Events and Conferences
Deep Engagement, Cutting Edge Research
Noted speakers are invited to the CDE to present public lectures and to conduct in-class seminars on topics related to the problems faced by developing countries. These lectures offer a unique opportunity for CDE fellows to interact with major policymakers in the field of economic development. The small class size gives each student access to the speaker and allows a meaningful exchange of ideas.
In addition to seminars, which follow the typical lecture format, the CDE also hosts Development Dialogues, a lunch series intended to facilitate interactive dialogue with policymakers, academics, fellows, and undergraduates.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thank you for a great academic year 2022-2023. Events for the upcoming 2023-2024 season will be announced in late August. Check out listings for our past seminars below.
Conferences
2023 Conference
Finance and Development | April 13-14, 2023
A two-day conference in honor of Professor Jerry Caprio.
Use the link above to access schedule and details.
Past Conferences
Gender and Economic Development | April, 2019
Technology and Financial Services | April, 2018
Climate Change and Development Policy | April, 2017
Tackling Global Poverty | April, 2016
Historical Persistence in Comparative Development | October, 2015
PAST EVENTS
Jenny C. Aker: It’s all fun and games? Using WTP Experiments for Longer-Term Impacts
This paper uses a Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) experiment in a randomized control trial (RCT) to test the long-term impacts of an improved storage technology. It finds positive and persistent short-term treatment effects on adoption, usage, storage behavior, reduced pesticide use, and improved health outcomes.

Uwe Sunde: Preference Convergence Around the World?
Individual preferences are the core of human decision making models. While recent evidence has documented profound preference heterogeneity across and within populations, little is known about its dynamics. Here we test whether heterogeneity in preferences related to time, risk, and social interactions persists or instead converges among more recent birth cohorts across and within countries….

Ralph Chami: Toward a Nature-Based Economy
More info soon





Past Guest Speakers
Pierre-Richard Agenor, University of Manchester
Fakhruddin Ahmed, CDE ’71, former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh and former Governor of Bangladesh Bank
Oliver Babson, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development
Olivier Blanchard, International Monetary Fund
Stijn Claessens, International Monetary Fund
Angus Deaton, Princeton University and Nobel Prize Recipient
Karen Dynan, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and Chief Economist of the United States Department of the Treasury
Solomon Hsiang, University of California Berkeley
Ishrat Husain, CDE ’72, former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
Michael Kremer, Harvard University
Eteri Kvintradze, CDE ’99, International Monetary Fund
Guillermo Ortiz, Banorte, formerly Banco Central de Mexico
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University
Andrew Steer, World Resources Institute
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
Gary Teves, CDE ’68, former Secretary of the Department of Finance of the Philippines
Goh Chok Tong, CDE ’67, former Prime Minister of Singapore
David Weil, Brown University
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