Firms Trade

Session at the Firms, Trade and Development Conference 2025

Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025

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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.

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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)