The COVID-19 is especially a pressing time for a developing economy such as India. Professor Sen will be talking about the likely trajectory of the Indian economy over the next 2-3 years and would be reflecting on the nature of its fiscal response.
Every country has had a different policy response to the crisis; and within countries different political parties have championed various approaches. How has COVID-19 affected politics and social life in developed western countries? After the webinar that professor Ferguson will give through INET (https://www.ineteconomics.org/events/money-and-politics-in-the-age-of-covid?token=Bo5RmOfz1RifyHELJDklH8FA9zLo9dLl) he will join YSI members for an additional discussion. Attendance of …
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First regional meeting of rapporteurs from the East, West, Central and Southern African regions. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss: the project deadlines; questionnaires; and answer any questions related to the project.
10am BRT / 6 June Thank you for amazing and thought provoking discussions in the past sessions. In this meeting, anyone who participated in the project so far is invited to contribute to brainstorm future activities. Obrigado pelas ótimas e instigantes discussões nas sessões anteriores. Nesta reunião, qualquer um que tenha participado do projeto até …
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Lena Song, PhD candidate from NYU, will present her work: *The Role of Culture and Competition in Media Diversity: Historical Evidence from U.S. Radio Stations * If you wish to attend, please register for the entire series here: https://forms.gle/LtqDgzoDtAojZg1S8 Attendees will receive by email on Wednesday morning the link to join the webinar. Abstract:This paper …
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Esther Dweck served in the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, as Head of Economic Advisory and as Secretary of Federal Budget between 2011 and 2016. After reading Valsa Brasileira, we will discuss with her what the thinking was in the administrations and reflect on the actual policy-process related to fiscal policy within the ministry. …
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Paper title: "Empirical research within an accepted value framework Dasgupta versus Sen: the example of education as a developmental goal."
Camila Franco Restrepo ( Fellow, Overseas Development Institute) will present her paper "Empirical research within an accepted value framework, Dasgupta vs Sen: the example of education as a developmental goal." The presentation will be in Spanish.
The world grapples with gender relations on a daily basis. Issues of gender equality and gender equity are contentious in any society, and arguably even more so in Africa where patriarchal social constructs have existed for centuries. In times of crisis, gender disparities are revealed even more and in some instances, disparities become even more …
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UPDATE: due to some technical issues, the webinar had to be postponed. It will now happen Tuesday, June 16th, at 12:00. Following up the two previous webinar on the Economic Consequence of Covid-19 in Latin America, the Economic Development WG and the Latin America WG are happy to announce yet another episode of this series. …
--- Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the workshop has been cancelled. --- At the leading edge of studies in social sciences and the humanities is the growing field of digital humanities (DH). From applications in history, archaeology, and sociology, to name a few, the expansion of DH over the past decades is impressive. Central to …
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Update: Owing to the local development of Coronavirus, this event has been postponed. A new date will be announced later. Young Scholars Initiative Pre-Conference Workshop @The Politics of Finance – Creditworthiness, Credibility and Reputation on Global MarketsGraduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2020 Three working groups, Development, Financial Stability, and East Asia proposes a pre-conference …
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