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Dr. Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, President of the Republic of Kosovo, delivers the
#GEM23
keynote address.
"Navigating in a World of Climate Urgency: The Republic of Kosovo and the Importance of Global Partnerships"
@VjosaOsmaniPRKS
#HarvardClimateActionWeek
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We thank Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe & the
@Harvard
community for joining an important dialogue on the future of Sri Lanka today. Through debate and dialogue, we build understanding.
@aikhwaja
@TarunKhannaHBS
@GlobalFatema
@RW_UNP
@AmbSamarasinghe
@MittalInstitute
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We at
@HarvardCID
keep reflecting on this powerful moment when President
@RW_UNP
invited a
@Harvard
student to come “home” and meet with his government to discuss healing for the Tamil people. We appreciate the students who joined the conversation for this powerful exchange.
We thank Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe & the
@Harvard
community for joining an important dialogue on the future of Sri Lanka today. Through debate and dialogue, we build understanding.
@aikhwaja
@TarunKhannaHBS
@GlobalFatema
@RW_UNP
@AmbSamarasinghe
@MittalInstitute
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A warm welcome to
@VjosaOsmaniPRKS
, President of the Republic of Kosovo, who will provide the
#GEM23
keynote address this morning!
#HarvardClimateActionWeek
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We're thrilled to announce the launch of The Atlas of Economic Complexity 2.0! Check out our improved & updated site
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Thank you
@umarsaif
for a fascinating presentation on the use and impact of off-the-shelf technologies to drive inclusive growth in Pakistan and throughout the world!
3
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What is
#knowhow
and why is it important for economic growth?
@ricardo_hausman
explains why knowhow is critical to spur economic development and discusses the challenge of bringing "new" knowhow into a country
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Venezuela is undergoing its worst economic crisis. Poverty has reached record levels & shortages of food and medicines are rampant.
What happened? What can be done? Tune in for a live chat w/
@ricardo_hausman
Oct 23rd, 11:30am EST. 👉Send questions in advance using
#AskRicardo
.
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Need a good listen for the weekend?
@aikhwaja
joins
@ThePakistanExp1
podcast to talk about the state of the Pakistani Economy & micro-economic solutions!
If you enjoyed the podcast with Atif Mian, you will love this one as well.
Asim Ijaz Khwaja, one of the world's leading Economist comes on the podcast to discuss the state of the Pakistani Economy and talk about Micro Economic Solutions.
@aikhwaja
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Who is
@ricardo_hausman
and how did he come to direct CID? Watch as he tells the story of how he became an economist, professor, and the Center's Director:
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📣Spread the word - We are hosting the 2023 convening of the North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) on Nov. 4–5, 2023!
🖇 Accepting papers June 17 - August 17, 2023
#NEUDC
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.
@ricardo_hausman
and Richard Martinez, Ecuador's Minister of Finance in
#Davos
after a productive conversation.
#WEF19
@WEF
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The Harvard CID 2026 Global Growth Projections are out! Access to learn which countries top the list of the fastest growing economies to 2026.
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Harvard economist and
#CIDExpert
Emmanuel Farhi, one of the leading economists of his generation in both the U.S. & in France.
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This Friday, we are honored to welcome Finance Minister of
#Somalia
, Dr. Abdirahman Beileh on the country's development opportunities and challenges. Register here:
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At the
#NEUDC2023
Social Hour, Andrew Weiss and Kara Weiss honored Job Market Students for Research in Development Economics. Congratulations to Duncan Webb, Emma Smith, Trinh Pham, Mattia Fracchia, and Miguel Ortiz 🎉
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Join us May 28 for a discussion on the
#COVID19
response in Pakistan with:
🔹
@aikhwaja
#CIDExpert
& Director
🔹
@MaroofAliSyed
President & CEO of
@CERPakistan
🔹
@najamshah
Secretary to the Gov't of Sindh
🔹
@taidrus
Chief Digital Officer of Pakistan
✍️
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In a 3 part series for
@hariankompas
,
#CIDExpert
@rema_nadeem
, along with Indonesia's former finance minister
@ChatibBasri
and
@JPAL
's Ben Olken, discuss how the government of Indonesia can extend social protections to the lower middle class affected by the
#COVID19
crisis.
Berikut tulisan
@rema_nadeem
dari Harvard di Kompas 22/4/20 Perluasan Perlindungan Sosial untuk Kelas Menengah Bawah. Tulisan pertama dari seri 3 tulisan bersama Benjamin Olken (MIT) dan saya soal perlunya perluasan perlindungan utk Kelas Menengah Bawah
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Last Friday at the
@Kennedy_School
,
@HarvardCID
held a retreat for
@Harvard
Development PhD students & faculty, providing an opportunity for students to present their work. We thank all PhD students and faculty who presented and attended!
Here’s the incredible line-up 🔽 1/7
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In
#NEUDC2023
#CIDDevelopmentPerspectives
"A Gentle Introduction to Using Deep Learning in Economic Research,"
@MelissaLDell
covered layout detection, OCR, Record Linkage, Text classification, Clustering and the use of Reinforcement Learning in solving complex problems.
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Congratulations to
#CIDExpert
@rodrikdani
for winning the 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences. Rodrik was recognized for his work leading "economic analysis & political economy to a territory closer to reality.”
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New video series w/
@ricardo_hausman
. It's a good primer on
#Knowhow
.
#ProductSpace
#Complexity
#GrowthDiagnostics
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#NEUDC2023
session Political Economy: Bureaucracy focused on bureaucratic turnover, private returns to bureaucratic appointments, corruption, and trade. Chaired by Jaya Wen.
🖇️Read their papers:
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#NEUDC2023
#CIDDevelopmentPerspectives
"Political Economy and Development: A Field at a Critical Juncture,"
@VinPons
and
@benjaminmarx
discussed how research addresses macro-level questions, embracing intersections of historical roots of institutions, culture, and current issues.
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"We are trying to understand the world, but we’re also trying to innovate and solve problems that people are facing and make the world a better place."
#MichaelKremer
on being an academic, to Harvard students now.
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The Center for International Development is mourning the loss of Guillermo Perry, who passed away on September 27th. He indeed embodied the kind of career we prepare our students for. We will all dearly miss him.
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Trying to solve a complex problem in a developing country but don't know where to start?
Download the PDIAtoolkit to learn how to break down your problem, take action, and iterate. Now also available in Spanish!
@HarvardBSC
@governwell
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"No economy can achieve such a transformation using only the knowhow of the citizens who have never ventured past its borders. Successful economies work to integrate foreign migrants and their own diaspora into their societies."
@ricardo_hausman
>>
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What is
#PDIA
? It’s about solving complex problems, not delivering pre-packaged solutions. Find out more in this new video from
@HarvardBSC
.
@ricardo_hausman
@governwell
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#ICYMI
: Listen to
#CIDExpert
@ricardo_hausman
discuss the impact of COVID-19 in developing countries in the latest
#HKSPolicyCast
.
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What happens when
@ricardo_hausman
& Lant Pritchett sit in a room for an hour? They talk
#development
#transformation
#education
#productivity
#industrialpolicy
#migration
#technology
Watch our new series of short videos
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One of the best parts about
@Kennedy_School
? When alums return!
Today, CID welcomed back
@MauricioLizcano
-Chief of Staff to the President of Colombia-to discuss challenges and opportunities in energy and ed with
@GlobalFatema
,
@ricardo_hausman
&
@HarvardGrwthLab
team members!
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Just how effective are “hot spots" policing or “broken window" interventions? On this week's podcast, we talk to
@DanielMejiaL
and
@cblatts
about evidence-based security interventions in
#Bogota
. Tune in 🎙️
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For International Women’s Day,
@QueenRania
joins us for a discussion on women’s empowerment, cross-cultural dialogue, and innovative solutions to global challenges. Moderated by
#CIDExpert
@MelaniCammett
.
📆 March 8, 2021, at 10AM EST
Register:
#IWD21
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📢 Applications are now open for the
@Kennedy_School
Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) Program! Full scholarships are available.
Join virtual info session with staff & faculty (incl.
@rodrikdani
) on Oct 8 at 9am (ET):
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Do you know CID's Atlas of Economic Complexity? This powerful research &
#dataviz
tool allows you to explore global
#trade
dynamics over time & discover growth opportunities for every country worldwide: >> Follow the Atlas:
@Atlas_Facts
@ricardo_hausman
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Venezuela has seen an unprecedented exodus of people in recent months.
@ricardo_hausman
and his co-authors use data from the social media service Twitter to measure the emigration of people from Venezuela. >>
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Watch
@ricardo_hausman
explain the Product Space and how countries can use it to expand their
#knowhow
to make new products and move into new industries
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"Simply put, the growth and social agendas are one and the same."
#CIDExpert
@rodrikdani
and
@S_Stantcheva
argue that a new strategy must abandon the traditional separation between pro-growth policies and social policies.
@ProSyn
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Join us tomorrow morning at 9:30am for a talk with
@umarsaif
who will present a series of large-scale systems which use cheap smartphones and machine learning to inform policy in the government. >>
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What are the Challenges of Economic Growth? CID Director,
@ricardo_hausman
shares his view on this article:
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While economists agree that a lot of the differences in per capita income across countries come from differences in productivity, it's still not very clear why some countries are more productive than others.
@ricardo_hausman
& Lant Pritchett discuss:
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How can state capacity help us understand the current state of
#development
?
Watch
@ricardo_hausman
open
#GEM19
by discussing the coevolution of political development with
#EconomicDevelopment
:
Read more about
#GEM19
:
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#NEUDC2023
session Early Childhood Education examined design and behavioral responses by schools, interventions for teacher effort, and promoting parent-child reading as methods to improve outcomes, chaired by
@michelacarlana
.
🖇️Read the papers:
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Announcing the CID Visiting Researcher Program!
PhD students pursuing economic development research from Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, & Slovenia are eligible.
Apply by: 10/22/23
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The latest paper by
#CIDExpert
@rema_nadeem
, Abhijit Banerjee, Benjamin Olken, Elan Satriawan, and Sudarno Sumarto finds that vouchers for food delivered much more aid to beneficiaries than in-kind food programs, and reduced poverty.
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“All good things do not necessarily go together” explains Francis Fukuyama, Keynote Speaker at
#GEM19
@FukuyamaFrancis
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Join
#CIDExpert
@rodrikdani
for "Developing Nations and
#COVID19
" panel discussion on Thursday, April 23 at 10:30am EST. Other panelists include experts
@kaushikcbasu
,
@HaroonBhorat
,
@AshwDeshpande
,
@LFLopezCalva
&
@AlbertZeufack
.
Watch livestream📺:
Join us for the panel on “COViD-19 and Developing Nations” organized by the International Economic Association and Royal Economic Association on April 23rd, 10:30 am EST.
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#NEUDC2023
Session Gender: IPV and Safety explored the relationship btw. exposure to IPV and tolerance of it, as well as the effects of safety and safe spaces on female labor force participation, chaired by Susan Godlonton.
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This Friday at 3PM (ET),
#CIDExpert
& Director
@aikhwaja
is presenting as part of the
@WeAreSIEC
International Symposium of Economics on "Examining Education in Developing Countries." Available in both English & Spanish.
📅 Friday, October 9, 3PM (ET)
✍️
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How can you identify binding constraints to
#EconomicGrowth
in developing countries?
@HarvardGrwthLab
researchers use the
#GrowthDiagnostics
. Learn more about this methodology and how it has been used at the national and sub-national levels:
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🍂
@Kennedy_School
is showing off its autumn colors as we prepare to welcome 250+ economists from over 30 countries November 4-5 for
#NEUDC2023
!
Agenda:
Are you presenting? Share your work and tag us!
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We're thrilled to launch our Leading Economic Growth
@HKSExecEd
course, led by
@governwell
&
@ricardo_hausman
, in a new, highly engaging online format.
Learn more about the course & apply today:
@HarvardBSC
@HarvardGrwthLab
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"¿Venezuela está ante un fenómeno coyuntural o estructural? ¿Cuánto puede tardar la recuperación una vez se aplican los correctivos?"
@dougbarrios
, investigador del CID, responde a estas y otras interrogantes acerca de la crisis económica en Venezuela.
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#NEUDC2023
session Secondary and Tertiary Education: Beliefs and Perceptions examined interventions for increasing teachers' capacity and gender peer effects in college major choice, chaired by Chris Neilson.
🖇️Read the papers:
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#NEUDC2023
session Marriage Markets and Intra-household Dynamics covered a range of topics, including the marriage market as a source of low female labor force participate rate in India, chaired by Rohini Pande.
🖇️Read the papers:
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We are thrilled to welcome President
@VjosaOsmaniPRKS
of the Republic of
#Kosovo
as CID's keynote speaker for
#GEM23
, where she will share her vision of the challenges and opportunities facing Kosovo as it transitions to a
#greeneconomy
. View the agenda:
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Do you know CID's Atlas of Economic Complexity?
This powerful research &
#dataviz
tool allows you to explore global
#trade
dynamics over time & discover growth opportunities for every country worldwide:
Follow the Atlas:
@Atlas_Facts
@ricardo_hausman
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Nuestro equipo se reunió hoy con el Alcalde de
#Hermosillo
- Sonora
@MaloroAcosta
y el equipo de Ciudades Emergentes y Sostenibles de
@el_BID
para discutir resultados de nuestro trabajo sobre el potencial económico de la ciudad y políticas para promover el crecimiento sostenido
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"Look around your context and have the confidence to ask the question which matters in your context, even if no one in the world has asked it yet," shares
#CIDExpert
@aikhwaja
in an interview with
@MoizUrRehman_
of Business Recorder.
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Q: What's your advice on choosing topics for research topics?
A: Work on what you think is important. Work on what motivates you. Be open redefining that over time.
#MichaelKremer
in Q&A with
@Harvard
students now.
#EconTwitter
#GlobalDev
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We end our
#NEUDC2023
coverage on a note of gratitude with a special thank you to the Harvard Kennedy School staff who took hospitality to another level this weekend!
To all of the participants, speakers, volunteers & staff who made this an unforgettable NEUDC.
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#NEUDC2023
session Long-run Development presented evidence on the effects of genocide, land redistribution, slavery, and enlistment on the long-run development and social norms of impacted regions, chaired by
@SilviaPrina
.
🖇️Read the papers:
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.
@ricardo_hausman
on the importance of collective know-how in technology diffusion and the importance of a 'sense of us'
@LSEGeography
@lseideas
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Welcome to
#NEUDC2023
!
🌏250+ economists from over 30 countries will be sharing the latest research in international development.
Full agenda➡️
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#NEUDC2023
session Secondary & Tertiary Education: Transitions to the Labor Force focused on the introduction of tech, policies aimed at equalizing access to university, and access to improved transport infrastructure impact ed. outcomes, chaired by Bryce Steinberg.
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"The way I was raised was that we have obligations when there are injustices in the world. We should try to address them."
#MichaelKremer
on entering
#DevelopmentEconomics
.
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We are incredibly grateful for the talented faculty, staff, students, and guest speakers that make up the CID family!
We are thankful for the return to in-person gathers that strengthen our community this fall 🍂
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"The greatest reason for the death of democracies in Latin America has been populism. For Europe and the west, the greatest threat is polarization." Watch this remarkable presentation by Steven Levitsky at
#GEM18
:
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Minister of Higher Education and Science
@SayasatNurbek
of Kazakhstan visited CID to engage in a deep dialogue on education policy and research with CID leaders
@aikhwaja
and
@GlobalFatema
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In
#NEUDC2023
#CIDDevelopmentPerspectives
"The Economics of Mental Health in the Developing World," Gautam Rao presented on the prevalence of mental health disorders in developed and developing countries, and discussed inexpensive, scalable interventions.
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En nuestro podcast en español, investigadores del CID hablan sobre la crisis socioeconómica en
#Venezuela
:
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"Societies become more knowledgeable not because individuals know more but because they know different things" - on
@ricardo_hausman
latest
@ProSyn
op-ed: .
Learn more about Hausmann's theory of knowhow & economic development:
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Ahora puedes acceder al Kit de Herramientas PDIA y a los videos que detallan el paso a paso de la metodología que te ayuda a resolver problemas complejos también en Español.
Descubre los recursos disponibles:
@ricardo_hausman
@miguelsantos12
@HarvardBSC
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"Sometimes people create a false opposition between microeconomics and macro. I see them both as part of the same picture."
#MichaelKremer
speaking to Harvard students now at
@HarvardCID
event.
0
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#NEUDC2023
session on State Capacity focused on reforms to public management recruitment in Chile, bureaucrat discretion in property valuation on tax equity in Dakar, expansion of outpatient healthcare in India, and a subsidized condo. lottery in Ethiopia, chaired by Doug Gollin.
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The Atlas of Economic Complexity has become the first known platform to offer services
#trade
data visualized alongside goods trade. Discover which countries benefit most from services trade at
#AtlasFacts
@ricardo_hausman
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"Iconoclast With a Mission" - Read
@IMFNews
People in Economics profile on
@ricardo_hausman
>>>
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A recent study on Indonesia by
#CIDExpert
@rema_nadeem
,
@ChatibBasri
, Ben Olken and Mayara Felix found that enhanced tax administration can increase govt revenue collection from medium-sized firms in developing countries even more than raising tax rates.
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Join us in welcoming Fatema Z. Sumar,
@FatemaDC
, as CID's new Executive Director! She is an innovative development and public policy leader with a distinguished career fighting poverty. Read the full announcement here:
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Now hiring! We're looking for a Director of Strategic Engagement and Development to help grow Harvard’s premier international development research center.
@Kennedy_School
@aikhwaja
@ricardo_hausman
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#MichaelKremer
, Nobel Laureate and member of our Faculty Advisory Council, discussed his journey as an academic with students from across
@Harvard
Couldn't make it? Watch the video:
@rglenner
@SuriTavneet
@AtifRMian
@cblatts
@m_sendhil
@fetzert
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3/3 “With the COVID-19 pandemic comes the hard lesson that we are fragile”
@ChatibBasri
,
@rema_nadeem
&
@JPAL
Ben Olken on financing fiscal policy for the lower middle class impacted by
#COVID19
in their final piece for
@hariankompas
, now in English.
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Industrial policy has been one of the most heated issues in the history of development. But is it only about tilting prices & taxes to stimulate some kinds of activities or is there more to the debate?
@ricardo_hausman
and Lant Pritchett discuss 👉
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Join us on Friday morning at 9:30am for a talk with
@umarsaif
who will present a series of large-scale systems which use cheap smartphones and machine learning to inform policy in the government. >>
0
8
28
How can state capacity help us understand the current state of
#development
?
Watch
@ricardo_hausman
open
#GEM19
by discussing the coevolution of political development with
#EconomicDevelopment
:
Read more about
#GEM19
:
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Where is CID currently working, what are our latest research findings, and where are we headed next? Hear it from
@ricardo_hausman
himself, on this week's podcast:
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.
@HarvardCID
will be co-hosting President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka on March 24th with
@mittalinstute
. Harvard ID holders are encouraged to pre-register.
@TarunKhannaHBS
@aikhwaja
@GlobalFatema
@HarvardHBS
@Kennedy_School
#Eventalert
: On March 24, President Ranil Wickremesinghe will join us live from Sri Lanka, moderated by
@TarunKhannaHBS
,
@HarvardHBS
, and
@aikhwaja
,
@Kennedy_School
@HarvardCID
. This in-person event is only open to Harvard University ID holders.
Register:
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We are thrilled to offer sincerest congratulations to our colleague and CID Faculty Advisory Council member, Michael Kremer, who along with our dear MIT colleagues Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics.
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Join us for a special
#CIDSpeakerSeries
this Friday. Expert panelists from
@HarvardCID
,
@EPoDHarvard
, and
@CGDev
will be sharing their advice and insights on how to ensure evidence informs US development policy.
📅 March 26, 12:00 PM
Register:
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#CIDExperts
@aikhwaja
&
@governwell
co-authored a
#COVID
response plan w/ a team of international experts, researchers & practitioners. This proposal helps countries carry out data-responsive strategies for
#COVID19
.
Read the
#smartcontainment
proposal👇
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"Investments [in data and evidence] are a necessity, now more than ever, not only to face immediate needs of families but also to avoid the potential long-term repercussions of the crisis on human capital," writes
#CIDExpert
@rema_nadeem
.
via
@WorldBank
.
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CID is proud to present Daron Acemoglu
@NarrowCorridor
, coauthor of The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty for a discussion on the challenges of protecting liberty.
2
10
26
Join us at 12pm TODAY for a talk with Prof.
@umarsaif
on "Designing Technology for the 'other' 5 Billion". More info
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"As a society, we should care not just about how much innovation takes place, but also about the types of new technologies that are developed."
#CIDExpert
@rodrikdani
for
@ProSyn
on the need to direct technological innovation toward social priorities.
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#NEUDC2023
session Gender: Norms and Beliefs explored the impact of interventions targeting gender norms and beliefs on reducing discrimination, chaired by
@PJakiela
.
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