYU will share her research with Vittorio Bassi, J. H. Lee,...

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.

Please register in advance.

Speaker: Nilesh Fernando, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame

About the Seminar: Migrant workers and employers rely...

The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.

Speaker: Vladyslav Rashkovan, Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

Moderator: Konstantin Usov, Acting Deputy Mayor of Kyiv, HKS MC/MPA 2023

Whether attending in-person or virtually, please...

Decarbonization will transform global production and trade patterns so radically that new growth opportunities are bound to arise for Latin America and the Caribbean. The panel will discuss those opportunities considering the Inter-American Development Bank's vision for the energy transition in the region.

Speakers: 
Ricardo Hausmann, Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Director of the Harvard Growth Lab, Harvard Kennedy School
Lenin H. Balza, Economist in the Infrastructure and Energy Sector...

The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.

Speaker: Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

Moderator: Akshay Mathur, Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Opening remarks: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab, and Rafik Hariri...

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.

Whether attending in-person or virtually, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public.

Speaker...

The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.

Speaker: Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, HKS MPA 2009

Moderator: Pablo Andrés...

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.

Location: Weil Town Hall, Belfer, HKS/Zoom

Whether attending in-person or virtually, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come, first-...

As the world transitions to a lower carbon economy, new industries, markets, and paths to economic prosperity are emerging. Join Harvard faculty Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag for a 1-hour webinar on how the current energy transition is reshaping economic opportunity around the world—...

The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.

Speaker: Amir Lebdioui, Assistant Professor in the Political Economy of Development, SOAS University of London

Moderator: Ketan Ahuja, Research Fellow, Growth Lab

What does it take to align economic development with ecological sustainability? Is...

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: Stefano M. Iacus is the Director of Data Science and Product Research at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. He is working closely with the Dataverse (Managing Director of the Dataverse Project) and OpenDP (executive committee member) projects and well as with the Data Science Services at IQSS.

Abstract: With the...

The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.

Speaker: Ijlal Naqvi, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean (Curriculum and Teaching) at the School of Social Sciences of Singapore Management University

Prof. Naqvi will discuss his new book "Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in...

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: Hagen Kruse, PhD candidate and Research affiliate of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre @University of Groningen

Abstract: Traditionally, comparative advantage in exporting is measured at the level of products or industries. However, with international production fragmentation, countries specialize in activities along the production chain rather than in particular products. This paper...