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Next PDL Speaker: Prof. Francisco Buera (UCLA and Chicago Fed), 02/06/2014
Professor Buera will discuss “The Macroeconomics of Micro-Development Policies”. The talk will bridge micro- and macro-perspectives on finance development and will build on his recent research on “The Macroeconomics of Microfinace” as well as a paper under the title “Macro-Perspectives … Continue reading
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Next PDL Speaker: Xavier Giné (World Bank), 12/12/2013
At our next meeting, Xavier Giné will hold a talk under the title “Rethinking Microfinance.” Xavier is a Senior Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Development Team of the Development Research Group at the World Bank. His research focuses … Continue reading
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Next PDL speaker: Josephine Duh (Princeton University), 12/05/2013
We’re back this week featuring a great discussion with Josephine Duh, a Ph.D. candidate in the Economics department here at Princeton. She will discuss “The Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy on Socioeconomic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Josephine’s research focuses on addressing questions … Continue reading
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Tagged Aids, Conditions and Diseases, Developing country, development, Economics, Health, Immune Deficiency, Immune Disorders, PDL, Politics, Princeton, Princeton Development Lab, Princeton University, Sub-Saharan Africa, WWS
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Next PDL speaker: Fernanda Marquez Padilla (Princeton University), 11/14/2013
For our next event, Fernanda Marquez Padilla will discuss “The Effect of Drug-Related Violence on Education Outcomes in Mexico”. Drug-related violence in Mexico has had an unprecedented increase as of 2007. This setting presents a unique opportunity to explore the detrimental effects … Continue reading
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Next PDL Speaker: Shantanayan Devarajan ’75 (World Bank), 11/8/2013
Mr. Devarajan ‘75, will join PDL and Princeton’s Engineers Without Borders for a talk about the challenges at the intersection of development and politics. Absentee teachers, negligent doctors, high transport costs, missing fertilizers, and elite-captured industrial policy all stand in the way of poor people’s escaping poverty. … Continue reading
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Fall break
Thank you to everyone for making today’s event featuring Prof. Nancy Qian a great success. Princeton Development Lab will take it easy next week in order to allow everyone to get ready for Fall Break. We look forward to seeing you … Continue reading
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Next PDL speaker: Prof. Nancy Qian (Yale University), 10/17/2013
Professor Qian will discuss “The Institutional Causes of Famine in Centrally Planned Economies: China 1959-61 and the U.S.S.R. 1932-33.” The seminar will survey the economic and political institutions in these communist regimes and show that the patterns of mortality and food productivity … Continue reading
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Next PDL speaker: Hannes Schwandt (Princeton University), 10/10/2013
We are excited to welcome Hannes Schwandt to the Princeton Development Lab community. Hannes will describe recent findings on macro- and micro-patterns of happiness across developed and developing countries as well as over the lifecycle. Hannes is a Postdoctoral Research … Continue reading
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