Economics


Whither Europe? Lessons, Risks, and the Way Forward

Feb 13 2012 4:30 pm
Feb 13 2012 6:00 pm

Location

Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building (5th floor)
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA, 02138
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A lecture by Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School

First in a semester-long series of lectures co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School's Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, the Center for International Development at Harvard University, and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University

Profile: carol Hughes-Hallett Ramos

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carol
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Hughes-Hallett Ramos
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Student
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Female
Location
Medford
MA
02155
United States
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Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe

Contact Person: 
isawka

The Harvard Kennedy School's Kokkalis Program was established to train, engage, and connect present and future leaders to effectively serve the public good of Southeast Europe.

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Vivian
Last Name: 
Lu
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Student
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Female

Peace Corps (U.S. state department, Bolivia), Small Enterprise Development volunteer
Pro Mujer (microfinance plus model, Bolivia), Rural Services project manager
Nuru International (agricultural micro finance, Kenya), Community Economic Development program manager

Location
Cambridge
MA
02139
United States

Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development

Mar 8 2012 3:00 pm
Mar 8 2012 5:00 pm

Location

Pardee Center 67 Bay State Rd.
Boston, MA, 02215
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Pardee House Seminar

Speakers: José Antonio Ocampo, former Minister of Finance of Colombia, and currently Professor and Director of the Economic and Political Development Program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Ilene Grabel, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Moderator: Kevin P. Gallagher, Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University; Faculty Fellow, Pardee Center

Harvard/MIT Development & Economics Workshop

Feb 15 2012 2:30 pm
Feb 15 2012 4:00 pm

Location

MIT Building E51-376
Cambridge, MA
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Weekly Harvard/MIT Development & Environment Economics Workshop

"Kwacha Gonna Do: Experimental Evidence about Labor Supply in Rural Malawi" Jessica Goldberg, Maryland

Financial Regulation, Financial Globalization, and the Synchronization of Economic Activity

Feb 1 2012 4:00 pm
Feb 1 2012 5:30 pm

Location

Littauer Center M-16 (North Yard, NOT Kennedy School)
Cambridge, MA
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Financial Regulation, Financial Globalization, and the Synchronization of Economic Activity

Speakers:
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem
Professor of Economics, University of Houston.; Professor of Economics, University of Houston.

Collective Impact and Shared Value: New Trends in Global Development

Feb 3 2012 11:45 am
Feb 3 2012 1:00 pm

Location

Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein, HKS
Cambridge, MA
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Guest Speaker: Kyle Peterson, Managing Director, FSG

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Ahmed
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Hamdy
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Student
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Male
Location
Somerville
Massachusetts
02144
United States
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Google: 
aohamdy@gmail.com

Profile: Blake Meulmester

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Blake
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Meulmester
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Deloitte Consulting, Strategy and Operations
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Consultant
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Male

Consultant in 3rd year with Deloitte's Strategy and Operations practice, with a focus on heavy analytics and strategy.

Project work has included M&A (target screening, divestiture blueprinting, clean team analysis, due diligence), pricing (pricing strategy, transactional analysis) and supply chain (Lean Six Sigma, supply chain design). Industries served have included medical devices, digital media, high tech, consumer products, private equity, airlines, local government and legal

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Boston
MA
02215
United States
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