Session at the Firms, Trade and Development Conference 2025
Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025
IGC/EGC Young Researchers Workshop
Overview
The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Yale Economic Growth Center (EGC) host a two-day conference on the theme of “Firms, Trade, and Development” on 24-25 October 2025. This event takes place in-person at Yale University in New Haven with an option to attend virtually.
Academic committee
- David Atkin (MIT)
- Lauren Bergquist (Yale)
- Laura Boudreau (Columbia)
- Stefano Caria (University of Warwick)
- Ritam Chaurey (Johns Hopkins)
- Mayara Felix (Yale)
- Namrata Kala (MIT)
- Jose Vasquez Carvajal (LSE)
- Eric Verhoogen (Columbia)
Keynote by Indermit Gill (Chief Economist & Senior Vice President for Development Economics—World Bank Group)
Policy Panel featuring: Ashfaqul Chowdhury (IGC Bangladesh), Tewodros Makonnen Gebrewolde (IGC Ethiopia), Abou Bakarr Kamara (IGC Sierra Leone) Moderator: Namrata Kala (MIT)