August 31, 2024 – ELISA BELFIORI AND YANEL LLOHIS BUENOS AIRES – Despite committing to nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to limit global warming, countries have struggled
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Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE)
The IEA has embarked on a multi-year project focusing on enhancing the role of women in the global economics profession. We will undertake research in multiple countries focused on understanding and removing obstacles to women in the profession and engage in a variety of activities to amplify women economists’ voices in the global public sphere.
The initiative is led by Ashwini Deshpande, (Ashoka University) with María Inés Berniell (Universidad Nacional de la Plata and CEDLAS), Raquel Fernández (New York University), Dani Rodrik (Harvard University), and Fiona Tregenna (University of Johannesburg) as team members.
IEA-WE Amplifying Women’s Voices Articles
The impact of road connectivity on fertility and child health in rural India
August 12, 2024 – APARAJITA DASGUPTA Previously published on VoxEU on August 7, 2024. Expansion in access to public infrastructure has been found to improve a host of development outcomes.
The urban wage premium for women: Evidence across the wage distribution
September 10, 2024 – SOLANGE GONÇALVES AND ELOIZA ALMEIDA Previously published on VoxEU on September 5, 2024. The urban wage premium – the positive wage differential between more and less
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Announcement IEA World Congress 2026
June 22-26, 2026
Belgrade, Serbia
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Dealing with Debt
An International Economic Association initiative, with the support of the Finance for Development Lab, co-led by Reza Baqir (HKS), Ishac Diwan (FDL), and Dani Rodrik (IEA and HKS)
Reconstructing the World Economic Order
The post-1990 model of hyper-globalization is under serious challenges. While a few emerging economies, noticeably China and India, have raised their respective average citizen’s living standards, inequality has increased in almost every country.
Technology, Jobs and Development
New technologies are having significant impact on economies around the world. These technologies include robots, computerized algorithms in industrial and service applications, Cloud services, the internet of things, big data analytics and immersive communications and artificial intelligence.
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October 25, 2024
IEA-WB Conference Gender Norms and the Law
Closing remarks & Keynote: How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago
October 24, 2024
IEA-WB Conference Gender Norms and the Law
Opening remarks & Panel: “How Laws and Social Norms Interconnect to Shape Gender Equality
October 24-25,2024
IEA-WB Conference Gender Norms and the Law
October 24-25,2024
IEA-WB Conference Gender Norms and the Law
October 24-25,2024
IEA-WB Conference Gender Norms and the Law
October 17, 2024
Lecture Series – Consequences of Globalization
Globalization and Innovation
Marc Melitz, Harvard Universitty
October 16, 2024
Lecture Series – Consequences of Globalization
Globalization and Inequality
Penny Goldberg, Yale University
October 15, 2024
Lecture Series – Consequences of Globalization
The Political Economy of Globalization
Paola Conconi, University of Oxford
May 16, 2024
Lecture Series Environmental Economics
Globalization and the Environment
Joseph Shapiro, UC Berkeley
May 15, 2024
Lecture Series Environmental Economics
Green Innovation and Climate Policies
David Hemous, University of Zurich
May 14, 2024
Lecture Series Environmental Economics
The Cost of Climate Change
Adrien Bilal, Harvard
December 11-15, 2023
IEA World Congress 2023
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October 31, 2023
Learning from recent Debt Deals/Proposing useful Innovations
Chair: Dani Rodrik, Harvard University & International Economic Association (IEA)
Speakers: Vera Songwe (Chair, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, Brookings Institute)
Ugo Panizza (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva)
Chandru Chandrasekhar (UMass Amherst, and Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Ishac Diwan (Finance for Development Lab)
Discussants: Hanan Morsy (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa)
Martin Guzman (Columbia Business School)
March 22, 2023
IEA-WE Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative – Launch event
Opening Remarks: Dani Rodrik (Harvard University)
Speakers: Ashwini Deshpande, (Ashoka University), Raquel Fernández (NYU and Director of Women in Economics in LAC (WELAC), Minouche Shafik, London School of Economics and Political Science, Vera Songwe, Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and Co-Chair of the High Level Panel on Climate Finance
February 1, 2023
Panel: A Framework to Evaluate Adjustment-cum-debt Restructuring Deals
Moderator: Jeromin Zettlemeyer (Breugel)
Speakers: Reza Baqir (Harvard)
Ishac Diwan (Paris School of Economics and Finance For Development Lab)
Dani Rodrik (Harvard)
Discussants: Simon Cueva (Universidad Internacional del Ecuador)
Shanta Devarajan (Georgetown University)
Celestin Monga (Harvard)
Carmen Reinhart (Harvard)
January 31, 2023
Panel: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Appropriate Technology.
Organizers: Jacob Moscona (Harvard University)
Dani Rodrik (Harvard University)
Chair: Dani Rodrik (Harvard University)
Panelists: Mireille Kamariza (Harvard University)
Anton Korinek (University of Virginia)
Jacob Moscona (Harvard University)
Nathan Nunn (UBC)
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Conference: Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus
Hosts: International Economic Association (IEA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and World Bank (WB)
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Conference: Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus
Hosts: International Economic Association (IEA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and World Bank (WB)
November 15, 2022
Keynote Lecture
Joshua Eastin, Portland State University
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Conference: Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus
Hosts: International Economic Association (IEA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and World Bank (WB)
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THE ITALIAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
65th ANNUAL CONFERENCE University of Urbino Carlo Bo 24-26 October 2024
19th East Asian Economic Association – International Conference
November 1-2, 2024
Sri Lanka Economic Association Annual International Conference 2024
6th and 7th December 2024
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