CID Events :: April - May 2009
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Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the Perkins Room, 4th floor, Rubenstein, 79 JFK Street at the Harvard Kennedy School
Thursday April 30, 2009
The Political Economy of Religion Seminar Series
12:30pm
Workshop in Religion, Political Economy, and Society (Ec2350)
Littauer M-16 (North Yard/Economics Department). Lunch is provided.
Title: "Religious Conversion in 40 Countries"
Presenter: Robert Barro, Harvard University
Contact: Pam_Phoumivong@ksg.harvard.edu or visit http://www.cid.harvard.edu/per/#sem
Friday May 1, 2009
CID Friday Graduate Student Seminar Series
11:45am-1:00pm
Title: “NextLab: MIT Media Lab’s approach to international development by building mobile technologies from the bottom up.”
Speaker: Jhonatan Rotberg, Lecturer, Next Billion Network, MIT
Contact: jennifer_gala@harvard.edu
Monday May 4, 2009 – Friday May 8, 2009
The Cutting Edge of Development Thinking
**By Invitation Only
For more information contact: jennifer_gala@harvard.edu
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Frontiers in Sustainable Development Seminar
10:00-11:00am
"Women in Agriculture and Marketing: Evidence and Lessons from the Philippines and Vietnam"
Presenter: Dr. Ma Elena Chiong-Javier, Professor of Behavioral Science and Director, Social Development Research Center, De La Salle University, Philippines
Hosted by: Delia Catacutan and Esther Mwangi, Post-doctoral Fellows, Sustainability Science Program
Tuesday May 26, 2009
Beyond the Fence: Research Lessons on How Immigration and Remittances Shape Global Development
8:00am-6:00pm
A conference co-sponsored by the Center for Global Development and the Center for International Development at the CGD, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
**By Invitation Only
For more Information contact: jennifer_gala@harvard.edu
Frontiers in Sustainable Development Seminar
12:00-1:30pm
“Institutional Dimensions of Climate Change: The Role of Property Rights and Collective Action”
Presenter: Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Hosted by: Prof. William Clark and Dr. Esther Mwangi, Sustainability Science Program
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