Growth Lab Podcast Series
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLed by Ricardo Hausmann, the Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School pushes the frontiers of economic growth and development policy research, collaborates with policymakers to design actions, and shares insights through teaching, tools and publications, in the pursuit of inclusive prosperity.
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Ep5 Green Growth with Joanne Bate
December 15, 2023 20:10 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBIn this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Ketan Ahuja, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, joins Joanne Bate, Chief Operating Officer of South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation, for a discussion on how South Africa can build new engines of economic growth in green industries and how it can use its unique capabilities to help the world decarbonize and develop its economy.
Ep4 Urban Planning and Spatial Exclusion with Carel Kleynhans, Divercity
December 15, 2023 20:09 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Alexia Lochmann, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, speaks with Carel Kleynhans, CEO of Divercity Property Group. Divercity is South Africa's leading investor in well located affordable housing precincts. Carel worked closely with the Growth Lab during its two year research engagement in South Africa and has been instrumental to the teams understanding of post apartheid urban planning, housing policy and patterns of spatial ...
Ep3 Electricity Crisis with Chris Yelland
December 15, 2023 20:09 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBIn this episode of the South Africa Growth Through Inclusion series, Chris Yelland, a Johannesburg based energy analyst, engineer and the founder and Managing Director of e-Business Intelligence talks with former Growth Lab Research Manager Kishan Shah. The conversation focuses on the electricity crisis and strategic issues facing electricity and energy sectors in South Africa. Chris has been an expert and a key observer of energy markets for the past several decades and is a frequent comment...
Ep2 Operation Vulindlela with Nomvuyo Guma & Saul Musker
December 15, 2023 20:09 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this episode of the South Africa Growth Though Inclusion series, Tim O'Brien, Senior Manager of Applied Research at the Growth Lab, speaks with Nomvuyo Guma, Chief Director of Microeconomic Policy at the National Treasury and Saul Musker, Director of Strategy and Delivery Support of the private office of the President of South Africa. The discussion centers on Operation Vulindlela - a joint initiative of the presidency and the National Treasury. Operation Vulindlela has been at work for ab...
Ep1 (Intro) Growth Through Inclusion In South Africa with Ricardo Hausmann
December 15, 2023 20:09 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBIn this introductory episode, Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and Director of Harvard's Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School and Andres Fortunato, Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, discuss the key takeaways of their two year research engagement in South Africa.
Development Talk: Investment in the Energy Transition / Global and Domestic Dimensions
July 20, 2023 15:52 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBIn this Development Talk seminar, Suman Bery discusses his optimism for India's future growth, whether the energy transition complicates India's growth trajectory, the potential sources of capital for India's energy transition, how to jump start private sector investment in green energy, and how India's engagement with industrial policy should look like moving forward. Speaker: Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Moderators: Ricardo Hausman...
Economic Policymaking in a World of Deep Disorder
April 28, 2023 14:48 - 33 minutes - 31 MBSpeaker: Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, HKS MPA 2009 The Growth Lab worked closely with Mr. Mihretu during our three-year policy engagement in Ethiopia, a country that has established a fragile peace after a devastating civil war. We have studied macroeconomic challenges that the government is trying to address to enable a sustainable post-war recovery. In this talk, Mr. Mihretu discusses the economic reform program currently being implemented in Ethiopia, the chal...
ECONOMIC POLICYMAKING IN A WORLD OF DEEP DISORDER
April 28, 2023 14:48 - 33 minutes - 31 MBSpeaker: Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, HKS MPA 2009 The Growth Lab worked closely with Mr. Mihretu during our three-year policy engagement in Ethiopia, a country that has established a fragile peace after a devastating civil war. We have studied macroeconomic challenges that the government is trying to address to enable a sustainable post-war recovery. In this talk, Mr. Mihretu discusses the economic reform program currently being implemented in Ethiopia, the chal...
Order Without Design / Rethinking the Role of Government in City Development
March 21, 2023 13:44 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBSpeaker: Alain Bertaud, Senior Fellow, New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Moderator: Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard's Graduate School of Design. The discussion revolves around Alain's recent book, "Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities," where he argues operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools o...
ORDER WITHOUT DESIGN/RETHINKING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN CITY DEVELOPMENT
March 21, 2023 13:44 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBSpeaker: Alain Bertaud, Senior Fellow, New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Moderator: Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard's Graduate School of Design. The discussion revolves around Alain's recent book, "Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities," where he argues operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools o...
GAMBLING ON DEVELOPMENT / THE ROLE OF LOCAL ELITES IN A GROWTH-BASED FUTURE
January 19, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThe Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government Moderator: Clement Brenot, Research Manager, Growth Lab Prof. Dercon's latest book, Gambling on Development: Why som...
Gambling on Development / The Role of Local Elites in a Growth-Based Future
January 19, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThe Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government Moderator: Clement Brenot, Research Manager, Growth Lab Prof. Dercon's latest book, Gambling on Development: Why som...
Building Capability to Design and Implement Growth Reforms: The Case Study of Albania
August 05, 2021 18:41 - 20 minutes - 12.8 MBListen to the first episode in this Albania series: 'A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania'. Listen to the second episode in this Albania series: 'Iterations of a Growth Diagnostic: The Case Study of Albania'. Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.
Iterations of a Growth Diagnostic: The Case Study of Albania
July 26, 2021 16:46 - 54 minutes - 33.3 MBListen to the first episode in this Albania series: 'A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania'. Learn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.
A Snapshot of the Growth Lab's Research Engagement in Albania
July 13, 2021 19:38 - 48 minutes - 29 MBLearn more about the Growth Lab's research engagement with the country of Albania.
Productive Ecosystems and the Arrow of Development
April 02, 2021 12:08 - 26 minutes - 16.7 MBRead the Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development paper, published in Nature Communications. Learn more about the authors Neave O'Clery, Muhammed Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann. Explore the Product Space via the Atlas of Economic Complexity.
Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires
December 07, 2020 14:31 - 40 minutes - 27 MBRead the working paper on Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/emerging-cities-independent-engines-growth-case-buenos-aires.
What Would Happen if Business Travel Stopped?
August 10, 2020 06:30 - 18 minutes - 11.7 MBExplore the data on findings: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/academic-research/business-travel Learn more about the Growth Lab's Academic and Applied Research: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/
Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka
March 18, 2020 16:48 - 14 minutes - 9.45 MBRead the full working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/you-get-what-you-pay-sources-and-consequences-public-sector-premium-albania Learn more about The Growth Lab: www.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu About Ljubica Nedelkoska: Ljubica Nedelkoska joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Visiting Scholar in 2012 and as a Research Fellow in 2013. Before joining the CID, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher and a coordinator of the Economics of Innov...
Macroeconomic Stability and Long-Term Growth: Lessons from Jordan
February 07, 2020 05:51 - 16 minutes - 11.9 MBIn this Growth Lab podcast, we are joined by Miguel Angel Santos, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Director of Applied Research at CID's Growth Lab, as well as Tim O’Brien, Senior Manager of Applied Research at CID's Growth Lab. Miguel and Tim sat down with CID Student Ambassador Valeria Mendiola to discuss their research from Jordan on Macroeconomic Stability and Long-Term Growth.
The Double Crisis: Insecurity and Humanitarian Plight at the Colombia-Venezuela Border
January 29, 2020 16:45 - 28 minutes - 20.1 MBInterview recorded on Dec. 4, 2019. To purchase Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia's War: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/borderland-battles-9780190849153?lang=en&cc=us# -- About the Annette Idler: Annette Idler is Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. She is also the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Departmen...
The Value of Complementary Coworkers
December 06, 2019 20:34 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBAbout Frank Neffke: Frank Neffke is the Research Director of the Growth Lab at the Center for International Development. He joined the team in 2012. His research focuses on economic transformation and growth, from the macro level of structural change in regional and national economies to the micro level of firm diversification and the career paths of individuals. This research has shed light on topics ranging from structural transformation and new growth paths in regional economies, economi...
Social Mobility Explains Populism, Not Inequality or Culture
November 29, 2019 18:28 - 13 minutes - 11.1 MBRead the working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/social-mobility-explains-populism-not-inequality-or-culture Featured in Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/7a448a34-f588-11e9-b018-3ef8794b17c6 Featured in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/25/canada-election-maxime-bernier-populism-equal-opportunity/
Female Labor in Jordan
November 05, 2019 13:44 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBInterview recorded on October 18, 2019. About Semiray Kasoolu: Semiray joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2017. Prior to joining CID, she worked with the World SME Forum in the Republic of Georgia to diagnose constraints to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises and to design solutions to facilitate their integration into global value chains. She also worked as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs, focusing on portfolio monitoring and anal...
Bleeding Out
November 04, 2019 18:58 - 17 minutes - 14.3 MBInterview recorded on September 27th, 2019. About Thomas Abt: Thomas Abt is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for International Development, where he leads CID’s Security and Development Seminar Series. He is also a member of the Campbell Collaboration Criminal Justice Steering Committee, member of the Advisory Board of the Police Executive Programme at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow with the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both in the United States and...
Introducing the Atlas of Economic Complexity's Country Profiles
November 04, 2019 18:55 - 18 minutes - 15.2 MBInterview recorded on Sept. 5th, 2019 About Ricardo Hausmann: Ricardo Hausmann is Director of the Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, he served as the Director of the Center for International Development (2005-2019). He served as the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-2000), where he created the Research Department...
2027 Global Growth Projections
November 04, 2019 18:53 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MBInterview recorded on July 2, 2019. About Timothy Cheston: Timothy Cheston joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2014. Prior to joining CID, Tim worked for the World Bank in the Social Protection and Labor team for the Latin America and Caribbean region, where he led in the design, negotiation, and supervision of major social protection and labor projects and research in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Bolivia, and Belize. His experience als...
Argentina's Aristotelian Crisis
November 04, 2019 18:53 - 20 minutes - 16.7 MBInterview recorded on May 8, 2019. About Eduardo Levy Yeyati: Eduardo Levy Yeyati, is the Dean of School of Government of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and the founder and Academic Director of its Center for Evidence-based Policy (CEPE-Di Tella). He is also principal researcher at Argentina´s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and founding partner of Elypsis, an economic research firm, and a regular consultant for multilateral financial organizati...
Public Policy in Action: What Did Working in Albania Teach Us about Economic Growth?
May 09, 2019 14:07 - 18 minutes - 13 MBLearn more about the project: albania.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu Interview recorded on May 3, 2019.
Jordan: The Elements of a Growth Strategy
March 18, 2019 14:46 - 27 minutes - 20.3 MBRead the working paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/jordan-elements-growth-strategy. Interview recorded on March 18, 2019.
New Pathways to Inclusive Growth: The Sri Lanka Project in Retrospect
November 16, 2018 16:03 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBLearn more about the Sri Lanka project: https://srilanka.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/. Interview recorded on November 16, 2018.
The Challenges of Driving Prosperity: Growth Diagnostics and Sustainable Development
October 30, 2018 04:20 - 24 minutes - 16.3 MBInterview recorded on October 30, 2018.
Fool's Gold: On the Impact of Venezuelan Devaluations in Multinational Stock Prices
August 02, 2018 15:50 - 24 minutes - 19 MBRead the research paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/currency-devaluations-venezuela. Interview recorded on August 2, 2018.
Does Sri Lanka Need More University Graduates?
May 11, 2018 09:03 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBRead the Working Paper: https://srilanka.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/blog/does-sri-lankan-economy-need-more-university-graduates.
Revolutionizing the World of Development Practice: An Interview with Ricardo Hausmann
April 23, 2018 04:29 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBInterview recorded on April 23rd, 2018.
Growth Diagnostics in Real Life: The Growth Lab's Project in Sri Lanka
March 02, 2018 08:58 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBRead the Growth Diagnostic: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/sri-lanka-growth-diagnostic.
One More Resource Curse: Dutch Disease and Export Concentration
February 12, 2018 06:03 - 20 minutes - 15.5 MBRead the research paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/natural-resources-and-export-concentration-most-likely-casualties-dutch. Interview recorded on February 2018.
Shifting Gears in Panama: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
February 02, 2018 05:54 - 19 minutes - 14.3 MBLearn more about the Growth Lab's work in Panama: growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/panama.
Benefiting from Return Migration: Effects of Return Migration on Non-Migrants' Wages and Employment
February 22, 2017 08:08 - 21 minutes - 15 MBRead the Working Paper: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/welcome-home-crisis-effects-return-migration-non-migrants-wages-and.
Venezuela: How an Oil Rich Country Went Bust and the Roadmap to Get It Back on Track
November 04, 2016 05:25 - 21 minutes - 15.4 MBLearn more about the Growth Lab's research project in Venezuela: https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/applied-research/venezuela. Interview recorded on November 4th, 2016.