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    Edmar Bacha looks back on the International and Development Economics program
    … looks back on the International and Development Economics program … looks back on the International and Development Economics program The renowned economist and founding partner and … American trio” of economics – and life-long friends.Diaz 2_0.jpgBacha excelled in the IDE program, and graduated in …
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    Bacha (left) and Clóvis Cavalcanti, his colleague and former roommate during his Yale years, at a seminar at the Casa das Garças Institute for Economic Policy Studies in 2019. Edmar Bacha
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    Weekly Events
    … workshop in economic history is a central part of the program. Speakers include Yale faculty and graduate students …
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    Penny Goldberg asks a question at the 2023 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference. Vestal McIntyre
    Penny Goldberg asks a question at the 2023 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference.
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    Reflecting on the 2023 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference
    … participants at EGC and 29 at IGC.Presentations on Day 1 centered on understanding how market dynamics affect … "Job Variety, Firms and Development", presented at LSE Speaker: Robin Burgess (LSE) "We really want to begin to … Garima Sharma (Princeton University)Conference Photo 2.jpegFinally, Martin Rotemberg shared insights on the …
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    Attendees of the 2023 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference engaging with the presentation by one of the speakers Vestal McIntyre
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    EPoD in Nepal: Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Policymaking
    … EPoD's Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) program, funded with UK aid from the UK government.Woman in … Dialogue speaker Rubana Huq and EPoD’s Vestal McIntyre Day 2 of the Policy Dialogue included a session where …
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    Charity Troyer Moore speaking at the training EPoD Harvard Flickr
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    BCURE Case: Skills training programs in South Asia
    … but they fail to reach large numbers of women when the program design is inconsistent with ingrained social norms. … But they fail to reach large numbers of women when the program design is inconsistent with ingrained social norms. … fertility rate went from 4.3 births per woman in 1990 to 2.6 in 2015. While those indicators for women’s empowerment …
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    Empty classroom with computers. EPoD Harvard Flickr
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    Looking Back on the 2023 Kuznets Mini-Conference, “Norms, Gender, and Development”
    … the Yale Economic Growth Center. A mini-conference on the day following the lecture explored a wide range of gender … at Bocconi UniversityIn a lecture on Thursday March 2, 2023, Professor Eliana La Ferrara presented recent … rates for both girls and boys eight to 12 months after the program. “Gender Based Violence and Education: Evidence from …
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    Attendees at the Norms, Gender, and Development Mini-Conference
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    EGC Affiliates awarded new grants from Yale Planetary Solutions
    … Measurement in Meghalaya's Payments for Ecosystem Services Program. Building on a 2025 YPS-funded project that tested … soil carbon to produce credible carbon estimates from the program's satellite-derived forest-cover data. The project’s …
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    A forest in India Boudhayan Bardhan, Unsplash
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    Event recap: Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2024
    … Federico Huneeus, Baptiste Bernadac, and Dave Donaldson. Speaker: David Atkin (MIT and NBER).Tilman Graff presented … Shah, Edward Miguel, Dennis Egger and Felix Samy Soliman. Speaker: Tilman Graff (Harvard University).Lakshmi … growth models" - Arvind SubramanianIMG_2981.pngThe second day of the conference broadened the scope to encompass …
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    A wide shot of the audience at the 2024 Firms, Trade and Development Conference
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    Vocational training programs in India are leaving women behind, but this needn’t be the case
    … with a major Indian government vocational training program for below poverty line, rural youth. This program … The methodology Our survey, conducted over the phone with 2,600 former trainees (1,900 women) from seven major states … less likely to accept jobs that require migration. Figure 2 plots predicted job placement rates for men and women …
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    Empty classroom with computers. EPoD Harvard Flickr
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    North East Universities Gender Day
    … North East Universities Gender Day … North East Universities Gender Day The North East Universities Gender Day (NEUGD) brought … economic analysis focused on other themes. The conference program below shows the schedule of speakers, presentations, … each session featuring approximately four students and 1-2 faculty members or postdoctoral researchers. Before the …
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    Two women in white nurse uniforms sit smiling in a boat Sam Vox
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    Michael Boozer
    … retired, Mike took on his role as Director of the IDE program. Since then, he has shaped the program tremendously. He maintained the personal character and small size of the original program that allowed him to serve as an involved mentor to … at night. Language English michael.boozer@yale.edu boozer2_2_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0.jpg Senior Lecturer & Faculty …
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