Center for International Development

On April 28th and 29th, CID and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy co-hosted CID’s flagship annual Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM22). Top business leaders, policymakers, and academics came together in this two-day in-person conference to discuss the theme of GEM22, “Healing an Unequal World”. While the two days brought to stark relief the pervasive issue of inequality in each facet of humanity, they also allowed for reflection and convening towards change.  

China, Vietnam, Uganda, Indonesia, and India are projected to be among the fastest-growing economies to 2030, according to researchers at the Growth Lab. Presented in the Atlas of Economic Complexity, the release provides the first detailed look at 2020 trade data, including major disruptions to tourism and transport vehicle exports from the global pandemic.

As a culmination of CID's Beyond COVID series, we compiled key takeaways that help to guide our continued focus on pandemic recovery for inclusive prosperity. This series brought together practitioners and faculty experts in development to engage in productive conversations on how to use pandemic lessons to create more resilient systems for the future. 

CID's EPoD is launching the Evidence Corps internship program in 2022, which will provide funded international development internship and training opportunities for Harvard students. The aim of the program is to build students’ capacity to use economic evidence and to provide students with a toolkit to make meaningful contributions to development projects.