https://simplecast.com Growth Lab Podcast Series Led by Ricardo Hausmann, the Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School pushes the frontiers of economic growth and development policy research, collaborates with policymakers to design actions, and shares insights through teaching, tools and publications, in the pursuit of inclusive prosperity. en Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:10:06 +0000 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:08:40 +0000 https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com Growth Lab Podcast Series https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ee1bf5c7-0943-46fe-ba2b-b3b7347cf059/d90a7e07-8206-475c-af02-7a99c86257da/3000x3000/final-4.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com episodic Led by Ricardo Hausmann, the Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School pushes the frontiers of economic growth and development policy research, collaborates with policymakers to design actions, and shares insights through teaching, tools and publications, in the pursuit of inclusive prosperity. Harvard's Growth Lab no https://feeds.simplecast.com/URiYZ3jl economic growth, poverty, growth diagnostics, ricardo hausmann, inclusive growth, economic complexity, international development, economic development, migration Harvard's Growth Lab chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu f1224fb4-5fb5-4eae-b7d7-3f26bebcce88 Ep5 Green Growth with Joanne Bate Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:10:06 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/green-growth-with-joanne-bate-th4BMn_R Ep5 Green Growth with Joanne Bate Harvard's Growth Lab 00:43:15 In this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Ketan Ahuja, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, joins Joanne Bate, Chief Operating Officer of South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation, for a discussion on how South Africa can build new engines of economic growth in green industries and how it can use its unique capabilities to help the world decarbonize and develop its economy. In this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Ketan Ahuja, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, joins Joanne Bate, Chief Operating Officer of South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation, for a discussion on how South Africa can build new engines of economic growth in green industries and how it can use its unique capabilities to help the world decarbonize and develop its economy. no full 5 6 44490a71-6285-490e-b6c5-b724ddd9184b Ep4 Urban Planning and Spatial Exclusion with Carel Kleynhans, Divercity Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:09:58 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/spatial-exclusion-in-south-africa-with-carel-kleynhans-7RkUdBE8 Ep4 Urban Planning and Spatial Exclusion with Carel Kleynhans, Divercity Harvard's Growth Lab 00:32:16 In this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Alexia Lochmann, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, speaks with Carel Kleynhans, CEO of Divercity Property Group. Divercity is South Africa's leading investor in well located affordable housing precincts. Carel worked closely with the Growth Lab during its two year research engagement in South Africa and has been instrumental to the teams understanding of post apartheid urban planning, housing policy and patterns of spatial exclusion. In this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Alexia Lochmann, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, speaks with Carel Kleynhans, CEO of Divercity Property Group. Divercity is South Africa's leading investor in well located affordable housing precincts. Carel worked closely with the Growth Lab during its two year research engagement in South Africa and has been instrumental to the teams understanding of post apartheid urban planning, housing policy and patterns of spatial exclusion. no full 4 6 3ec03786-9587-402f-8d54-f33961fc2810 Ep3 Electricity Crisis with Chris Yelland Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:09:44 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/electricity-crisis-with-chris-yelland-nGWAtlRm Ep3 Electricity Crisis with Chris Yelland Harvard's Growth Lab 00:51:39 In this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Chris Yelland, a Johannesburg based energy analyst, engineer and the founder and Managing Director of e-Business Intelligence talks with former Growth Lab Research Manager Kishan Shah. The conversation focuses on the electricity crisis and strategic issues facing electricity and energy sectors in South Africa. Chris has been an expert and a key observer of energy markets for the past several decades and is a frequent commenter and writer on the electricity crisis in the country. In this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Chris Yelland, a Johannesburg based energy analyst, engineer and the founder and Managing Director of e-Business Intelligence talks with former Growth Lab Research Manager Kishan Shah. The conversation focuses on the electricity crisis and strategic issues facing electricity and energy sectors in South Africa. Chris has been an expert and a key observer of energy markets for the past several decades and is a frequent commenter and writer on the electricity crisis in the country. no full 3 6 746f748a-5fed-4d1c-8a20-14f079487b2f Ep2 Operation Vulindlela with Nomvuyo Guma & Saul Musker Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:09:30 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/policymaking-and-operation-vulindlela-with-nomvuyo-guma-saul-musker-DnRGvHYA Ep2 Operation Vulindlela with Nomvuyo Guma & Saul Musker Harvard's Growth Lab 00:42:21 In this episode of the South Africa Growth Though Inclusion series, Tim O'Brien, Senior Manager of Applied Research at the Growth Lab, speaks with Nomvuyo Guma, Chief Director of Microeconomic Policy at the National Treasury and Saul Musker, Director of Strategy and Delivery Support of the private office of the President of South Africa. The discussion centers on Operation Vulindlela - a joint initiative of the presidency and the National Treasury. Operation Vulindlela has been at work for about three years, focusing on many areas that the Growth Lab has found are most critical to growth and inclusion in South Africa: electricity, water, transport, digital communications and the visa regime. In this episode of the South Africa Growth Though Inclusion series, Tim O'Brien, Senior Manager of Applied Research at the Growth Lab, speaks with Nomvuyo Guma, Chief Director of Microeconomic Policy at the National Treasury and Saul Musker, Director of Strategy and Delivery Support of the private office of the President of South Africa. The discussion centers on Operation Vulindlela - a joint initiative of the presidency and the National Treasury. Operation Vulindlela has been at work for about three years, focusing on many areas that the Growth Lab has found are most critical to growth and inclusion in South Africa: electricity, water, transport, digital communications and the visa regime. no full 2 6 c852763e-5bc7-450e-80eb-259c455d0c6d Ep1 (Intro) Growth Through Inclusion In South Africa with Ricardo Hausmann Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:09:20 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/south-africa-growth-through-inclusion-intro-RWLL3KrO Ep1 (Intro) Growth Through Inclusion In South Africa with Ricardo Hausmann Harvard's Growth Lab 00:31:06 In this introductory episode, Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and Director of Harvard's Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School and Andres Fortunato, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, discuss the key takeaways of their two year research engagement in South Africa. In this introductory episode, Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and Director of Harvard's Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School and Andres Fortunato, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, discuss the key takeaways of their two year research engagement in South Africa. no full 1 6 36941c25-9a7d-47e9-af69-05284fd38532 Development Talk: Investment in the Energy Transition / Global and Domestic Dimensions Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:52:43 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/development-talk-investment-in-the-energy-transition-global-and-domestic-dimensions-xWo8ZhR5 Development Talk: Investment in the Energy Transition / Global and Domestic Dimensions Harvard's Growth Lab 00:55:52 In this Development Talk seminar, Suman Bery discusses his optimism for India's future growth, whether the energy transition complicates India's growth trajectory, the potential sources of capital for India's energy transition, how to jump start private sector investment in green energy, and how India's engagement with industrial policy should look like moving forward. Speaker: Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Moderators: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab, and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, HKS Akshay Mathur, Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School About the speaker: Mr. Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Mr. Bery took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson on May 1, 2022. At the time of his appointment, Mr. Bery was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C.; and a non-resident fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi. From early 2012 till mid-2016, Mr. Bery was Royal Dutch Shell’s global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity, he advised the board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell’s global scenarios group. During his time at Shell, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modeling to India's energy sector. In this Development Talk seminar, Suman Bery discusses his optimism for India's future growth, whether the energy transition complicates India's growth trajectory, the potential sources of capital for India's energy transition, how to jump start private sector investment in green energy, and how India's engagement with industrial policy should look like moving forward. Speaker: Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Moderators: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab, and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, HKS Akshay Mathur, Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School About the speaker: Mr. Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Mr. Bery took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson on May 1, 2022. At the time of his appointment, Mr. Bery was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C.; and a non-resident fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi. From early 2012 till mid-2016, Mr. Bery was Royal Dutch Shell’s global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity, he advised the board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell’s global scenarios group. During his time at Shell, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modeling to India's energy sector. no full 3 5 259b516e-2165-49ab-8fec-8294ecce9a27 Economic Policymaking in a World of Deep Disorder Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:48:43 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/mamo-mihertu-IrA_I1IY Economic Policymaking in a World of Deep Disorder Harvard's Growth Lab 00:33:51 Speaker: Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, HKS MPA 2009 The Growth Lab worked closely with Mr. Mihretu during our three-year policy engagement in Ethiopia, a country that has established a fragile peace after a devastating civil war. We have studied macroeconomic challenges that the government is trying to address to enable a sustainable post-war recovery. In this talk, Mr. Mihretu discusses the economic reform program currently being implemented in Ethiopia, the challenges they are facing, future prospects and some lessons learned in policymaking. Speaker: Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, HKS MPA 2009 The Growth Lab worked closely with Mr. Mihretu during our three-year policy engagement in Ethiopia, a country that has established a fragile peace after a devastating civil war. We have studied macroeconomic challenges that the government is trying to address to enable a sustainable post-war recovery. In this talk, Mr. Mihretu discusses the economic reform program currently being implemented in Ethiopia, the challenges they are facing, future prospects and some lessons learned in policymaking. no full 2 5 1f619231-748f-4eb7-aaa5-348bd1291468 Order Without Design / Rethinking the Role of Government in City Development Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:44:06 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/order-without-design-rethinking-the-role-of-government-in-city-development-krNGhqyU Order Without Design / Rethinking the Role of Government in City Development Harvard's Growth Lab 00:53:04 Speaker: Alain Bertaud, Senior Fellow, New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Moderator: Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard's Graduate School of Design. The discussion revolves around Alain's recent book, "Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities," where he argues operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure. Speaker: Alain Bertaud, Senior Fellow, New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Moderator: Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard's Graduate School of Design. The discussion revolves around Alain's recent book, "Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities," where he argues operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure. no full 1 5 4289fab6-2251-48fe-b16b-9d1feddfe30d Gambling on Development / The Role of Local Elites in a Growth-Based Future Thu, 19 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Harvard's Growth Lab) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/gambling-on-development-the-role-of-local-elites-in-a-growth-based-future-1s1zk6i5-rCRHYEIl Gambling on Development / The Role of Local Elites in a Growth-Based Future Harvard's Growth Lab 00:45:44 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. Speaker: Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government Moderator: Clement Brenot, Research Manager, Growth Lab Prof. Dercon's latest book, Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose draws on his academic research as well as his policy experience across three decades and 40-odd countries, exploring why some countries have managed to settle on elite bargains favoring growth and development, and others did not. 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. Speaker: Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government Moderator: Clement Brenot, Research Manager, Growth Lab Prof. Dercon's latest book, Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose draws on his academic research as well as his policy experience across three decades and 40-odd countries, exploring why some countries have managed to settle on elite bargains favoring growth and development, and others did not. no full 1 4 4bc8d04b-995c-4061-acf7-2dea91a2f36c Building Capability to Design and Implement Growth Reforms: The Case Study of Albania Listen to the first episode in this Albania series: 'A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania'.

Listen to the second episode in this Albania series: 'Iterations of a Growth Diagnostic: The Case Study of Albania'.

Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.

]]> Thu, 5 Aug 2021 18:41:52 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Ermal Frasheri, Jessie Lu) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/growth-lab-albania-reforms-dIAznvTZ Listen to the first episode in this Albania series: 'A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania'.

Listen to the second episode in this Albania series: 'Iterations of a Growth Diagnostic: The Case Study of Albania'.

Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.

]]> Building Capability to Design and Implement Growth Reforms: The Case Study of Albania Ermal Frasheri, Jessie Lu 00:20:28 The Growth Lab has been engaged in an applied research project with the country of Albania since 2013. In this time, we have conducted research on numerous, diverse workstreams related to stimulating economic growth in the country. During this research engagement, our team worked directly with policymakers to help build their capabilities so they can better design and implement policy reforms. In this podcast episode, Growth Lab researchers Jessie Lu and Ermal Frasheri discuss the importance of growth reforms for the Albanian economy, the specific reform initiatives that the government has been engaged in during recent years, and the impact of COVID-19 on the implementation of these reforms. The Growth Lab has been engaged in an applied research project with the country of Albania since 2013. In this time, we have conducted research on numerous, diverse workstreams related to stimulating economic growth in the country. During this research engagement, our team worked directly with policymakers to help build their capabilities so they can better design and implement policy reforms. In this podcast episode, Growth Lab researchers Jessie Lu and Ermal Frasheri discuss the importance of growth reforms for the Albanian economy, the specific reform initiatives that the government has been engaged in during recent years, and the impact of COVID-19 on the implementation of these reforms. state capacity, state capability, growth reforms, harvard, implementation, growth lab, public policy, policy reform, cid, hks, center for international development, tirana, albania, economics, harvard kennedy school no full 3 3 54d9cf64-29da-4b63-bcd2-b7d0fe3786cd Iterations of a Growth Diagnostic: The Case Study of Albania Listen to the first episode in this Albania series: 'A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania'.

Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.

]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:46:33 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Jessie Lu, Tim O'Brien) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/growth-diagnostic-albania-eow0e32I Listen to the first episode in this Albania series: 'A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania'.

Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.

]]> Iterations of a Growth Diagnostic: The Case Study of Albania Jessie Lu, Tim O'Brien 00:54:34 The Growth Lab has been engaged in an applied research project with the country of Albania since 2013. In this time, we have conducted research on numerous, diverse workstreams related to stimulating economic growth in the country. During this research engagement, our team conducted Growth Diagnostic analyses to understand and test potential binding constraints to economic growth in Albania. After the initial Growth Diagnostic study in 2013, the team has since updated its tests and findings to reflect changes in the Albanian economy over time. In this podcast episode, Growth Lab researchers Jessie Lu and Tim O'Brien discuss the journey through iterations of the Albanian Growth Diagnostic from 2013 to 2020. They delve into the processes and data our team uses to thoroughly study and test various constraints; how these constraints have evolved over time; and their collaboration with our data development and design team to make the latest Growth Diagnostic update more digitally accessible to a wide audience. The Growth Lab has been engaged in an applied research project with the country of Albania since 2013. In this time, we have conducted research on numerous, diverse workstreams related to stimulating economic growth in the country. During this research engagement, our team conducted Growth Diagnostic analyses to understand and test potential binding constraints to economic growth in Albania. After the initial Growth Diagnostic study in 2013, the team has since updated its tests and findings to reflect changes in the Albanian economy over time. In this podcast episode, Growth Lab researchers Jessie Lu and Tim O'Brien discuss the journey through iterations of the Albanian Growth Diagnostic from 2013 to 2020. They delve into the processes and data our team uses to thoroughly study and test various constraints; how these constraints have evolved over time; and their collaboration with our data development and design team to make the latest Growth Diagnostic update more digitally accessible to a wide audience. growth diagnostic, economic growth, economic development, policy, harvard, growth lab, fdi, cid, hks, diaspora, center for international development, albania, policymaking, economics, covid19, harvard kennedy school, economic complexity, knowhow no full 2 3 145a0650-247a-4ce3-80e8-8c4745cd3c99 A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.

]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:38:12 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Jessie Lu, Ermal Frasheri, Tim O'Brien, Shreyas Gadgin Matha, Daniela Muhaj, Ricardo Villasmil, Spencer Bateman) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/growth-lab-albania-1-zmifZvQO Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.

]]> A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania Jessie Lu, Ermal Frasheri, Tim O'Brien, Shreyas Gadgin Matha, Daniela Muhaj, Ricardo Villasmil, Spencer Bateman 00:48:16 The Growth Lab has been engaged in an applied research project with the country of Albania since 2013. In this time, we have conducted research on numerous, diverse workstreams related to stimulating economic growth in the country. In this podcast episode, we kick off a larger outreach campaign, which showcases our engagement in Albania, by gathering members of our research team to discuss their work. Hosted by research assistant Jessie Lu, this podcast features Ermal Frasheri, Tim O’Brien, Shreyas Gadgin Matha, Spencer Bateman, Ricardo Villasmil, and Daniela Muhaj, researchers at the Growth Lab who have been involved with various aspects of this project. The team paints a picture of our work in Albania, delving into the current situation in the country as it relates to COVID-19 and it’s macroeconomic consequences, our support in strengthening government capacities using tools like the Albanian Investment Corporation; the country’s current infrastructure landscape and plans for improvement and expansion; the importance of studying the Albanian diaspora; and Albania’s plans for accession to the EU. The Growth Lab has been engaged in an applied research project with the country of Albania since 2013. In this time, we have conducted research on numerous, diverse workstreams related to stimulating economic growth in the country. In this podcast episode, we kick off a larger outreach campaign, which showcases our engagement in Albania, by gathering members of our research team to discuss their work. Hosted by research assistant Jessie Lu, this podcast features Ermal Frasheri, Tim O’Brien, Shreyas Gadgin Matha, Spencer Bateman, Ricardo Villasmil, and Daniela Muhaj, researchers at the Growth Lab who have been involved with various aspects of this project. The team paints a picture of our work in Albania, delving into the current situation in the country as it relates to COVID-19 and it’s macroeconomic consequences, our support in strengthening government capacities using tools like the Albanian Investment Corporation; the country’s current infrastructure landscape and plans for improvement and expansion; the importance of studying the Albanian diaspora; and Albania’s plans for accession to the EU. growth diagnostic, reform, economic growth, policy, growth reforms, harvard, electricity, growth lab, public policy, cid, hks, diaspora, macroeconomics, infrastructure, center for international development, institutional strengthening, capacity building, albania, economics, covid19, harvard kennedy school no full 1 3 f4cfc7e8-9eb8-47fd-ab7b-fab5f9284ad8 Productive Ecosystems and the Arrow of Development Read the Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development paper, published in Nature Communications.

Learn more about the authors Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann.

Explore the Product Space via the Atlas of Economic Complexity.

]]> Fri, 2 Apr 2021 12:08:35 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Ricardo Hausmann, Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Ali Yildirim) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/productive-ecosystems-ylxiZWAx Read the Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development paper, published in Nature Communications.

Learn more about the authors Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann.

Explore the Product Space via the Atlas of Economic Complexity.

]]> Productive Ecosystems and the Arrow of Development Ricardo Hausmann, Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Ali Yildirim 00:26:17 What drives economic development? Or more precisely, what constrains economic development? An emerging consensus on this question surrounds the role of locally embedded productive capabilities and the idea that countries build on their existing capabilities to move into new economic activities. In new research published in Nature Communications, Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Yildirim and Ricardo Hausmann develop a mathematical model based on capability accumulation of countries and use this model to construct a directed network of products, the Eco Space. They uncover a modular structure in the network and show that low- and middle-income countries move from product clusters dominated by few capability products to advanced (many capability) products over time. They also show that the network model is predictive of product appearances in countries over time. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Analyst Ana Grisanti interviews the authors of this new research Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann, to learn more about their findings. What drives economic development? Or more precisely, what constrains economic development? An emerging consensus on this question surrounds the role of locally embedded productive capabilities and the idea that countries build on their existing capabilities to move into new economic activities. In new research published in Nature Communications, Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Yildirim and Ricardo Hausmann develop a mathematical model based on capability accumulation of countries and use this model to construct a directed network of products, the Eco Space. They uncover a modular structure in the network and show that low- and middle-income countries move from product clusters dominated by few capability products to advanced (many capability) products over time. They also show that the network model is predictive of product appearances in countries over time. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Analyst Ana Grisanti interviews the authors of this new research Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann, to learn more about their findings. development, economic growth, economic development, harvard, productive ecosystems, growth lab, product space, public policy, cid, hks, ecosystems, international development, eco space, investment promotion no full 25 1 151c3a56-be37-4086-aee6-d977cd99007d Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires Read the working paper on Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/emerging-cities-independent-engines-growth-case-buenos-aires.

]]> Mon, 7 Dec 2020 14:31:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Douglas Barrios, Sehar Noor, Miguel Santos) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/buenos-aires-TS1E0DbT Read the working paper on Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/emerging-cities-independent-engines-growth-case-buenos-aires.

]]> Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires Douglas Barrios, Sehar Noor, Miguel Santos 00:40:29 What does it take for a sub-national unit to become an autonomous engine of growth? This issue is particularly relevant to large cities, as they tend to display larger and more complex know-how agglomerations and may have access to a broader set of policy tools. To approximate an answer to this question, specific to the case of Buenos Aires, Harvard’s Growth Lab engaged in a research project from December 2018 to June 2019, collaborating with the Center for Evidence-based Evaluation of Policies (CEPE) of Universidad Torcuato di Tella, and the Development Unit of the Secretary of Finance of the City of Buenos Aires. Together, we developed research agenda that seeks to provide inputs for a policy plan aimed at decoupling Buenos Aires’s growth trajectory from the rest of Argentina’s. What does it take for a sub-national unit to become an autonomous engine of growth? This issue is particularly relevant to large cities, as they tend to display larger and more complex know-how agglomerations and may have access to a broader set of policy tools. To approximate an answer to this question, specific to the case of Buenos Aires, Harvard’s Growth Lab engaged in a research project from December 2018 to June 2019, collaborating with the Center for Evidence-based Evaluation of Policies (CEPE) of Universidad Torcuato di Tella, and the Development Unit of the Secretary of Finance of the City of Buenos Aires. Together, we developed research agenda that seeks to provide inputs for a policy plan aimed at decoupling Buenos Aires’s growth trajectory from the rest of Argentina’s. government, exports, latin america, economic growth, growth diagnostics, harvard, diversification, argentina, buenos aires, south america, binding constraints, growth lab, public policy, the growth lab, cid, cities, hks, emerging cities, center for international development, subnational growth, latam, economics, export diversification, harvard kennedy school, economic complexity, politics no full 24 1 9586a743-e6c5-4fcb-8f5b-fe55e29f2d95 What Would Happen if Business Travel Stopped? Explore the data on findings: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/academic-research/business-travel

Learn more about the Growth Lab's Academic and Applied Research: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:30:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Michele Coscia, Frank Neffke, Ricardo Hausmann) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/what-would-happen-if-business-travel-stopped-s2oz809q Explore the data on findings: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/academic-research/business-travel

Learn more about the Growth Lab's Academic and Applied Research: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/

]]> What Would Happen if Business Travel Stopped? Michele Coscia, Frank Neffke, Ricardo Hausmann 00:18:42 With COVD-19 forcing widespread adoption of virtual communication for much of the world, some wonder if these remote business practices will become the norm. Before the pandemic, international business travel was a 1-point-5 trillion-dollar annual expense – an expense that’s increasing about 7-percent a year. Why have corporations been willing to absorb this cost when technologies such as Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, WebEx, etc., have been widely available for the better part of a decade? Growth Lab researchers have been studying this question for years. You see, the Growth Lab’s approach to development puts particular emphasis on knowhow. We're not talking about the information that exists in bo oks, computer files, graphs and algorithms. Knowhow only exists in brains, and it was very slowly from brain to brain through years of on the job, learning and interacting with experience counts. So to move knownow, you have to move brains. Now for more on the importance of moving knowhow, its relevance to business travel and some findings in our research, let's bring in our guests. Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Growth Lab and a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. Frank Neffke, Research Director at the Growth Lab. And Michele Coscia, Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. With COVD-19 forcing widespread adoption of virtual communication for much of the world, some wonder if these remote business practices will become the norm. Before the pandemic, international business travel was a 1-point-5 trillion-dollar annual expense – an expense that’s increasing about 7-percent a year. Why have corporations been willing to absorb this cost when technologies such as Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, WebEx, etc., have been widely available for the better part of a decade? Growth Lab researchers have been studying this question for years. You see, the Growth Lab’s approach to development puts particular emphasis on knowhow. We're not talking about the information that exists in bo oks, computer files, graphs and algorithms. Knowhow only exists in brains, and it was very slowly from brain to brain through years of on the job, learning and interacting with experience counts. So to move knownow, you have to move brains. Now for more on the importance of moving knowhow, its relevance to business travel and some findings in our research, let's bring in our guests. Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Growth Lab and a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. Frank Neffke, Research Director at the Growth Lab. And Michele Coscia, Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. development, business travel, harvard, travel, growth lab, productivity, cid, hks, center for international development, knowledge diffusion, technology, harvard university, covid19, international development, knowhow no full 23 1 c7cdec64-0e9b-45bf-8b23-534010602062 Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka Read the full working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/you-get-what-you-pay-sources-and-consequences-public-sector-premium-albania

Learn more about The Growth Lab: www.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu

About Ljubica Nedelkoska: Ljubica Nedelkoska joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Visiting Scholar in 2012 and as a Research Fellow in 2013.

Before joining the CID, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher and a coordinator of the Economics of Innovation Research Group in Jena, and as a research fellow at the Zeppelin University, both in Germany.

Her research area is empirical labor economics, with focus on human capital, human mobility, migration and diasporas, and skill-technology relations. By studying these topics, she aims to understand how economies change their skill portfolios through the processes of on-the-job learning, interacting with technologies, and formal education and training; and how these changes transform the countries’ levels of productivity and development. She is also interested in economic policy and has participated in several economic policy projects in Albania, Sri Lanka, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.

She holds a PhD in Economics of Innovation from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the Appalachian State University, North Carolina.

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:48:41 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Ljubica Nedelkoska) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/public-sector-premium-xI0rFe0W Read the full working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/you-get-what-you-pay-sources-and-consequences-public-sector-premium-albania

Learn more about The Growth Lab: www.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu

About Ljubica Nedelkoska: Ljubica Nedelkoska joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Visiting Scholar in 2012 and as a Research Fellow in 2013.

Before joining the CID, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher and a coordinator of the Economics of Innovation Research Group in Jena, and as a research fellow at the Zeppelin University, both in Germany.

Her research area is empirical labor economics, with focus on human capital, human mobility, migration and diasporas, and skill-technology relations. By studying these topics, she aims to understand how economies change their skill portfolios through the processes of on-the-job learning, interacting with technologies, and formal education and training; and how these changes transform the countries’ levels of productivity and development. She is also interested in economic policy and has participated in several economic policy projects in Albania, Sri Lanka, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.

She holds a PhD in Economics of Innovation from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the Appalachian State University, North Carolina.

]]> Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka Ljubica Nedelkoska 00:14:08 Across the world, the public sector pays higher average wages than the private sector for similar employees. Using data from Albania and Sri Lanka, the Growth Lab’s Ricardo Hausmann, Ljubica Nedelkoska, and Sehar Noor examined the factors behind public sector wage premiums. They found that in both countries, the government sector pays a premium for all, but its most skilled employees. For this group, the private sector pays better. Moreover, the government sector offers pensions, permanent contracts, and fringe benefits to the majority of its employees, as opposed to the private sector, where these are mainly reserved for the most valued employees. They show that the payment schemes of the public sector are primarily based on qualifications, where private sector wages are additionally influenced by person-specific characteristics, presumably negotiation skills and productivity. The research also shows that among the most valued employees (i.e., the highly skilled and highly paid ones), the best ones opt for the private sector. The best employees among the less skilled ones, opt for the government sector. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Assistant Jessie Lu interviews Ljubica Nedelkoska, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Growth Lab and co-author of this latest research on Public Sector wage premiums in Albania and Sri Lanka. Across the world, the public sector pays higher average wages than the private sector for similar employees. Using data from Albania and Sri Lanka, the Growth Lab’s Ricardo Hausmann, Ljubica Nedelkoska, and Sehar Noor examined the factors behind public sector wage premiums. They found that in both countries, the government sector pays a premium for all, but its most skilled employees. For this group, the private sector pays better. Moreover, the government sector offers pensions, permanent contracts, and fringe benefits to the majority of its employees, as opposed to the private sector, where these are mainly reserved for the most valued employees. They show that the payment schemes of the public sector are primarily based on qualifications, where private sector wages are additionally influenced by person-specific characteristics, presumably negotiation skills and productivity. The research also shows that among the most valued employees (i.e., the highly skilled and highly paid ones), the best ones opt for the private sector. The best employees among the less skilled ones, opt for the government sector. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Assistant Jessie Lu interviews Ljubica Nedelkoska, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Growth Lab and co-author of this latest research on Public Sector wage premiums in Albania and Sri Lanka. sri lanka, development, harvard, wage premiums, private sector, growth lab, cid, hks, public affairs, albania, economics, public sector, wages, politics no full 22 1 012bfa36-6dfd-4327-96c3-f772f7aff881 Macroeconomic Stability and Long-Term Growth: Lessons from Jordan Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:51:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Miguel Angel Santos, Tim O'Brien) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/macroeconomic-stability-and-long-term-growth-lessons-from-jordan-_SfBa3mc Macroeconomic Stability and Long-Term Growth: Lessons from Jordan Miguel Angel Santos, Tim O'Brien 00:16:56 In this Growth Lab podcast, we are joined by Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Director of Applied Research at CID's Growth Lab, as well as Tim O’Brien, Senior Manager of Applied Research at CID's Growth Lab. Miguel and Tim sat down with CID Student Ambassador Valeria Mendiola to discuss their research from Jordan on Macroeconomic Stability and Long-Term Growth. In this Growth Lab podcast, we are joined by Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Director of Applied Research at CID's Growth Lab, as well as Tim O’Brien, Senior Manager of Applied Research at CID's Growth Lab. Miguel and Tim sat down with CID Student Ambassador Valeria Mendiola to discuss their research from Jordan on Macroeconomic Stability and Long-Term Growth. economic strategy, development, economic growth, middle east, economic development, harvard, growth lab, growth strategy, cid, hks, jordan, economics, international development no full 21 1 0a58683d-3892-4505-b82a-f61f84d0a8b6 The Double Crisis: Insecurity and Humanitarian Plight at the Colombia-Venezuela Border Interview recorded on Dec. 4, 2019.

To purchase Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia's War: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/borderland-battles-9780190849153?lang=en&cc=us#

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About the Annette Idler: Annette Idler is Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. She is also the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. She is Principal Investigator of The Changing Character of Conflict Platform and of the CONPEACE Programme at Oxford. Annette Idler has conducted extensive fieldwork in war-torn and crisis-affected borderlands, including in and on Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Myanmar, and Kenya (on Somalia) analysing people-centred security dynamics.

]]> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:45:12 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Annette Idler) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/the-double-crisis-insecurity-and-humanitarian-plight-at-the-colombia-venezuela-border-j_vUp1_l Interview recorded on Dec. 4, 2019.

To purchase Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia's War: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/borderland-battles-9780190849153?lang=en&cc=us#

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About the Annette Idler: Annette Idler is Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. She is also the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. She is Principal Investigator of The Changing Character of Conflict Platform and of the CONPEACE Programme at Oxford. Annette Idler has conducted extensive fieldwork in war-torn and crisis-affected borderlands, including in and on Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Myanmar, and Kenya (on Somalia) analysing people-centred security dynamics.

]]> The Double Crisis: Insecurity and Humanitarian Plight at the Colombia-Venezuela Border Annette Idler 00:28:44 In 2019, Dr. Annette Idler wrote Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia’s War (Oxford University Press, 2019). Based on her extensive research on this issue, her book reveals why the Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands are enabling crucial, but largely unacknowledged interactions between Venezuela’s devastating crisis and ongoing political violence in Colombia. Failure to tackle the issues at the border could have serious long-term implications for stability in the region, which makes long-term plans for sustainable peace and security across and along the border an urgent necessity. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Assistant Ana Grisanti interviews Annette, who discusses how the so-called border effect has facilitated violence, undermined trust relationships, attracted numerous violent non-state groups, and obscured the nuanced realities of multiple insecurities. In 2019, Dr. Annette Idler wrote Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia’s War (Oxford University Press, 2019). Based on her extensive research on this issue, her book reveals why the Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands are enabling crucial, but largely unacknowledged interactions between Venezuela’s devastating crisis and ongoing political violence in Colombia. Failure to tackle the issues at the border could have serious long-term implications for stability in the region, which makes long-term plans for sustainable peace and security across and along the border an urgent necessity. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Assistant Ana Grisanti interviews Annette, who discusses how the so-called border effect has facilitated violence, undermined trust relationships, attracted numerous violent non-state groups, and obscured the nuanced realities of multiple insecurities. colombia, development, border, harvard, conpeace, growth lab, venezuela, humanitarian crisis, cid, hks, insecurity, borderlands no full 20 1 33b54fc1-4978-499b-8b5b-b7500a2baae7 The Value of Complementary Coworkers About Frank Neffke: Frank Neffke is the Research Director of the Growth Lab at the Center for International Development. He joined the team in 2012.

His research focuses on economic transformation and growth, from the macro level of structural change in regional and national economies to the micro level of firm diversification and the career paths of individuals. This research has shed light on topics ranging from structural transformation and new growth paths in regional economies, economic complexity and the role of cities, local labor markets, the importance of division of labor, human capital and teams in modern economies, the consequences of job displacement and the future of work.

Before joining the CID, Frank worked as an assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

He holds a Ph. D. in Economic Geography from Utrecht University and Master degrees in Econometrics and Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2019 20:34:26 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Frank Neffke) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/complementary-coworkers-yA95x5s1 About Frank Neffke: Frank Neffke is the Research Director of the Growth Lab at the Center for International Development. He joined the team in 2012.

His research focuses on economic transformation and growth, from the macro level of structural change in regional and national economies to the micro level of firm diversification and the career paths of individuals. This research has shed light on topics ranging from structural transformation and new growth paths in regional economies, economic complexity and the role of cities, local labor markets, the importance of division of labor, human capital and teams in modern economies, the consequences of job displacement and the future of work.

Before joining the CID, Frank worked as an assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

He holds a Ph. D. in Economic Geography from Utrecht University and Master degrees in Econometrics and Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam.

]]> The Value of Complementary Coworkers Frank Neffke 00:19:19 In today’s world, most workers are highly specialized, but this specialization can come at a cost – especially for those on the wrong team. New research by Growth Lab Research Director Frank Neffke assesses the importance of the skills of coworkers. Finding coworkers who complement and not substitute one’s skills can significantly impact earning potential. The impact is equal to having a college degree. Coworker complementarity also drives careers and supports urban and large plant wage premiums. Learn more about this research on The Value of Complementary Coworkers: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/academic-research/complementarity In today’s world, most workers are highly specialized, but this specialization can come at a cost – especially for those on the wrong team. New research by Growth Lab Research Director Frank Neffke assesses the importance of the skills of coworkers. Finding coworkers who complement and not substitute one’s skills can significantly impact earning potential. The impact is equal to having a college degree. Coworker complementarity also drives careers and supports urban and large plant wage premiums. Learn more about this research on The Value of Complementary Coworkers: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/academic-research/complementarity development, substitutes, complementary coworkers, harvard, growth lab, devecon, cid, hks, complementarity, economics no full 19 1 c6bf426d-2262-433f-92ff-86e74c291d0f Social Mobility Explains Populism, Not Inequality or Culture Read the working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/social-mobility-explains-populism-not-inequality-or-culture

Featured in Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/7a448a34-f588-11e9-b018-3ef8794b17c6

Featured in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/25/canada-election-maxime-bernier-populism-equal-opportunity/

]]> Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:28:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Eric Proetzer, Rushabh Sanghvi) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/social-mobility-explains-populism-JBnhSgFA Read the working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/social-mobility-explains-populism-not-inequality-or-culture

Featured in Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/7a448a34-f588-11e9-b018-3ef8794b17c6

Featured in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/25/canada-election-maxime-bernier-populism-equal-opportunity/

]]> Social Mobility Explains Populism, Not Inequality or Culture Eric Proetzer, Rushabh Sanghvi 00:13:35 What is driving contemporary populism? Commonly-accepted answers are divided into two schools of thought, one economic and one cultural. In his latest working paper, Growth Lab research fellow Eric Protzer utilizes geographic variation in the incidence of populism to apply cross-sectional regression analysis to these arguments, and concludes that they are highly unconvincing. Instead, the thus-largely overlooked factor of social mobility is found to have far greater explanatory power. In this podcast, Rushabh Sanghvi, Research Assistant at the Growth Lab, interviews Eric about his research on Social Mobility and Populism. What is driving contemporary populism? Commonly-accepted answers are divided into two schools of thought, one economic and one cultural. In his latest working paper, Growth Lab research fellow Eric Protzer utilizes geographic variation in the incidence of populism to apply cross-sectional regression analysis to these arguments, and concludes that they are highly unconvincing. Instead, the thus-largely overlooked factor of social mobility is found to have far greater explanatory power. In this podcast, Rushabh Sanghvi, Research Assistant at the Growth Lab, interviews Eric about his research on Social Mobility and Populism. econ, populism, growth lab, devecon, cid, hks, international affairs, social mobility, politics no full 18 1 15b04c36-fa92-4b57-ac86-c6ddc09e2244 Female Labor in Jordan Interview recorded on October 18, 2019.

About Semiray Kasoolu: Semiray joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2017.

Prior to joining CID, she worked with the World SME Forum in the Republic of Georgia to diagnose constraints to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises and to design solutions to facilitate their integration into global value chains. She also worked as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs, focusing on portfolio monitoring and analysis.

Semiray holds a B.S. in Economics and Accounting from Saint Peter’s University and a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID, 2017) from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Her research interests include private sector development and competitiveness and she is passionate about using data science techniques to formulate policy recommendations to contribute to these areas.

]]> Tue, 5 Nov 2019 13:44:48 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Semiray Kasoolu) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/female-labor-in-jordan-Ajh8BaFL Interview recorded on October 18, 2019.

About Semiray Kasoolu: Semiray joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2017.

Prior to joining CID, she worked with the World SME Forum in the Republic of Georgia to diagnose constraints to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises and to design solutions to facilitate their integration into global value chains. She also worked as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs, focusing on portfolio monitoring and analysis.

Semiray holds a B.S. in Economics and Accounting from Saint Peter’s University and a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID, 2017) from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Her research interests include private sector development and competitiveness and she is passionate about using data science techniques to formulate policy recommendations to contribute to these areas.

]]> Female Labor in Jordan Semiray Kasoolu 00:17:16 Women in Jordan are excluded from labor market opportunities at among the highest rates in the world. Previous efforts to explain this outcome have focused on specific, isolated aspects of the problem and have not exploited available datasets to test across causal explanations. In this podcast, Emma Cameron, student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, interviews Growth Lab Research Fellow Semiray Kasoolu. Semiray discusses Growth Lab’s recent research on women’s economic exclusion in Jordan. The Growth Lab team has developed a comprehensive framework to analyze the causes leading to low female employment rates and participation in the labor market and systematically test their validity, using micro-level data. Women in Jordan are excluded from labor market opportunities at among the highest rates in the world. Previous efforts to explain this outcome have focused on specific, isolated aspects of the problem and have not exploited available datasets to test across causal explanations. In this podcast, Emma Cameron, student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, interviews Growth Lab Research Fellow Semiray Kasoolu. Semiray discusses Growth Lab’s recent research on women’s economic exclusion in Jordan. The Growth Lab team has developed a comprehensive framework to analyze the causes leading to low female employment rates and participation in the labor market and systematically test their validity, using micro-level data. development, harvard, dev, economics no full 17 1 c8af93ff-2ea0-486e-a859-a675551a9030 Bleeding Out Interview recorded on September 27th, 2019.

About Thomas Abt: Thomas Abt is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for International Development, where he leads CID’s Security and Development Seminar Series. He is also a member of the Campbell Collaboration Criminal Justice Steering Committee, member of the Advisory Board of the Police Executive Programme at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow with the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both in the United States and globally, Abt writes, teaches, and studies the use of evidence-informed approaches to reduce urban violence, among other criminal justice topics.

His new book, Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence - and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets, was published by Basic Books in June 2019. Abt’s work is frequently featured in major media outlets such as the Atlantic, Economist, Foreign Affairs, New Yorker, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, and National Public Radio.

Before joining Harvard, Abt served as Deputy Secretary for Public Safety to Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York, where he oversaw all criminal justice and homeland security agencies, including the Divisions of Corrections and Community Supervision, Criminal Justice Services, Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and the State Police. During his tenure, Abt led the development of New York’s GIVE (Gun-Involved Violence Elimination) Initiative, which employs evidence-informed, data-driven approaches to reduce gun violence. Before his work in New York, Abt served as Chief of Staff to the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked with the nation’s principal criminal justice grant-making and research agencies to integrate evidence, policy, and practice. He played a lead role in establishing the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, a network of federal agencies and local communities working together to reduce youth and gang violence. Abt was also founding member of the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, a place-based development effort that was recognized by the Kennedy School as one of the Top 25 Innovations in Government for 2013. Abt received a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and a law degree with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center.

]]> Mon, 4 Nov 2019 18:58:04 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Thomas Abt, Rushabh Sanghvi) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/bleeding-out-g_P4vHfv Interview recorded on September 27th, 2019.

About Thomas Abt: Thomas Abt is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for International Development, where he leads CID’s Security and Development Seminar Series. He is also a member of the Campbell Collaboration Criminal Justice Steering Committee, member of the Advisory Board of the Police Executive Programme at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow with the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both in the United States and globally, Abt writes, teaches, and studies the use of evidence-informed approaches to reduce urban violence, among other criminal justice topics.

His new book, Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence - and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets, was published by Basic Books in June 2019. Abt’s work is frequently featured in major media outlets such as the Atlantic, Economist, Foreign Affairs, New Yorker, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, and National Public Radio.

Before joining Harvard, Abt served as Deputy Secretary for Public Safety to Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York, where he oversaw all criminal justice and homeland security agencies, including the Divisions of Corrections and Community Supervision, Criminal Justice Services, Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and the State Police. During his tenure, Abt led the development of New York’s GIVE (Gun-Involved Violence Elimination) Initiative, which employs evidence-informed, data-driven approaches to reduce gun violence. Before his work in New York, Abt served as Chief of Staff to the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked with the nation’s principal criminal justice grant-making and research agencies to integrate evidence, policy, and practice. He played a lead role in establishing the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, a network of federal agencies and local communities working together to reduce youth and gang violence. Abt was also founding member of the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, a place-based development effort that was recognized by the Kennedy School as one of the Top 25 Innovations in Government for 2013. Abt received a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and a law degree with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center.

]]> Bleeding Out Thomas Abt, Rushabh Sanghvi 00:17:50 Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as CID Senior Research Fellow Thomas Abt writes in his new book Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools necessary to stem violence in our cities. Coupling the latest social science with firsthand experiences in policymaking, Abt proposes a relentless focus on violence itself—not drugs, gangs, or guns. Because violence is clustering among small groups of people and places, it can be predicted and prevented using a series of evidence-informed, data-driven strategies, both in the United States and in Latin America, where 41 of the 50 most violent cities are located. In this CID Speaker Series podcast produced by Growth Lab, Rushabh Sanghvi, Research Assistant at the Growth Lab interviews Thomas Abt on his latest book and its practical solutions to the global emergency of urban violence. Purchase the book: amzn.to/2YwjsLN Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as CID Senior Research Fellow Thomas Abt writes in his new book Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools necessary to stem violence in our cities. Coupling the latest social science with firsthand experiences in policymaking, Abt proposes a relentless focus on violence itself—not drugs, gangs, or guns. Because violence is clustering among small groups of people and places, it can be predicted and prevented using a series of evidence-informed, data-driven strategies, both in the United States and in Latin America, where 41 of the 50 most violent cities are located. In this CID Speaker Series podcast produced by Growth Lab, Rushabh Sanghvi, Research Assistant at the Growth Lab interviews Thomas Abt on his latest book and its practical solutions to the global emergency of urban violence. Purchase the book: amzn.to/2YwjsLN development, harvard, research, growth lab, dev, violence, hks, bleeding out, urban violence, economics no full 16 1 0d09b617-0f1a-4869-9a98-d21c517a9838 Introducing the Atlas of Economic Complexity's Country Profiles Interview recorded on Sept. 5th, 2019

About Ricardo Hausmann: Ricardo Hausmann is Director of the Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Previously, he served as the Director of the Center for International Development (2005-2019). He served as the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-2000), where he created the Research Department. He has served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela (1992-1993) and as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela. He also served as Chair of the IMF-World Bank Development Committee.

Hausmann was Professor of Economics at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) (1985-1991) in Caracas, where he founded the Center for Public Policy. His research interests include issues of growth, macroeconomic stability, international finance, and the social dimensions of development. He holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University.

]]> Mon, 4 Nov 2019 18:55:54 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Ricardo Hausmann, Annie White) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-the-atlas-of-economic-complexitys-country-profiles-E1x3WpzY Interview recorded on Sept. 5th, 2019

About Ricardo Hausmann: Ricardo Hausmann is Director of the Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Previously, he served as the Director of the Center for International Development (2005-2019). He served as the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-2000), where he created the Research Department. He has served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela (1992-1993) and as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela. He also served as Chair of the IMF-World Bank Development Committee.

Hausmann was Professor of Economics at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) (1985-1991) in Caracas, where he founded the Center for Public Policy. His research interests include issues of growth, macroeconomic stability, international finance, and the social dimensions of development. He holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University.

]]> Introducing the Atlas of Economic Complexity's Country Profiles Ricardo Hausmann, Annie White 00:18:57 The creators of the Atlas of Economic Complexity - Harvard Growth Lab’s free online tool that translates economic growth research into policy actions to expand global prosperity - are proud to introduce: Country Profiles, a first-of-its-kind platform that revolutionizes how to think about economic strategy, policy, and investment opportunities for over 130 countries. Country Profiles invite users to take an interactive, step-by-step journey to analyze a country’s economic dynamics and future growth prospects, including identifying what new industries are poised to take-off. In this podcast, Annie White, Senior Product Manager for the Atlas of Economic Complexity and interviews Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab, about their new Country Profiles, accesible at www.atlas.cid.harvard.edu. The creators of the Atlas of Economic Complexity - Harvard Growth Lab’s free online tool that translates economic growth research into policy actions to expand global prosperity - are proud to introduce: Country Profiles, a first-of-its-kind platform that revolutionizes how to think about economic strategy, policy, and investment opportunities for over 130 countries. Country Profiles invite users to take an interactive, step-by-step journey to analyze a country’s economic dynamics and future growth prospects, including identifying what new industries are poised to take-off. In this podcast, Annie White, Senior Product Manager for the Atlas of Economic Complexity and interviews Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab, about their new Country Profiles, accesible at www.atlas.cid.harvard.edu. economic growth, harvard, research, atlas of economic complexity, growth lab, atlas, economics, country profiles no full 15 1 3bb0e48c-d56f-4e03-b329-2c3f7ba2eee8 2027 Global Growth Projections Interview recorded on July 2, 2019.

About Timothy Cheston: Timothy Cheston joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2014.

Prior to joining CID, Tim worked for the World Bank in the Social Protection and Labor team for the Latin America and Caribbean region, where he led in the design, negotiation, and supervision of major social protection and labor projects and research in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Bolivia, and Belize. His experience also includes research on the use of psychometric screening tools for small business financing in South Africa with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Africa. He also serves on the Board of Empowerment Health, an NGO providing community-based maternal and child health services in Afghanistan. Previously, Tim led remittance research with the Inter-American Dialogue, worked on microfinance with FINRURAL in Bolivia, and lived in the Dominican Republic, serving undocumented Haitian immigrants through the Dominican Literacy Project.

His research interests focus on: the role of economic diversification in explaining differences in growth between countries as within them; the use of growth diagnostics to formulate more effective economic strategy-making to unlock structural transformation processes; and the formulation of inclusive growth via productive development policies that better integrate the poor into high-productivity activities.

Tim holds a BA in the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School.

]]> Mon, 4 Nov 2019 18:53:36 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Timothy Cheston, Annie White) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/2027-global-growth-projections-VHbNn0Vm Interview recorded on July 2, 2019.

About Timothy Cheston: Timothy Cheston joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2014.

Prior to joining CID, Tim worked for the World Bank in the Social Protection and Labor team for the Latin America and Caribbean region, where he led in the design, negotiation, and supervision of major social protection and labor projects and research in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Bolivia, and Belize. His experience also includes research on the use of psychometric screening tools for small business financing in South Africa with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Africa. He also serves on the Board of Empowerment Health, an NGO providing community-based maternal and child health services in Afghanistan. Previously, Tim led remittance research with the Inter-American Dialogue, worked on microfinance with FINRURAL in Bolivia, and lived in the Dominican Republic, serving undocumented Haitian immigrants through the Dominican Literacy Project.

His research interests focus on: the role of economic diversification in explaining differences in growth between countries as within them; the use of growth diagnostics to formulate more effective economic strategy-making to unlock structural transformation processes; and the formulation of inclusive growth via productive development policies that better integrate the poor into high-productivity activities.

Tim holds a BA in the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School.

]]> 2027 Global Growth Projections Timothy Cheston, Annie White 00:14:25 In this podcast, Annie White and Tim Cheston discuss newly released Growth Lab research - 2027 Global Growth Projections. The projections of annualized growth rates to 2027 are based on the latest 2017 trade data and our newly updated measure of economic complexity, which captures the diversity and sophistication of productive capabilities embedded in a country’s exports. Uganda, Egypt, Myanmar, China, and Vietnam top the list of the fastest-growing economies to 2027, all expected to grow by at least six percent annually. Growth Lab researchers predict that countries who have diversified their production into more complex sectors, like Vietnam and China, are those that will experience the fastest growth in the coming decade. Annie White, Product Manager of the Atlas of Economic Complexity interviews Tim Cheston, Senior Manager, Applied Research at CID’s Growth Lab and a member of the team leading the Atlas of Economic Complexity. The Atlas is our online tool that can visualize a country’s total trade, track changes over time and explore growth opportunities for more than a hundred countries worldwide. Access the 2027 Growth Projections and updated Economic Complexity Rankings: www.atlas.cid.harvard.edu In this podcast, Annie White and Tim Cheston discuss newly released Growth Lab research - 2027 Global Growth Projections. The projections of annualized growth rates to 2027 are based on the latest 2017 trade data and our newly updated measure of economic complexity, which captures the diversity and sophistication of productive capabilities embedded in a country’s exports. Uganda, Egypt, Myanmar, China, and Vietnam top the list of the fastest-growing economies to 2027, all expected to grow by at least six percent annually. Growth Lab researchers predict that countries who have diversified their production into more complex sectors, like Vietnam and China, are those that will experience the fastest growth in the coming decade. Annie White, Product Manager of the Atlas of Economic Complexity interviews Tim Cheston, Senior Manager, Applied Research at CID’s Growth Lab and a member of the team leading the Atlas of Economic Complexity. The Atlas is our online tool that can visualize a country’s total trade, track changes over time and explore growth opportunities for more than a hundred countries worldwide. Access the 2027 Growth Projections and updated Economic Complexity Rankings: www.atlas.cid.harvard.edu vietnam, china, economic growth, australia, growth projections, harvard, research, egypt, kenya, growth lab, uganda, global growth, myanmar, economics no full 14 1 ec3619bd-1cfd-40e5-8e35-44bebc3ee0eb Argentina's Aristotelian Crisis Interview recorded on May 8, 2019.

About Eduardo Levy Yeyati: Eduardo Levy Yeyati, is the Dean of School of Government of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and the founder and Academic Director of its Center for Evidence-based Policy (CEPE-Di Tella). He is also principal researcher at Argentina´s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and founding partner of Elypsis, an economic research firm, and a regular consultant for multilateral financial organizations, and public and private institutions.

Prior to that, he was an advisor to the Office of the Chief of Cabinet in Argentina (where he led the program Argentina 2030), honorary president of the National Council of Production (which he helped launch in 2016), Director at the Bank of Investment and Trade Credit (BICE), President of the Center for Public Policy (CIPPEC, an Argentine think tank), Head of Latin American Research and Emerging Markets Strategy at Barclays Capital, Financial Sector Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank, and Chief Economist of the Central Bank of Argentina.

A regular consultant for multilateral financial organizations and public and private institutions in developing economies, and a former Senior Fellow at Brookings (2009-2014) and recipient of Harvard´s Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship in Latin American Studies (2006), his academic work on development and emerging market banking and finance is ranked #1 among Argentina´s economists by RePEc´s research database. He is a regular contributor to local and international media. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Engineering from Universidad de Buenos Aires.

]]> Mon, 4 Nov 2019 18:53:28 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Carolina Pan, Eduardo Levy Yeyati) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/argentinas-aristotelian-crisis-FHBqGJc7 Interview recorded on May 8, 2019.

About Eduardo Levy Yeyati: Eduardo Levy Yeyati, is the Dean of School of Government of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and the founder and Academic Director of its Center for Evidence-based Policy (CEPE-Di Tella). He is also principal researcher at Argentina´s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and founding partner of Elypsis, an economic research firm, and a regular consultant for multilateral financial organizations, and public and private institutions.

Prior to that, he was an advisor to the Office of the Chief of Cabinet in Argentina (where he led the program Argentina 2030), honorary president of the National Council of Production (which he helped launch in 2016), Director at the Bank of Investment and Trade Credit (BICE), President of the Center for Public Policy (CIPPEC, an Argentine think tank), Head of Latin American Research and Emerging Markets Strategy at Barclays Capital, Financial Sector Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank, and Chief Economist of the Central Bank of Argentina.

A regular consultant for multilateral financial organizations and public and private institutions in developing economies, and a former Senior Fellow at Brookings (2009-2014) and recipient of Harvard´s Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship in Latin American Studies (2006), his academic work on development and emerging market banking and finance is ranked #1 among Argentina´s economists by RePEc´s research database. He is a regular contributor to local and international media. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Engineering from Universidad de Buenos Aires.

]]> Argentina's Aristotelian Crisis Carolina Pan, Eduardo Levy Yeyati 00:20:47 Argentina is currently facing yet another economic crisis. Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Dean of the School of Government at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, believes there are deep roots in Argentina that make the economic crisis Aristotelian in nature. There are both economic and political factors that have contributed to the current fiscal situation, which make it difficult to rectify when considering the impact of shorter election cycles on economic policy strategy. For Argentina to find its way out of this crisis, Eduardo places importance on finding consensus among stakeholders to improve existing policies. In this podcast, Growth Lab research fellow Carolina Pan and Eduardo as they discuss the contributing factors to this economic situation in Argentina and the means by which the country can prevent future crises. Argentina is currently facing yet another economic crisis. Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Dean of the School of Government at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, believes there are deep roots in Argentina that make the economic crisis Aristotelian in nature. There are both economic and political factors that have contributed to the current fiscal situation, which make it difficult to rectify when considering the impact of shorter election cycles on economic policy strategy. For Argentina to find its way out of this crisis, Eduardo places importance on finding consensus among stakeholders to improve existing policies. In this podcast, Growth Lab research fellow Carolina Pan and Eduardo as they discuss the contributing factors to this economic situation in Argentina and the means by which the country can prevent future crises. development, economic growth, economic development, harvard, argentina, research, growth lab, dev, economic crisis, recession, economics no full 13 1 bd27df66-e759-4d70-ae64-bce3fd75e8ea Public Policy in Action: What Did Working in Albania Teach Us about Economic Growth? Learn more about the project: albania.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu 

Interview recorded on May 3, 2019.

]]> Thu, 9 May 2019 14:07:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Tim McNaught, Ermal Frasheri) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/public-policy-in-action-_L8YdN6d Learn more about the project: albania.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu 

Interview recorded on May 3, 2019.

]]> Public Policy in Action: What Did Working in Albania Teach Us about Economic Growth? Tim McNaught, Ermal Frasheri 00:18:28 Since 2013, the Center for International Development has been collaborating with the Government of Albania to identify binding constraints to economic growth and create policy solutions to solve them. CID’s Growth Lab and Building State Capability programs have used the tools of growth diagnostics and problem driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) to help drive economic growth in the country. CID Researchers Ermal Frasheri and Tim McNaught have seen firsthand how theory informs public policy and how insights from public policymaking, in turn, enrich our theoretical frameworks. In this Growth Lab podcast, Jason Keene, student at the Harvard Kennedy School, interviews Ermal and Tim, who give an overarching perspective on the project, addressing questions such as: where did we start, where are we now, and what is our approach to country projects? Since 2013, the Center for International Development has been collaborating with the Government of Albania to identify binding constraints to economic growth and create policy solutions to solve them. CID’s Growth Lab and Building State Capability programs have used the tools of growth diagnostics and problem driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) to help drive economic growth in the country. CID Researchers Ermal Frasheri and Tim McNaught have seen firsthand how theory informs public policy and how insights from public policymaking, in turn, enrich our theoretical frameworks. In this Growth Lab podcast, Jason Keene, student at the Harvard Kennedy School, interviews Ermal and Tim, who give an overarching perspective on the project, addressing questions such as: where did we start, where are we now, and what is our approach to country projects? government, development, economic growth, harvard, pdia, growth lab, public policy, internationaldevelopment, cid, hks, albania, economicdevelopment, economics no full 12 1 e1b4bc8a-4d8c-4000-baf3-db12fbde6aeb Jordan: The Elements of a Growth Strategy Read the working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/jordan-elements-growth-strategy.

Interview recorded on March 18, 2019.

]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:46:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Tim O'Brien, Miguel Angel Santos) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/jordan-elements-of-a-growth-strategy-iPFT9iLW Read the working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/jordan-elements-growth-strategy.

Interview recorded on March 18, 2019.

]]> Jordan: The Elements of a Growth Strategy Tim O'Brien, Miguel Angel Santos 00:27:40 Between 1999 and 2009, Jordan experienced a huge growth acceleration, tripling its exports and increasing income per capita by 38%. Since then, its economy has been thrown off balance, impacted by a number of external shocks that include the global financial crisis, the Arab Spring, and the Syrian Civil War. For the past year, The Growth Lab has been working in the country with the goal of understanding what is hindering income growth per capita and drafting a roadmap to help Jordan get back on a sustainable growth track. On today's Growth Lab podcast, Director of Applied Research, Miguel Angel Santos, and Senior Manager of Applied Research, Tim O’Brien, discuss the methodologies and findings of this research project in Jordan. Between 1999 and 2009, Jordan experienced a huge growth acceleration, tripling its exports and increasing income per capita by 38%. Since then, its economy has been thrown off balance, impacted by a number of external shocks that include the global financial crisis, the Arab Spring, and the Syrian Civil War. For the past year, The Growth Lab has been working in the country with the goal of understanding what is hindering income growth per capita and drafting a roadmap to help Jordan get back on a sustainable growth track. On today's Growth Lab podcast, Director of Applied Research, Miguel Angel Santos, and Senior Manager of Applied Research, Tim O’Brien, discuss the methodologies and findings of this research project in Jordan. development, middle east, growth diagnostics, economic development, harvard, growth lab, cid, hks, macroeconomics, jordan, syria, international development, economicgrowth no full 11 1 8a2ab428-23a1-41e7-afa5-7a65deed3139 New Pathways to Inclusive Growth: The Sri Lanka Project in Retrospect Learn more about the Sri Lanka project: https://srilanka.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/.

Interview recorded on November 16, 2018.

]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:03:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Tim O'Brien, Dan Stock) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/new-pathways-to-inclusive-growth-the-sri-lanka-project-in-retrospect-Vs2eKAvy Learn more about the Sri Lanka project: https://srilanka.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/.

Interview recorded on November 16, 2018.

]]> New Pathways to Inclusive Growth: The Sri Lanka Project in Retrospect Tim O'Brien, Dan Stock 00:19:04 Starting in November 2015, The Growth Lab was engaged in economic policy research with the Government of Sri Lanka. Led by Professor Ricardo Hausmann, the team focused on a single question: what is holding back investment in Sri Lanka – especially in new and non-traditional export-oriented sectors – and what can the government do about it? In this Growth Lab podcast, members of the Sri Lanka team share their learnings from the project and how they partnered with key counterparts in the government and civil society to support potential solutions, and better understand the deeper institutional gaps that prevent proactive policymaking. Starting in November 2015, The Growth Lab was engaged in economic policy research with the Government of Sri Lanka. Led by Professor Ricardo Hausmann, the team focused on a single question: what is holding back investment in Sri Lanka – especially in new and non-traditional export-oriented sectors – and what can the government do about it? In this Growth Lab podcast, members of the Sri Lanka team share their learnings from the project and how they partnered with key counterparts in the government and civil society to support potential solutions, and better understand the deeper institutional gaps that prevent proactive policymaking. government, development, economic growth, growth diagnostics, economic development, policy, lanka, harvard, pdia, bsc, growth lab, public policy, cid, hks, macroeconomics, srilanka, economics, international development no full 10 1 214083b8-5ce5-49d8-80ec-7b88b722d1e0 The Challenges of Driving Prosperity: Growth Diagnostics and Sustainable Development Interview recorded on October 30, 2018.

]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:20:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Douglas Barrios, Miguel Angel Santos, Tim O'Brien) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/the-challenges-of-driving-prosperity-neBdxZ2p Interview recorded on October 30, 2018.

]]> The Challenges of Driving Prosperity: Growth Diagnostics and Sustainable Development Douglas Barrios, Miguel Angel Santos, Tim O'Brien 00:24:06 Practitioners face many challenges when diagnosing growth constraints and setting a country on a path to greater prosperity - including navigating the political context and getting good policy ideas implemented. Miguel Angel Santos, Douglas Barrios and Tim O’Brien are seasoned researchers at the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab that have worked in Jordan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, and other countries, developing growth strategies on both national and sub-national levels. On today's Growth Lab podcast, Friederike Strub, Masters in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School, interviews Miguel, Douglas, and Tim, who share their experiences with Growth Diagnostics in the broader context of the global sustainable development agenda, exploring how they take into account inequality and social inclusion, as well as environmental sustainability, when designing macroeconomic policy solutions. Practitioners face many challenges when diagnosing growth constraints and setting a country on a path to greater prosperity - including navigating the political context and getting good policy ideas implemented. Miguel Angel Santos, Douglas Barrios and Tim O’Brien are seasoned researchers at the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab that have worked in Jordan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, and other countries, developing growth strategies on both national and sub-national levels. On today's Growth Lab podcast, Friederike Strub, Masters in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School, interviews Miguel, Douglas, and Tim, who share their experiences with Growth Diagnostics in the broader context of the global sustainable development agenda, exploring how they take into account inequality and social inclusion, as well as environmental sustainability, when designing macroeconomic policy solutions. government, development, economic growth, growth diagnostics, economic development, policy, harvard, growth lab, public policy, cid, intl dev, hks, economics, kennedy school, international development, e no full 9 1 02b98d4e-7d2c-4c6b-aa43-2485fbfe8a17 Fool's Gold: On the Impact of Venezuelan Devaluations in Multinational Stock Prices Read the research paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/currency-devaluations-venezuela.

Interview recorded on August 2, 2018.

]]> Thu, 2 Aug 2018 15:50:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Miguel Angel Santos) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/fools-gold-zkYFLU_y Read the research paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/currency-devaluations-venezuela.

Interview recorded on August 2, 2018.

]]> Fool's Gold: On the Impact of Venezuelan Devaluations in Multinational Stock Prices Miguel Angel Santos 00:24:36 For over ten years, Venezuela has been plagued with a deep economic and political crisis that has also recently transpired into a humanitarian issue. In the past five years, GDP has gone down over 50% and hyperinflation is forecasted by the IMF to reach over 1,000,000% for this year, 2018. The economic downfall has also led to shortages in food, medical supplies, and other commodities nationwide. In their latest research paper: “Fool’s Gold: On the Impact of Venezuelan Devaluations in Multinational Stock Prices” Miguel Angel Santos, Dany Bahar, and Carlos Alberto Molina analyze how multinational companies with subsidiaries in Venezuela have been impacted by currency devaluations as the economic crisis worsened. On today's Growth Lab podcast, Camila Lobo interviews one of the co-authors of this research paper, Miguel Angel Santos, who provides insight on the current economic crisis in Venezuela and what motivated them to delve into this research. For over ten years, Venezuela has been plagued with a deep economic and political crisis that has also recently transpired into a humanitarian issue. In the past five years, GDP has gone down over 50% and hyperinflation is forecasted by the IMF to reach over 1,000,000% for this year, 2018. The economic downfall has also led to shortages in food, medical supplies, and other commodities nationwide. In their latest research paper: “Fool’s Gold: On the Impact of Venezuelan Devaluations in Multinational Stock Prices” Miguel Angel Santos, Dany Bahar, and Carlos Alberto Molina analyze how multinational companies with subsidiaries in Venezuela have been impacted by currency devaluations as the economic crisis worsened. On today's Growth Lab podcast, Camila Lobo interviews one of the co-authors of this research paper, Miguel Angel Santos, who provides insight on the current economic crisis in Venezuela and what motivated them to delve into this research. multinational, latin america, development, policy, harvard, fools gold, growth lab, venezuela, dev, cid, hks, center for international development, economics, lat am, international development, economy no full 8 1 43c66cb4-fe06-448e-a206-689331fbb9ed Does Sri Lanka Need More University Graduates? Read the Working Paper: https://srilanka.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/blog/does-sri-lankan-economy-need-more-university-graduates.

]]> Fri, 11 May 2018 09:03:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Sehar Noor, Ljubica Nedelkoska) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/sri-lankan-economy-university-graduates-raUvhmN8 Read the Working Paper: https://srilanka.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/blog/does-sri-lankan-economy-need-more-university-graduates.

]]> Does Sri Lanka Need More University Graduates? Sehar Noor, Ljubica Nedelkoska 00:21:06 On today's episode of The Growth Lab Podcast, Research Assistant Sehar Noor interviews Ljubica Nedelkoska, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, who discusses the Growth Lab project in Sri Lanka and more specifically her research findings titled “Does Sri Lanka Need More University Graduates?”. On today's episode of The Growth Lab Podcast, Research Assistant Sehar Noor interviews Ljubica Nedelkoska, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, who discusses the Growth Lab project in Sri Lanka and more specifically her research findings titled “Does Sri Lanka Need More University Graduates?”. sri lanka, development, economic growth, economic development, lanka, education, economic inclusion, economics, tertiary education, labor force, university graduates no full 7 1 e7752fc2-08f3-4762-aaac-a2b4fd290a39 Revolutionizing the World of Development Practice: An Interview with Ricardo Hausmann Interview recorded on April 23rd, 2018.

]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:29:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Ricardo Hausmann) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/revolutionizing-the-world-of-development-practice-an-interview-with-ricardo-hausmann-Hdi88ElA Interview recorded on April 23rd, 2018.

]]> Revolutionizing the World of Development Practice: An Interview with Ricardo Hausmann Ricardo Hausmann 00:19:33 In this Growth Lab podcast, CID Student Ambassador Alexandra Gonzalez interviews Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Growth Lab and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ricardo discusses how he became CID’s director, our current work throughout the world, and what you can expect from future research. In this Growth Lab podcast, CID Student Ambassador Alexandra Gonzalez interviews Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Growth Lab and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ricardo discusses how he became CID’s director, our current work throughout the world, and what you can expect from future research. development, economic growth, policy, harvard, growth lab, dev, public policy, cid, intl dev, hks, economics, kennedy school, international development no full 6 1 7bf29453-d64e-4df5-a992-c8d41c8cc01d Growth Diagnostics in Real Life: The Growth Lab's Project in Sri Lanka Read the Growth Diagnostic: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/sri-lanka-growth-diagnostic. 

]]> Fri, 2 Mar 2018 08:58:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Tim O'Brien, Daniel Stock) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/growth-diagnostics-sri-lanka-IKCMfkZa Read the Growth Diagnostic: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/sri-lanka-growth-diagnostic. 

]]> Growth Diagnostics in Real Life: The Growth Lab's Project in Sri Lanka Tim O'Brien, Daniel Stock 00:21:17 On today's episode of The Growth Lab Podcast, CID Student Ambassador Emily Ausubel interviews Tim O’Brien and Dan Stock, Research Fellows at Harvard's Growth Lab. Tim and Dan discuss the Growth Lab project in Sri Lanka and how they are applying the Growth Diagnostics Methodology to identify the country’s binding constraints for diversification and economic growth. On today's episode of The Growth Lab Podcast, CID Student Ambassador Emily Ausubel interviews Tim O’Brien and Dan Stock, Research Fellows at Harvard's Growth Lab. Tim and Dan discuss the Growth Lab project in Sri Lanka and how they are applying the Growth Diagnostics Methodology to identify the country’s binding constraints for diversification and economic growth. sri lanka, development, economic growth, growth diagnostics, lanka, harvard, growth lab, cid, hks, economic inclusion, economics, harvard kennedy school no full 5 1 f1537ca7-5b3c-4ff1-973d-4a6e71b805f3 One More Resource Curse: Dutch Disease and Export Concentration Read the research paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/natural-resources-and-export-concentration-most-likely-casualties-dutch. 


Interview recorded on February 2018.

]]> Mon, 12 Feb 2018 06:03:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Miguel Angel Santos, Dany Bahar) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/one-more-resource-curse-dutch-disease-and-export-concentration-cR9x_VDr Read the research paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/natural-resources-and-export-concentration-most-likely-casualties-dutch. 


Interview recorded on February 2018.

]]> One More Resource Curse: Dutch Disease and Export Concentration Miguel Angel Santos, Dany Bahar 00:20:40 In this Growth Lab podcast, CID Student Ambassador Abeela Latif, interviews Dany Bahar, Research Fellow at Brookings Institution and Growth Lab Research Associate and Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Professor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Director of Applied Research at the Growth Lab. Dany and Miguel talk about their research paper "One more resource curse: Dutch disease and export concentration". In the interview, they explain the concept of Dutch disease and talk about why natural resources can be seen as a curse from an economic perspective. They also discuss the motivation behind their research, their main findings and explain how policy makers can use these learnings to make smarter policy decisions. In this Growth Lab podcast, CID Student Ambassador Abeela Latif, interviews Dany Bahar, Research Fellow at Brookings Institution and Growth Lab Research Associate and Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Professor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Director of Applied Research at the Growth Lab. Dany and Miguel talk about their research paper "One more resource curse: Dutch disease and export concentration". In the interview, they explain the concept of Dutch disease and talk about why natural resources can be seen as a curse from an economic perspective. They also discuss the motivation behind their research, their main findings and explain how policy makers can use these learnings to make smarter policy decisions. exports, development, economic growth, economic development, policy, harvard, resources, growth lab, venezuela, public policy, cid, intl dev, hks, oil and gas, economics, energy, international development, dutch disease no full 4 1 1233d227-eaa7-46fe-af38-99ed9794c0c1 Shifting Gears in Panama: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Learn more about the Growth Lab's work in Panama: growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/panama.

]]> Fri, 2 Feb 2018 05:54:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Miguel Angel Santos) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/shifting-gears-in-panama-mKEYz8ho Learn more about the Growth Lab's work in Panama: growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/panama.

]]> Shifting Gears in Panama: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Miguel Angel Santos 00:19:11 On today's Growth Lab podcast, Harvard Kennedy School student Alexandra Gonzalez interviews Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Professor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Director of Applied Research at Harvard's Growth Lab. Miguel discusses the Growth Lab's research initiative in Panama aimed at exploring export diversification opportunities and understanding the potential binding constraints that Panama can run into in the process of shifting gears towards sustainable economic growth. On today's Growth Lab podcast, Harvard Kennedy School student Alexandra Gonzalez interviews Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Professor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Director of Applied Research at Harvard's Growth Lab. Miguel discusses the Growth Lab's research initiative in Panama aimed at exploring export diversification opportunities and understanding the potential binding constraints that Panama can run into in the process of shifting gears towards sustainable economic growth. government, panama canal, development, economic growth, economic development, policy, intl development, harvard, growth lab, dev, public policy, growth, cid, hks, panama, economics, kennedy school, inclusive growth, international development no full 3 1 3308a668-8fcb-4b4a-a2cd-a04abd28f5cc Benefiting from Return Migration: Effects of Return Migration on Non-Migrants' Wages and Employment Read the Working Paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/welcome-home-crisis-effects-return-migration-non-migrants-wages-and.

]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:08:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Sehar Noor, Ljubica Nedelkoska) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/return-migration-zvP5EnzB Read the Working Paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/welcome-home-crisis-effects-return-migration-non-migrants-wages-and.

]]> Benefiting from Return Migration: Effects of Return Migration on Non-Migrants' Wages and Employment Sehar Noor, Ljubica Nedelkoska 00:21:44 On today's episode of the Growth Lab Podcast, Research Assistant Sehar Noor interviews Ljubica Nedelkoska, Research Fellow at Harvard's Growth Lab, on her recently published paper about the impact of return migration on wages and employment on Albania. On today's episode of the Growth Lab Podcast, Research Assistant Sehar Noor interviews Ljubica Nedelkoska, Research Fellow at Harvard's Growth Lab, on her recently published paper about the impact of return migration on wages and employment on Albania. migration, development, economic growth, harvard, growth lab, public policy, cid, hks, return migration, employment, economic inclusion, economics, wages, harvard kennedy school no full 2 1 7702c9a4-bf37-411f-9c8f-775a569997f4 Venezuela: How an Oil Rich Country Went Bust and the Roadmap to Get It Back on Track Learn more about the Growth Lab's research project in Venezuela: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/applied-research/venezuela.

Interview recorded on November 4th, 2016.

]]> Fri, 4 Nov 2016 05:25:00 +0000 chuck_mckenney@hks.harvard.edu (Douglas Barrios, Miguel Angel Santos) https://harvardgrowthlab.simplecast.com/episodes/venezuela-how-an-oil-rich-country-went-bust-and-the-roadmap-to-get-it-back-on-track-bja3MtK5 Learn more about the Growth Lab's research project in Venezuela: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/applied-research/venezuela.

Interview recorded on November 4th, 2016.

]]> Venezuela: How an Oil Rich Country Went Bust and the Roadmap to Get It Back on Track Douglas Barrios, Miguel Angel Santos 00:21:58 Venezuela is currently undergoing the worst economic crisis in its history. By the end of 2016, more than 30% of the gross domestic product (GDP) it had three years ago will be lost. Poverty has soared to record levels. Monthly inflation rates are gradually approaching hyperinflation. Shortages of basic food staples and medicines are rampant. In order to promote a better understanding of the causes, magnitudes, and possible remedies of the crisis, the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University launched a research initiative on Venezuela at the end of 2015. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Fellows on the Venezuela Project Team Douglas Barrios and Ricaro Villasmil discuss the research initiative in Venezuela. Venezuela is currently undergoing the worst economic crisis in its history. By the end of 2016, more than 30% of the gross domestic product (GDP) it had three years ago will be lost. Poverty has soared to record levels. Monthly inflation rates are gradually approaching hyperinflation. Shortages of basic food staples and medicines are rampant. In order to promote a better understanding of the causes, magnitudes, and possible remedies of the crisis, the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University launched a research initiative on Venezuela at the end of 2015. In this Growth Lab podcast, Research Fellows on the Venezuela Project Team Douglas Barrios and Ricaro Villasmil discuss the research initiative in Venezuela. latin america, development, economic growth, economic development, policy, harvard, failed state, econ, growth lab, venezuela, dev, public policy, cid, intl dev, hks, economic crisis, center for international development, chavez, oil, corruption, venezuela crisis, kennedy school, lat am, international development, maduro no full 1 1