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4th Migration and Development Conference

The Center for International Development, the AFD, the Pop Center and World Bank International hosted the 4th Annual Migration and Development Conference on June 10-11, 2011. This conference, which took place at the Harvard Kennedy School, focused on advancing the dialogue on migration as a central issue for global development.

Harvard Symposium on Argentina

Three governors, several members of congress, legislators, mayors and officials, all together, despite belonging to different political parties, debating and arriving at conclusions for the future. Where and when was the miracle? From April 15 to 17, 2010, the Harvard Symposium at Argentina, titled "Imagining the Future of Argentina," took place at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Argentina's RAP Foundation (Political Action Network) co-sponsored the event with the Center for International Development at Harvard University and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

Global Empowerment Meeting 2009 Focuses on Financial Access for Global Poor

More than 50 top entrepreneurs, scholars, nonprofit leaders, government officials, and other thought leaders convened September 16-17, 2009, at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University for the Second Annual Global Empowerment Meeting - 2009 hosted by The Empowerment Lab at the Center for International Development (CID). Established with a seed grant from the MPOWER Foundation, The Empowerment Lab focuses on research to promote economic inclusion, finding sustainable ways to empower the global poor by providing access to markets. Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco gave the keynote speech, introduced by CID Director Ricardo Hausmann.

Migration Conference Brings Development Lens To Immigration Debate

On May 26, 2009, the Center for International Development joined forces with the Center for Global Development and the Foundation for an Open America to host Beyond the Fence, a research conference that explored opportunities to break the stalemate by bringing a development lens to the immigration debate. The event convened thought leaders in migration from across Harvard University, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the World Bank, among others, to explore policy solutions that would benefit both developed and developing economies.

Global Empowerment Meeting 2008 Launches New Empowerment Lab

Academics from Harvard and Yale discussed the value of partnering with private sector firms to test research questions in many contexts. Harvard Business School's Nava Ashraf discussed her latest partnership with a large Salvadoran bank to study the effects of offering labor migrants more control over the use of remittances sent home, while Harvard Kennedy School's Asim Khwaja discussed psychometric testing to identify promising entrepreneurs in South Africa. These and other featured speakers met at the First Annual Global Empowerment Meeting - 2008 hosted by The Empowerment Lab at CID September 22 - 23, 2008.

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Empowerment Meeting 2009