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Sharmi Surianarain, Chief Impact Officer at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, and Kate Orkin, faculty member in Economics and Public Policy at Oxford, join the CID Speaker Series to discuss inclusive employment for South African youth
December 2021
The two shared insights from their organizations' partnership to improve employment outcomes for youth in South Africa

A diverse panel of Harvard economists explore challenges and opportunities for global inclusive growth beyond the pandemic 
December 2021
The Center for International Development (CID) hosted a virtual panel discussion on promoting inclusive economic growth. This was the third monthly panel event on CID’s moving Beyond COVID initiative.

Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Professor at the University of Chicago and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India sits down with Professor Dani Rodrik to discuss the acceleration of socioeconomic inequality 
November 2021
CID, in association with the ����vlog���� India Caucus held a virtual 'fireside chat' on the acceleration of socioeconomic inequality during the pandemic and the outlook for emerging and developed countries.

CID@Harvard faculty experts and Gavi Representative meet to discuss improving vaccine equity and delivery in a public panel event 
November 2021
The Center for International Development (CID) hosted a virtual panel discussion on improving vaccine equity and delivery. This was the second monthly panel event on CID’s moving Beyond COVID initiative.

Seema Jayachandran, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, joins the CID Speaker Series to discuss social norms as a barrier to women's employment in developing countries
November 2021
Jayachandran presented on the effects of social networks in empowering women in developing countries.

Latanya Mapp Frett, President of the Global Fund for Women, joins the CID Speaker Series to discuss why feminist funding is crucial for development
October 2021
Frett discussed the importance of feminist funding as an approach to advancing transformative, grassroots gender justice movements around the world. This event was co-sponsored by the  (WAPPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School. 

CID@Harvard and UN experts meet to discuss how to build resilient education systems in a public panel event 
October 2021
The Center for International Development (CID) held a virtual panel discussion titled ‘How to Build Resilient Education Systems.’ This was the inaugural event on CID’s moving Beyond COVID initiative.

Andrew Stern, Founder & CEO of Global Development Incubator (GDI), joins the CID Speaker Series to discuss creating impact at a global scale for development
October 2021
Stern discussed creating impact at a global scale for development in conversation with Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Brian Trelstad. 

Dianne Calvi, President & CEO of Village Enterprise, shares key approaches to poverty alleviation at CID Speaker Series
October 2021
Calvi’s presentation was entitled “Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Evidence to Drive Poverty Alleviation” and outlined three key approaches to poverty alleviation: micro-loans, cash transfers, and poverty graduation programs.

CID expert Marcella Alsan wins MacArthur Fellowship
September 2021
We are honored and delighted to congratulate CID Faculty Affiliate and Faculty Advisory Council member Marcella Alsan for winning the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” this past Tuesday, September 28th, 2021. Marcella uses her interdisciplinary background to examine how the legacies of racism have perpetuated health inequalities along racial lines today.

Joint CID/Malcolm Wiener Center Prize for Research on Inequality
June 2021
We are pleased to announce the award recipients for the 2021 CID/Malcolm Wiener Joint Awards on Inequality Research recognizing exceptional, original research by Harvard undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students on issues of inequality, both domestically and abroad. 

June 2021
The Growth Lab launched , an Urban Economy Navigator designed to provide policymakers, entrepreneurs, investors, business organizations, civil society, and the general public with unprecedented economic data for more than 1,000 cities in 79 countries. The platform vividly illustrates the technological capabilities that underpin a city's economy and its' opportunities for future growth and diversification.

A celebration of International Women's Day with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
March 2021
We were delighted to host Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan in celebration of International Women's Day. Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard, moderated the discussion. 

Joint CID/Malcolm Wiener Center Prize for Completed Research on Inequality
February 2021
We are pleased to announce the availability of several financial awards recognizing exceptional original research by Harvard undergraduate,  Master’s, and PhD students on issues of inequality, both domestically and abroad.

Joint CID/Malcolm Wiener Center Call for Proposals: Awards for Students Working on Inequality Research
October 2020
We are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for Harvard undergraduate and Master’s students pursuing original research on issues regarding inequality, both domestically and abroad. .

CID Hosts Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM20)
September 2020
The Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM) is the annual flagship event offering of Harvard’s Center for International Development. Watch the recording and view event highlights.

Growth Lab Launches VizHub Visualization Tools for Economic Policy Analysis
September 15, 2020
CID's Growth Lab has launched the a portfolio of award-winning visualization tools and interactive stories, powered by its research on economic complexity, growth diagnostics, structural transformation, diversification, skills, and more. 

August 11, 2020
New research from CID's Growth Lab finds a direct link between a country’s incoming business travel and the growth of new and existing industries. The findings are published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. 

Carmen Reinhart named Chief Economist & Vice President of the World Bank Group
May 20, 2020
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Carmen M. Reinhart has been appointed as the new chief economist and vice president of the World Bank Group.

Melissa Dell Wins 2020 Clark Medal
April  28, 2020
CID Faculty Melissa Dell received the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal. The prize is awarded annually to an American economist under the age of 40 for making significant contributions to thought and knowledge in the field.

Insight: Don't forget the middle class in social protections programs
April  16, 2020, Jakarta Post
CID EPoD Faculty Director Rema Hanna coauthors an op-ed on expanding social protections in Indonesia to include the middle and lower-middle class. 

Smart Containment with Active Learning: A Proposal for a Data-Responsive and Graded Response to COVID-19
April  16, 2020
CID Director Asim I. Khwaja coauthors a multidisciplinary proposal with a team of experts, experienced researchers and practitioners to respond to COVID-19. Elements of the proposal are being tested in various places – including Pakistan.

Cushioning the Poor from the COVID-19 Shock
April  15, 2020, Project Syndicate
CID EPoD Faculty Director Rema Hanna coauthors an op-ed providing general guidelines to help resource-strained governments respond in crisis.

Growth Lab's COVID-19 Task Force: Strategy & Resources
April  2020
CID Growth Lab Director Ricardo Hausmann has established a COVID-19 task force to support project counterparts across the globe. 

Santo Domingo Foundation Provides $25M Gift for COVID-19 Support in Colombia 
April  2020
The Santo Domingo Foundation provided a gift of $25m to support COVID-19 efforts in Colombia. The purpose of the gift is to provide humanitarian assistance, mitigate the effects of the pandemic, and to help reactivate the country's economy.

Will COVID-19 Remake the World
April 6, 2020, Project Syndicate
In an op-ed for Project Syndicate, CID Core Faculty Dani Rodrik emphasizes that crises such as the COVID-19 pandemics engender confirmation bias. He argues that current political, economic, and social beliefs are only going to be placed in sharper relief after the crisis.

Public Leadership Through Crisis Blog Series
April 2020
In a series of blog posts, Building State Capability Faculty Director Matt Andrews shares ideas for leaders questioning how they can help and what kind of leadership is required in crises.

Can Microfinance Unlock the Poverty Trap for Some Entrepreneurs?
March 27, 2020, VoxDev
In an article for VoxDev, CID Affiliate Faculty Emily Breza, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Cynthia Kinnan discuss poverty traps and microfinance.  

The Historical Roots of Economic Development
March 27th, 2020, Science Magazine
CID Faculty Affiliate Nathan Nunn writes an article for Science magazine reviewing an emerging area of research within economics that seeks to better understand contemporary economic outcomes by taking a historical perspective. 

Q&A with Development Economist Rema Hanna
March 25th, 2020
In light of the global COVID-19 outbreak, EPoD Faculty Director Rema Hanna provides her expertise as a development economist to answer questions on the economic impacts of a pandemic, like the novel coronavirus, and the resulting effects for developing countries.

Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in Developing Countries
March 24th, 2020
In a new op-ed for Project Syndicate, Growth Lab Faculty Director Ricardo Hausmann proposes four measures that would help the Global South fight the pandemic and mitigate its economic fallout.

Emily Breza Announced as Sloan 2020 Research Fellow
February 13, 2020
The Center for International Development congratulates , Assistant Professor at the Harvard Economics Department and CID Faculty Affiliate, who was announced as a .

December 19, 2019
Research at CID's Growth Lab finds that the skills of coworkers may matter as much as a worker’s own skills when it comes to earning high wages.

Harvard's Michael Kremer Awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics
October 15, 2019
The Center for Economic Development offers congratulations to , who has won the .

emembering Guillermo Perry
September 27th, 2019
The Center for International Development is mourning the loss of Guillermo Perry, who passed away on September 27th.  

September 20, 2019
CID's Growth Lab launched Country Profiles, a unique data visualization tool that guides users on an interactive journey through a country’s economic structure and dynamic growth patterns. 

Bloomberg - June 11, 2019
John Authers opines on the release of the Growth Lab's 2027 Growth Projections, with a particular focus on Uganda and Egypt. 

Americas Quarterly - May 2, 2019
CID Director Ricardo Hausmann and Growth Lab Associate Frank Muci refute claims that US sanctions played a role in Venezuela's collapse.

Help Yourself: Development economists look to better governance to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people
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Atlas of Economic Complexity - April 2019
The Growth Lab's Tim Cheston examines Indonesia's short and long term growth policies, the stagnant manufacturing industry, along with a shrinking fiscal window with which to stimulate growth.

Asim Ijaz Khwaja appointed faculty director of the Center for International Development at Harvard Kennedy School
April 4, 2019
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Social Connections Driving Force Behind Migration
April 2019
Growth Lab researchers find that social networks abroad and at home have a bigger impact on migration intentions than living standards, employment, and amenities 

Tourist Spending Insights Provide Unprecedented View of Global Tourism
February 2019
How can policymakers better tailor their tourism strategies to advance economic development and inclusive growth? Growth Lab research insights are helping to provide a deeper understanding of tourism spending patterns.

Harvard Gazette - February 12, 2019
CID Director Ricardo Hausmann discusses the nation’s political unraveling, its humanitarian crisis, and where stability might be found.

New York Times - January 28, 2019
EPoD's Rohini Pande, Vestal McIntyre, and MIT's Lucy Page explain how global aid risks neglecting hundreds of millions in poverty who live in countries that are becoming relatively rich.

Finance & Development - December 2018
Rema Hanna, et al, examine the forms of social protection developing countries are delivering to their poor citizens, and how they can be optimized.

Brookings Up Front - December 2018
Douglas Barrios and Dany Bahar explain how the number of Venezuelan migrants and refugees could surpass 8 million.

Project Syndicate - December 2018
Ricardo Hausmann says Venezuela’s problems will not be solved without regime change and that could – and should – happen after January 10, when the international community will no longer recognize the legitimacy of Nicolás Maduro's presidency.

Mapping Project Reveals New Way to Study Government
November 2018
CID and Northeastern research collaboration develops a new way of empirically mapping the functional structures of governments. ;

September 12, 2018
CID's Atlas of Economic Complexity now features trade in services, including tourism, transport, finance, and telecom for over 170 countries.

DailyFT - September 5, 2018
Ricardo Hausmann explains why Sri Lanka’s choice of being closed to immigration matters for development.

NPR's Planet Money: The Indicator - June 19, 2018
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