Upcoming Events
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Applied development economics conference seminar series
The International Growth Centre (IGC) announces the on-going Applied Development Economics Conference series organised by the Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB) at the Lahore School of Economics in collaboration with Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR). Weekly webinars are held every Tuesday from 16:00 - 17:00 PKT (11:00 - 12:00...
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The private sector in the pandemic: From impact to recovery
The objective of this seminar is to highlight new findings on the ongoing impact of the pandemic to the private sector and discuss scenarios about the recovery phase that will follow. The workshop features a keynote address by Mari Pangestu, Managing Director for Development Policy of the World Bank, presenters from 13 leading development and academic institutions, and...
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How to manage urban density post-COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought urgency to the need to understand better the dynamics of urban density and examine how cities can overcome the downsides of density to create productive and livable cities through active policy decisions. This is particularly the case in developing countries that are undergoing rapid urbanisation with limited resources. This online event...
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IGC-Stanford University conference on firms, trade and development
The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Stanford King Center on Global Development will be hosting a two-day virtual conference on the theme of 'firms, trade and development'. The event will be organised by David Atkin (MIT), Dave Donaldson (MIT), Cecile Gaubert (Berkeley), Pete Klenow (Stanford), Imran Rasul (UCL), Meredith Startz (Stanford), Eric Verhoogen...