The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting takes place in Davos, Switzerland from January 16-20, 2023. This year’s theme is "Cooperation in a Fragmented World.". The conference will explore 5 five key subject areas of importance to global cooperation. M-RCBG faculty and affiliates are working at the center of these issues and are providing key research to tackle these crucial questions in line with M-RCBG’s mission to advance the state of knowledge and policy analysis on challenging problems at the interface of business and government..
Below you will find M-RCBG and Harvard panels and commentary from Davos / WEF 2023 as well as recent selected pieces from M-RCBG affiliates and further recent research and opinion from across Harvard on the focus issues of this years meeting.
Featured Panel
Global Economic Outlook: Is this the End of an Era? with Lawrence H. Summers - Co-Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
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Harvard Commentary and Panels from Davos
1. Addressing the Current Energy and Food Crises in the context of a New System for Energy, Climate and Nature
2. Addressing the Current High Inflation, Low Growth, High Debt Economy in the context of a New System for Investment, Trade and Infrastructure
3. Addressing the Current Industry Headwinds in the context of a New System for Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Private Sector Innovation and Resilience
4. Addressing the Current Social Vulnerabilities in the context of a New System for Work, Skills and Care
5. Addressing the Current Geopolitical Risks in the context of a New System for Dialogue and Cooperation in a Multipolar World
1. Addressing the Current Energy and Food Crises in the context of a New System for Energy, Climate and Nature
Food Security -
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on the Economic Impact of inflation - Lawrence H. Summers and Edward Glaeser
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/former-us-treasury-secretary-lawrence-summers-economic-impact
Food insecurity is a bigger problem than energy - Megan Greene (Fmr. Senior Fellow)
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/food-insecurity-bigger-problem-energy-megan-greene
Ask a Harvard Professor: What Can be Done About Food Waste? - Emily Broad Leib
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/ask-harvard-professor-what-can-be-done-about-food-waste-emily
Davos 2022: IMF's Gopinath on Global Growth, Fed, Food Inflation - Gita Gopinath
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/davos-2022-imfs-gopinath-global-growth-fed-food-inflation-gita
Energy & Climate -
COP 27 Debrief - Energy vs Climate – David Keith
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/cop-27-debrief-energy-vs-climate
Glimmers of movement, hope at COP27 – Rob Stavins
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/glimmers-movement-hope-cop27
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now? – Peter Tufano (and others)
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/cop27-what-can-business-leaders-do-fight-climate-change-now
When Climate Collaboration Is Treated as an Antitrust Violation – Peter Tufano
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/when-climate-collaboration-treated-antitrust-violation
Introducing the Salata Institute and the New Geopolitics of Energy – Joe Aldy, James Stock and Meghan O’Sullivan
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/introducing-salata-institute-and-new-geopolitics-energy
A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice - Jane Nelson
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/framework-business-action-climate-justice
The World’s First Energy Crisis - Meghan O'Sullivan
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/worlds-first-energy-crisis-meghan-osullivan
Climate Before Trade – Dani Rodrik
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/climate-trade
2. Addressing the Current High Inflation, Low Growth, High Debt Economy in the context of a New System for Investment, Trade and Infrastructure
The Age of Inflation Easy Money, Hard Choices - Ken Rogoff
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/age-inflation-easy-money-hard-choices
Higher Immigration or Higher Interest Rates for America? – Ricardo Hausmann
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/higher-immigration-or-higher-interest-rates-america
3. Addressing the Current Industry Headwinds in the context of a New System for Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Private Sector Innovation and Resilience
Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation – Amitabh Chandra
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/regulatory-incentives-innovation-fdas-breakthrough-therapy
Regulatory considerations to keep pace with innovation in digital health products - Ariel Dora Stern
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/regulatory-considerations-keep-pace-innovation-digital-health
The Mayekawa Lecture: Institutional Innovation and Central Bank Independence 2.0 – Kenneth Rogoff
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/mayekawa-lecture-institutional-innovation-and-central-bank
Are Transformational Ideas Harder to Fund? Resource Allocation to R&D Projects at a Global Pharmaceutical Firm - Joshua Krieger
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/are-transformational-ideas-harder-fund-resource-allocation-rd
Anticorruption, Government Subsidies, and Innovation: Evidence from China – Josh Lerner
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/anticorruption-government-subsidies-and-innovation-evidence
Green Growth Opportunities – Ricardo Hausmann
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/green-growth-opportunities
The political reception of innovations - Jeffry Frieden
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/political-reception-innovations-jeffry-frieden-0
5. Addressing the Current Geopolitical Risks in the context of a New System for Dialogue and Cooperation in a Multipolar World
How to Start Regulating the Crypto Markets—Immediately - Tim Massad
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/how-start-regulating-crypto-markets-immediately
Politically easier for China to get a European Covid vaccine rather than a U.S. one: Research fellow – Philippe Le Corre
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/politically-easier-china-get-european-covid-vaccine-rather-us
Europe’s Fissures with China Deepen – Philippe Le Corre
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/europes-fissures-china-deepen
Saudi Arabia Swings Toward Russia - Edoardo Campanella https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/saudi-arabia-swings-toward-russia
China Series: Chinese Communist Party 20th Congress With Anthony Saich
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/china-series-chinese-communist-party-20th-congress-anthony
Re-Thinking U.S. Policy on Engagement with Chinese Financial Institutions – Connie Friesen
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/re-thinking-us-policy-engagement-chinese-financial-0
Here’s how to tighten the oil spigot that finances Russia’s war without hurting the world economy – Catherine Wolfram
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/heres-how-tighten-oil-spigot-finances-russias-war-without
On the Design of Effective Sanctions: The Case of Bans on Exports to Russia – Ricardo Hausmann, Ulrich Schetter, Muhammed Yildirim
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/design-effective-sanctions-case-bans-exports-russia