IGC/EGC Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development
The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Yale Economic Growth Center (EGC) are hosting a two-day conference on October 19-20, 2023 on the theme of “Firms, Trade, and Development".
Lauren Falcao Bergquist
Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs, Yale University
Namrata Kala
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMayara Felix
Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University
Isabela Manelici
Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Meredith Startz
Assistant Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
Eric Verhoogen
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics, Columbia University
Christopher Woodruff
Professor of Development Economics, University of OxfordRead Sagar Saxena and Rahul Shukla's blog, 'How can markets contribute to economic growth and development?'
The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Yale Economic Growth Center (EGC) are hosting a two-day conference on October 19-20, 2023 on the theme of “Firms, Trade and Development.”
This event takes place in-person, simultaneously at LSE and Yale University.
The academic committee for the event is: David Atkin (MIT), Lauren Falcao Bergquist (Yale), Mayara Felix (Yale), Namrata Kala (MIT), Isabela Manelici (LSE), Meredith Startz (Dartmouth), Eric Verhoogen (Columbia), and Chris Woodruff (Oxford).
The conference will feature a keynote presentation by Robin Burgess (LSE), and a Policymaker Panel Session on "Fostering Growth in Developing Countries" with Dean Karlan (Northwestern University and USAID), Adnan Khan (FCDO), and Liz Lloyd (BII), moderated by Chris Woodruff (Oxford).
You can view the full conference programme here.
Confirmed speakers include Philipp Barteska (LSE), Rikhia Bhukta (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur), Dave Donaldson (MIT), Godfrey Kamutando (University of Cape Town), Jeremy Majerovitz (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), Isabela Manelici (LSE), Manaswini Rao (University of Delaware), Tristan Reed (The World Bank), Martin Rotemberg (New York University), Garima Sharma (Princeton University), and Miguel Angel Talamas Marcos (Inter-American Development Bank).
The IGC can no longer provide travel reimbursements to attendees joining in-person at LSE. Please see our reimbursement policy for more details.