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Regulations and requirements for doctor of philosophy (phd) programs.

The formal requirements for the PhD degree are the following: completion of the coursework mandated by the individual degree program, fulfillment of the residency requirement, formal training in the Responsible Conduct of Research for students as appropriate, qualifying and/or comprehensive examination(s) or equivalent as required by the degree program, continuous registration, a final oral examination conducted by the student’s PhD committee, and submission of a dissertation to the relevant graduate office and to ProQuest (or a university-sanctioned successor system) for archiving. The dissertation must be based on original and independent research.

Admissions Requirements

Academic classification and degree candidacy, academic residency requirement, responsible conduct of research, course requirements, requirements for candidacy, annual review of student progress, phd dissertation committee, comprehensive examination(s) and/or proposal defenses, dissertation, oral defense of the dissertation, submission of the dissertation, time limitation for achieving candidacy and degree completion, pursuit of an academic credential outside student’s major.

All students admitted to a doctor of philosophy program must satisfy the general requirements for admission as a graduate student and the requirements for the specific PhD program.

• Doctoral student: Students in this classification have been admitted to a doctoral program.
• Doctoral candidate: Every degree program shall have a policy defining candidacy. Students in this classification will have completed all departmental, college, and university requirements except for the dissertation. These requirements vary by program but minimally include completion of approximately 30 semester hours of acceptable graduate work beyond the bachelor’s degree or possession of a previously earned master’s degree that is acceptable to the admissions committee and certification by the graduate office. The requirements frequently include a comprehensive examination and/or a proposal defense.

In the context of a doctoral degree program, the residency requirement refers to either:

• A minimum number of credits or semesters that must be completed through the degree-granting institution
• A minimum duration during which the degree candidate must be enrolled full-time at the degree-granting institution

After reaching candidacy, students must register for Dissertation for a minimum of two consecutive semesters in order to fulfill their formal residency requirement. Continuation status enrollment is for students who are postcandidacy, have completed all coursework and their residency requirement, and are actively engaged in completing a dissertation.

All doctoral students for whom Responsible Conduct of Research training is required must complete training according to the university’s Policy on   Responsible Conduct of Research.

The program committee in charge of the degree program specifies the doctoral course requirements.

In programs that require qualifying examinations, students must be notified in writing of the nature and regulations governing these examinations and of how their performance on the examinations will affect their normal progress toward the degree. The graduate office shall be made aware of the program regulations concerning such examinations.

Units shall define milestones for achieving satisfactory academic progress and shall establish a published process by which the academic progress of every PhD student will be evaluated through an annual review. A copy of each review shall be submitted to the student and the graduate office. If the annual academic review reports that a student is not making sufficient academic progress due to research performance, the PhD student will be placed on academic probation. After two consecutive semesters on academic probation, the student may be dismissed.

The dissertation committee shall have at least three faculty members, two of whom shall be from Northeastern University. The chair of the dissertation committee (who is presumed to be the thesis advisor) will be a full-time tenured or tenure-track member of the faculty of Northeastern and will hold a PhD (or other research doctorate) or an appropriate terminal degree for the discipline. Colleges, the provost, or provost-designee may permit full-time faculty from other ranks: 1) on a case-by-case basis  to serve in this role based on the research qualifications and experience of individual faculty members or 2) based on equivalent faculty definitions at locations operating under different faculty rank systems.

The PhD committee should be appointed early enough to advise in the formulation of the student’s program and in refining the research topic for the dissertation. Within the constraints of the above criteria, the PhD program faculty will determine the process by which dissertation committees are established. The final list of dissertation committee members shall be reported to the college’s associate dean for graduate education or administrative unit managing the degree program.

If a student’s major advisor leaves Northeastern (including transition to emeritus status), that person may continue the research direction of the dissertation or thesis. However, a co-advisor must be appointed from the academic department or program. The student will then have two advisors, one an official member of the Northeastern faculty who will be available for research and administrative matters and the ex-Northeastern advisor. If a new major advisor is appointed, the former Northeastern faculty member may serve as an outside member of the committee.

Degree programs may require a comprehensive examination(s) and/or an oral defense of the dissertation proposal as the final step before becoming a PhD candidate. The purpose of the comprehensive examination(s) is to test the knowledge and skills of the student in a particular area and their knowledge of recent research developments in the field. The administrative home unit for each PhD program shall establish the process by which comprehensive examination committees are established. Units may require an oral defense of the dissertation proposal in lieu of, or in addition to, a comprehensive examination.

Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must complete a dissertation that embodies the results of extended research and makes an original contribution to the field.

An oral defense of the dissertation is required and must be held at least 14 calendar days before the degree conferral date. The defense shall be public and conducted with the committee members present either in person or via electronic means. After the public session, a private session may be held to examine material that is subject to a confidentiality agreement. Following the presentation, the candidate will field questions from the committee in public or private. In the case where neither the candidate nor the committee members are present in person on campus (i.e., the candidate and all committee members are connected only remotely via electronic means), there shall be a location established and technology enabled for public, in-person attendance of the defense by the university community and this accommodation made known to the university.

The student must submit the dissertation to ProQuest (or a university-sanctioned successor system) according to the time schedule provided by the relevant graduate office.

 Degree candidacy must be achieved within three years of entering the PhD program, and the PhD degree must be completed within seven years after entering the PhD program. A student may request an extension of these time frames from the graduate office.

A student enrolled in a PhD program may seek to pursue academic credentials (e.g., master’s degree or certificate) outside of their major only if, prior to completing more than one-third of the required credits for that credential, they obtain the approval of their primary advisor, obtain the approval of the graduate office, and apply to and are accepted into the major offering that credential.

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The Master of Science in Economics is a STEM-designated program designed to provide a solid foundation in economic theory, quantitative methods, and policy. It prepares students for multi-industry career opportunities or can be used as a stepping stone to a PhD program.

All applicants to the MS Economics program in Seattle will be considered for a merit scholarship of 50% tuition.

Northeastern’s Master of Science in Economics is a STEM-designated program, focused on both applied economic analysis and policy. The program is designed for students looking to enter the workforce in a range of fields, or as a stepping stone to a PhD program.

With eight required classes (four core classes and four electives), the Master of Economics program allows you to tailor your degree to your professional goals and economic interests. Core courses provide a solid foundation in economic theory and quantitative methods, while electives provide students with the opportunity to apply economic analysis to particular policy areas. A variety of tracks and specializations are available and make it simple to tailor the degree. Part business and part social science, our Master of Science in Economics prepares graduates for a range of careers in research and development, government, finance, healthcare, and more.

Paid work as a practicing economist for three to six months may be included in the degree program as part of an optional co-op experience for qualified students.

Learn more about the Master of Science in Economics from the College of Social Science and Humanities .

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Unique features.

• Recent students had co-ops at Eversource, Boston Planning and Development, Guy Carpenter, Tufts University, and more.
• Complete your degree in as little as eight classes: Full-time and part-time options make it easy to fit in the four required core classes and four elective classes needed for graduation.
• Earn a data science concentration in partnership with Khoury College of Computer Sciences : Students can fine-tune their computational modeling and programming skills.
• STEM-designated degree: This means international students in this program can apply for a 24-month OPT STEM Extension to their 12-month Optional Practical Training (OPT) period. This allows graduates to work in the U.S. for up to 36 months after graduation.

Career Outlook

Graduates of the program have gone on to work in a range of fields and industries. Some of their titles and companies include:

• Assistant Vice President, Consumer Banking Operations at Bank of America
• Investment Management Consultant at FactSet
• Economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Programmer Analyst at the Mentor Network
• Legislative Aide to Senator Mike Barrett (MA)
• Research Executive at Millward Brown
• Project Manager Assistant at Ounin Consulting
• Global Assistant Allocation Analyst, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
• Senior Analyst, Web Strategy and Analytics
• Program Assistant, Zhongrong International Trust

Other graduates have gone on to pursue PhDs at:

• Northeastern University
• Cornell University
• Boston University School of Law
• University of Wisconsin Madison
• Tulane University
• University of Georgia

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• Personal statement
• Three letters of recommendation
• Unofficial transcripts from all institutions attended
• English proficiency for international applicants

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The PhD in Network Science is a pioneering interdisciplinary program that provides the tools and concepts aimed at understanding the structure and dynamics of networks. Network Science research covers a broad range of topics, including: Control of Networks, Biological Networks, Spreading and Influence, Group-Decision Making, Social and Political Networks, Data and Graph Mining, and Network Geometry.

Northeastern University is a world leader in Network Science, and faculty affiliated with the program includes prominent leaders in the field such as Albert-László Barabási, Alessandro Vespignani, Tina Eliasi-Rad, and David Lazer. Graduates will be well-prepared to enter into a number of career paths, including industry research positions, government analyst positions, and post-doctoral or junior faculty positions in academic institutions. Students have the opportunity to work with some of the most prominent network scientists in the world. With frequent guest lecturers and workshop series, students have access to diverse scientists and global leaders in the field.

• Northeastern has several leading laboratories and centers in Network Science, with dozens of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, visiting faculty, and doctoral students
• Ph.D. students complete two research rotations with network science faculty
• Admitted PhD students receive full tuition scholarship and are supported with stipends or fellowships for the entire duration of their program
• Ph.D. students must complete and defend a dissertation that involves original research in Network Science

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH In-depth training in disciplines and programs essential to interdisciplinary research. Current concentrations are focused on the physical sciences (physics); social sciences (political science); health science (epidemiology); and computer and information sciences.

FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING Common, foundational training in all aspects of Network Science (e.g., approaches, languages, problems) beginning in the first year of graduate training to build an inherently interdisciplinary science and the next generation of researchers.

IDEAS + TECHNIQUES Learning to combine theoretical/ substantive questions with the appropriate tools and techniques for data collection and analyses. A key element will be combining ideas, techniques, and collaborations into the novel interdisciplinary approaches that are paramount to Network Science.

Network Science is establishing itself as major interdisciplinary research area with applications in data science and data analytics methodologies. Network scientists are employed in academia, government, and business. Applied network scientists work at Internet and social media companies.

Application Materials

• Online application
• Application fee
• Unofficial transcripts for all institutions attended (Official transcripts required upon acceptance of admission offer)
• Personal statement
• Three letters of recommendation
• GRE General – recommended, but not required
• Degree earned or in progress at an U.S. institution
• Degree earned or in progress at an institution where English is the only medium of instruction
• Official exam scores from either the TOEFL iBT, IELTS, or  PTE exam
• Applicants seeking enrollment prior to the Fall 2023 term should apply through this  link .

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Deadline for completed applications: December 1st

Applicants seeking enrollment prior to the Fall 2023 term should apply at the link under application materials below.

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Master of science in economics.

The Master of Science in Economics program at Northeastern University in Seattle provides a solid foundation in economic theory, quantitative methods, and policy. It prepares students for multi-industry career opportunities or as a stepping stone to a PhD program.  

Scholarships

Students entering for the 2025 academic year are eligible for a scholarship of up to 50%. This scholarship is not transferable to alternative programs of study, terms or campuses outside of Seattle, WA.

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32 semester hours required (34 with optional co-op)

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With eight required classes, (four core classes and four electives), the Master of Economics program allows you to tailor your degree to your professional goals and economic interests. Core courses provide a solid foundation in economic theory and quantitative methods, while electives provide students with the opportunity to apply economic analysis to particular policy areas. A variety of tracks and specializations are available and make it simple to tailor the degree. Part business and part social science, our Master of Science in Economics prepares graduates for a range of careers in research and development, government, finance, healthcare, and more. Students can earn a concentration in Data Science to fine-tune their computational modeling and programming skills.

The MS Econ program is STEM certified and meets F-1 international student status requirements. This program covers a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Paid work as a practicing economist for three–six months may be included in the degree program as part of an optional co-op experience for qualified students. 

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Northeastern professors and lecturers who teach in the Economics program represent some of the top experts in their field. Plus, a lot of our faculty hold influential positions and working relationships in some of the leading tech companies in and around the Northeastern campus regions and throughout the world.

Featured Faculty: Seattle Campus

Florin Bidian

Professor of the practice in economics and coordinator of the economics-data science program.

Prof Florin has an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, an MA and BS in Applied Mathematics, and a BA in Economics from Babes-Bolyai University. As an academic, he taught at J. Mack Robinson College of Business (Georgia State University), Macalester College and the University of Minnesota (plus a couple of European universities), and he was a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. As an industry practitioner, he worked in Tech (Amazon) for five years and in Finance (hedge fund industry) for three years.

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I wanted to enter into a program that focuses on applying my knowledge in real world settings. While researching master’s programs, I found that a regular master’s was often seen to be the consolation prize for a doctorate in economics. However an applied degree takes the skills that I learn and allows me to see how they would be used in the real world.

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The Department of Economics at Northwestern is committed to an individualized and holistic review of each application to the PhD program.  This review will take into consideration the substantive disruptions of the COVID19 pandemic as well as other challenges that influence personal circumstances.  We recognize that many institutions converted to a Pass/No Pass (P/N) grading system in response to the pandemic. Finally, we understand that there are circumstances which may prevent students from submitting a complete application. Please email [email protected] with any individual requests or concerns.

The Department of Economics and The Graduate School (TGS) at Northwestern  encourages underrepresented students  to apply for admission to our doctoral program.

The application will be available in September. The application deadline is January 4, 2024, 11:59pm CST

Before You Apply

Degrees offered.

The Department of Economics offers a full-time Ph.D. program in Economics.

The Department of Economics and the Finance Department in the Kellogg School of Management offer a joint full-time Ph.D. program in Financial Economics.  Read more about the program requirements and how to apply.

Applicants who wish to pursue graduate education in an Economics-based program at Northwestern University, either in the Kellogg School of Management or Department of Economics, are permitted to submit one application for a primary or first choice PhD program while requesting additional consideration for a second choice PhD program. Read more about the dual application process and requirements.

Please note that the department does not admit students for a terminal MA degree. An MA degree is only available to Economics Ph.D. students who have successfully completed the first year of the doctoral program, and to students enrolled in other doctoral programs at Northwestern.

Prerequisites

• Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent by the time they begin graduate work.
• Applicants are not required to have majored in economics but must possess a solid mathematics background. All students are expected to have a total of four quarters of differential and integral calculus plus linear algebra before entering the program. Students occasionally are admitted with an inadequate mathematical background if their record is extremely strong otherwise and they agree to take remedial math courses upon arrival. In most cases, however, students with inadequate mathematical training are advised to delay graduate school and take a year of math first.

Application Steps

Step 1: complete the university's application form.

All applicants must complete the standard application form , and pay the application fee. Procedures and qualifications for fee waivers can be found here . The application is available in September of the application year. 

Program Code  for the Ph.D. program in Economics is E05PH.

Application Fee:  The fee is $95.

Deadline: The application deadline is January 4, 2024 at 11:59pm.  Applicants are considered for admission to the fall term only. There are no winter or spring admissions.

Applicants from underrepresented groups:  The Department of Economics welcomes applications by students from underrepresented groups. Northwestern participates in the Big Ten Academic Alliance and accepts the FreeApp. Interested applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and have a serious intent to pursue a career in teaching and academic research may use the FreeApp to request an application fee waiver at Northwestern. Eligibility criteria and the FreeApp online application can be found at the Big Ten Academic Alliance site:  https://btaa.org/resources-for/students/freeapp/eligibility

CV/Resume:  A concise CV/resume is very important. It should make clear what you have done since graduating from high school without leaving any gaps. It should describe briefly any full time jobs that you have held, research experience while a student, publications (if any), and awards and honors. 

Courses Form: You will be prompted to complete a courses form in the application.  It summarizes the six most advanced college courses you have completed in both economics and mathematics. You can download this form as a fillable  PDF.

If you cannot download this form, then it is acceptable if you create your own form which contains the same information in a similar format.

• List only courses that have been already graded, and not courses that you are currently taking, or are planning to take.
• In the first five columns, you should fill in the course number, title, the school at which it was taken, date of completion, and grade exactly as they appear on your transcript.
• In the sixth column, mention the main textbook for the course, if there was such a text (it is enough to write the author(s) name(s) and the first few words of the title as space permits).
• If you have taken more than six courses in any of these disciplines, pick the six most advanced ones (but ensure that you mention core courses in intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics and econometrics).
• If you are taking substantial courses during the fall term and do not have the grades in time to be included in this application, you may send an updated version of the form as an e-mail attachment to  [email protected]  after you know your grade. By substantial courses we mean advanced math courses such as Real Analysis or graduate economics courses.
• If your fall courses are standard economics courses of a similar level to those you have taken before, there is no need to report their results after submitting the application.

Academic Statement of Purpose (500 to 1,000 words):   The academic statement of purpose should be between 500 and 1,000 words and should focus on your research interests and goals, and how your qualifications and strengths will enable you to formulate important and creative research topics and convincingly execute the research.   Writing Sample:  The standard application allows the possibility of submission of writing samples. The Economics Department does not require writing samples. However, if you have a research paper you wish us to consider as part of the application, you can upload it in this part of the application. Do not upload more than one paper.  Students may also submit grant applications, such as the NSF research proposal, as a writing sample. Letters of Recommendation  are required from at least three people. You will provide emails for your recommenders in the application. The university then contacts the recommender directly with instructions on how to submit their letters. Up to five letters of recommendation will be accepted. Scanned Copies of GRE, and (if necessary) TOEFL/IELTS results . If you have already received your GRE and TOEFL/IELTS results, scan the results and upload them as part of your application. More details on these tests are described in Steps 2 and 3 below.  Results should be submitted by the January 5 deadline. Note that the university verifies your results based on information provided directly to the university from the testing companies. Scanned Copy of your Transcript(s).  An official transcript is required from each institution attended. Transcripts must bear the registrar's signature or official seal to be considered official and acceptable. Scan the transcript(s) and upload them as part of your application.  Please wait to upload your transcript(s) until after your fall grades have been posted.  If your fall grades aren’t available by January 5 (application deadline), upload your most current transcript.  If you ultimately enroll at Northwestern, you will be asked to supply the university with an official hard copy of your transcript(s).

For more information on the University's admission process , see  The Graduate School Admissions  page.

Step 2: Complete the GRE

The institution code for Northwestern University is 1565.

Step 3: Certify English Proficiency

Your success in graduate study of economics depends on your ability to understand, read, write and speak English. If English is not your native language, evidence of proficiency in its use will be decisive in reviewing your application for admission. Because of the nature of economics, the department has stricter language requirements than the minimum required by the University.

You can demonstrate English proficiency in only three ways:

• be a native English speaker;
• by earning an undergraduate degree at an accredited institution where the language of instruction is English, and you attended this institution for all years of your undergraduate study; or
• by providing official scores for either the  Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)  or the  International English Language Testing System (IELTS)  examination.

Earning a graduate degree at an English-speaking institution without having attended an English-speaking institution for your undergraduate degree is insufficient demonstration of proficiency in English. You should take the TOEFL/IELTS to support your admission to the Department of Economics.

Students taking the TOEFL must score a minimum of 600 on the paper-based exam, 250 on the computer-based exam, or 100 on the internet-based exam (TOEFL iBT).  We accept MyBest Scores for the TOEFL iBT. Students taking the IELTS must have a minimum overall score of 7.0. The tests must have been taken no more than two years before the intended date of entry (which  means no more than 15 months prior to your application). Results of the TOEFL/IELTS test are reported directly to the Graduate School. However, if you already have your results, upload a scan as part of your application. 

The institution code for Northwestern is 1565, and the relevant department code is 01.

In addition to these language requirements, most international students from non-English speaking countries will take the Versant English Test on their arrival at Northwestern to demonstrate their spoken English. Obtaining a score of at least 65 on this test is required to make a student eligible to be considered for appointment as a Teaching Assistant, a common form of financial support in the second and subsequent years.  However, students scoring 26 or higher (out of a possible 30) on the speaking section of the TOEFL internet-based test will be considered as meeting the spoken English proficiency requirement and will not need to take the Versant test.

Step 4: The Decision Process

Step 5: visas for international applicants.

For general information on the visa process once you have been admitted, please visit Northwestern's International Office website at  www.northwestern.edu/international

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PhD in Applied Economics at the prestigious Northeastern University, Boston is a prestigious degree that offers in-depth learning in Applied Economics. Being a renowned university, Northeastern University, Boston receives enough funds to ensure the best education facilities for its students across all programs. This doctorate program offered full-time primarily focuses on the practical implementation of fresh ideas through rigorous study and research. The students are encouraged to add new aspects and findings to the existing area of knowledge. PhD in Applied Economics at NEU is ranked globally by estimated organisations. Such recognition speaks volumes about the course’s importance and effectiveness in the present scenario. The top-notch faculty, modern facilities, and the aura of creativity and innovation in the NEU campus is a life-changing experience for the students looking forward to kickstarting or upgrading their careers. Overall, a PhD in Applied Economics at Northeastern University, Boston is an excellent opportunity to grow into a learned professional and bring new developments in the world.

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A first-of-its-kind study, led by a Northeastern University researcher, examined how racial bias and political rhetoric against Asians and other underrepresented groups in the United States impacted their employment status in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, “ Public opinion, racial bias and labour market outcomes in the USA ,” published June 17 in Human Nature Behavior, found that from April 2020 to May 2021 the unemployment rate of Asians surpassed that of whites in the U.S. for the first time in modern history.

The study, co-authored by  Silvia Prina , associate professor of economics at Northeastern, found that all underrepresented groups — but most notably Asians — performed poorly in the post-pandemic job market compared to white employees. The study found that Asians were more likely to be unemployed — by a statistically significant 7% — in jobs that required face-to-face interaction. 

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College | UML hockey news: Nick Rheaume off to Northeastern, Connor Eddy to become a River Hawk

And UMass Lowell remains active. Forward Nick Rheaume, who recently competed his sophomore season as a River Hawk, entered the NCAA transfer portal and he recently made a decision.

He’s headed to Hockey East rival Northeastern University.

UML head coach Norm Bazin and his staff have added a sophomore player from the portal, forward Connor Eddy, the sixth-leading scorer on Northern Michigan’s team from last winter.

Eddy is a 6-1, 201-pound native of Victoria, B.C. In 69 games at Northern Michigan, Eddy netted 11 goals and 12 assists for 25 points. Last season, he compiled a 7-6-13 line and racked up 40 penalty minutes in 34 games. Only two of his teammates scored more than his seven goals.

Eddy played three seasons for the Victoria Grizzlies, netting 57 points in 39 games during his final year before going to college.

Rheaume posted similar production at UML in his two seasons, compiling 12 goals and 17 points in 61 games.

Eddy is the sixth player to join UMass Lowell via the transfer portal. He joins fellow forward Ian Carpentier (Yale), as well as goaltender Beni Halasz (Northern Michigan), and defensemen Nick Anderson (Colgate), Pierson Brandon (Colgate) and Jack Robilotti (Holy Cross).

The program had 25 players named to the 2023-24 Hockey East All-Academic Team, giving them the top spot in the Hockey East, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.

To be eligible for the All-Academic Team, student-athletes must attain a 3.0 GPA or higher. Maine and Vermont each shared the second-most honorees in the Hockey East with 24, while Massachusetts and Northeastern were just behind with 22 honorees each.

Leading the way for the River Hawks were sophomore defenseman Mark Cooper (Cambridge, Ontario) and freshman forward Jonathan Horn (Southbury, Conn.), who both earned Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team honors for compiling the highest GPA at their position. Cooper concluded the year with a 3.97 GPA in quantitative economics, while Horn finished the year with a 4.0 GPA, as he pursues a degree in business administration.

Six River Hawks joined the Hockey East All-Academic team for the third time in juniors Owen Cole (Dunnville, Ontario, Isac Jonsson (Angelholm, Sweden) and Edvard Nordlund (Nacka, Sweden), as well as seniors Brehdan Engum (Burnsville, Minn.), Ben Meehan (Walpole) and Henry Welsch (Lakeville, Minn.). Cole, Jonsson and Nordlund have now earned the honor in each of their three years at UML.

Five sophomores collected their second All-Academic honor – Mitchell Becker (Rogers, Minn.), Dillan Bentley (Peoria, Ill.), Jack Collins (Canton, N.Y.), TJ Schweighardt (Manahawkin, N.J.) and Scout Truman (Lethbridge, Alberta). Joining them as two-time members of the All-Academic Team are juniors Matt Crasa (South Setauket, N.Y.) and Luke Pavicich (Clarence Center, N.Y.), as well as senior Jake Stella (Karlstad, Sweden) and graduate student Filip Fornåå Svensson (Linköping, Sweden).

Rounding out the list of honorees are the All-Academic first-timers. In addition to Horn, that list consists of freshmen Ben Brunette (North Bay, Ontario), Adam Cardona (Beaconsfield, Quebec), Sean Killcullen (Kensington, Md.), Jaiden Moriello (Saugus) and Shawn O’Donnell (Crescent, Pa.), as well as junior Stefan Owens (Midlothian, Va.) and graduate students Nick Granowicz (Macomb, Mich.) and Alex Peterson (Collegeville, Pa.).

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Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2024—The Great Incoherence: Growth and Human Development in An Era of Stagnation

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The World Bank Group’s Annual Conference on Development Economics —ABCDE—is a 35-year-old forum to stimulate an exchange of ideas between leaders in global policy discussions and researchers, policymakers, and development practitioners from the Bank’s member countries. Established in 1989 and organized by the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC), ABCDE became the premier venue for cutting-edge insights on how to tackle the most pressing challenges of development. Several younger researchers presenting papers went on to become Nobel Prize winners. The conference also played a role in shaping the global consensus on development policy. 

Beginning in 2024, ABCDE will be co-sponsored by partnership that rotates every two years. For the 2024 conference, the  Center for Global Development  will be the World Bank Group’s partner.

A growing incoherence is clouding global debates over how to achieve the key development goals of the 2020s—a profound mismatch exists between international policy advocacy and the research-based solutions necessary to achieve the desired development outcomes.

Policy advocates regularly remind us that “trillions” of dollars must be mobilized to tackle climate change, improve health and education, and rebuild war-torn countries. Yet amid decelerating economic growth and private investment, record public debt levels, and a growing tendency in many countries to prioritize national security over multilateral cooperation, there is precious little clarity on where the resources will come from.

It’s time to reconcile ends and means. On July 9 and 10, the World Bank and the Center for Global Development will co-host the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE). On the first day, the conference will aim to bring coherence to development policy debates by bringing together the world’s top economic minds to focus on four interrelated questions: 1) how can climate finance be increased, without deprioritizing other key development issues? 2) How should the world respond to the global debt crisis and promote future economic growth? 3) What are the implications of recent shifts in industrial policy for the future growth pathways of the Global South, and how can countries adapt? 4) how can private capital be mobilized for these issues and others?

More inclusive and sustainable economic growth can help solve many of these challenges. The second day will focus on how to achieve this type of growth—specifically by overcoming the constraints that women and youth face in the labor market in low-and-middle-income-countries. The day will feature panel discussions on social safety nets and women’s labor-force participation; norms, and other constraints to the economic inclusion of women and young people.

All times listed below are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Former Treasury Secretary   Lawrence H. Summers is one of America’s leading economists. In addition to serving as  71st Secretary of  the Treasury  in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as  Director of the White House National Economic Council  in the Obama Administration, as  President of Harvard University , and as the Chief Economist of the World Bank.

Dr. Summers’ tenure at the U.S. Treasury coincided with the longest period of sustained economic growth in U.S. history. He is the only Treasury Secretary in the last half century to have left office with the national budget in surplus. Dr. Summers has played a key role in addressing the major financial crisis for the last three decades.

During the 1990s, he was a leader in crafting the U.S. response to international financial crises arising in Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Japan, and Asian emerging markets. As one of President Obama’s chief economic advisors, Dr. Summers’ thinking helped shape the U.S. response to the 2008 financial crisis, to the failure of the automobile industry, and to the pressures on the European monetary system. Upon Summers’ departure from the White House, President Obama said, “I will always be grateful that at a time of great peril for our country, a man of Larry’s brilliance, experience and judgment was willing to answer the call and lead our economic team.” The Economist recognized his influence when it defined the “Summers Doctrine,” an approach to economic policy during financial crises that fuses a microeconomic “laissez faire” mentality with macroeconomic activism. “Markets should allocate capital, labour and ideas without interference, but sometimes markets go haywire, and must be counteracted forcefully by government.”

Summers’ five years as President of Harvard represented a time of major innovation for the University. He focused on equality of opportunity and removing all financial obligation from students with family incomes below $60,000 a year. He launched a major effort to make Boston, and Cambridge in particular, the global leader in life sciences research, with the formation of major programs for stem cell research and genomics. Perhaps most importantly, he led efforts to renew Harvard College with dramatic increases in study abroad programs, faculty-student contact, and collaboration across the University during his tenure.

Currently, Dr. Summers is the President Emeritus and the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, where he became a full professor at age 28, one of the youngest in Harvard’s recent history. He directs the University’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Summers was the first social scientist to receive the National Science Foundation’s Alan Waterman Award for scientific achievement and, in 1993, he was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given to the most outstanding economist under 40 in the United States. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002. He has published more than 150 papers in scholarly journals.

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Michael Kremer is the University Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics. He is the 2019 co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Kremer’s recent research examines education, health, water, and agriculture in developing countries.

Danny Quah  is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at the School. His research interests lie in income inequality, economic growth, and international economic relations. Quah’s work takes an economic approach to world order — focusing on global power shift and the rise of the east, and alternative models of global power relations. The economic approach emerges in that Quah’s work studies the supply and demand of world order: What international system do the world’s superpowers wish to provide; what world order does the global community need? Quah’s work on income inequality sets the challenge against a broader background of social mobility and cohesion, and in so doing suggests a single narrative on the challenge of income inequality is unlikely to be correct or helpful.

Quah is Commissioner on the  Spence-Stiglitz Commission on Global Economic Transformation ; and serves on the  Executive Committee, International Economic Association ; the Executive Committee, Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs APSIA; the Advisory Council, Bennett Institute, Cambridge University; the Academic Advisory Board, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University; the Global Advisory Board, Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management; the Advisory Board, LSE IDEAS; the Advisory Council, OMFIF; the Eminent Advisory Council, UNDP Asia-Pacific; and the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council for Geopolitics. He is Vice President, Economic Society of Singapore.

Quah gave the third LSE-NUS lecture in 2013, TEDx talks in  2016 ,  2014 , and  2012 , and the Inaugural LSE Big Questions Lecture in 2011. Quah’s research has been supported by the Khazanah Research Institute, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the British Academy, the UK’s Economic and Research Council, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Quah was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at MIT, and then at LSE Professor of Economics and International Development, and Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre. He served as LSE’s Head of Department for Economics, and Council Member on Malaysia’s National Economic Advisory Council.

Quah studied at Princeton, Minnesota, and Harvard.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Plenary panel: the great incoherence.

Indermit Gill is Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. He brings to the role a broad combination of leadership, expertise, and practical experience working with governments on macroeconomic imbalances, growth, poverty, institutions, conflict, and climate change.

Before starting this position on September 1, 2022, Gill served as the World Bank’s Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, where he played a key role in shaping the Bank’s response to the extraordinary series of shocks that have hit developing economies since 2020. Between 2016 and 2021, he was a professor of public policy at Duke University and non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development program.

Gill is widely regarded for his contributions to development economics. He spearheaded the influential 2009  World Development Report  on economic geography. His pioneering work includes introducing the concept of the “middle-income trap” to describe how countries stagnate after reaching a certain level of income. He has published extensively on key policy issues facing developing countries—among other things, sovereign debt vulnerabilities, green growth and natural-resource wealth, labor markets, and poverty and inequality.

Gill has also taught at Georgetown University and the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago

Masood Ahmed is president of the Center for Global Development. He joined the Center in January 2017, capping a 35-year career driving economic development policy initiatives relating to debt, aid effectiveness, trade, and global economic prospects at major international institutions including the IMF, World Bank, and DFID.

Ahmed joined CGD from the IMF, where he served for eight years as director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, earning praise from Managing Director Christine Lagarde as a “visionary leader.” In that role, he oversaw the Fund's operations in 32 countries, and managed relationships with key national and regional policy makers and stakeholders.

Born and raised in Pakistan, Ahmed moved to London in 1971 to study at the LSE where he obtained a BSc Honors as well as an MSc Econ with distinction.

Ahmed is a leading expert on Middle East economics, having served on the Advisory Board of the LSE Middle East Center, as well as on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Middle East and North Africa.

Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at the School. His research interests lie in income inequality, economic growth, and international economic relations. Quah’s work takes an economic approach to world order — focusing on global power shift and the rise of the east, and alternative models of global power relations. The economic approach emerges in that Quah’s work studies the supply and demand of world order: What international system do the world’s superpowers wish to provide; what world order does the global community need? Quah’s work on income inequality sets the challenge against a broader background of social mobility and cohesion, and in so doing suggests a single narrative on the challenge of income inequality is unlikely to be correct or helpful.

Kathleen Hays is Editor-in-Chief of Central Bank Central covering Federal Reserve policy and players, and central banks around the world that are driving global markets.

Recognized as one of the top economics reporters and anchors in the country, Hays has covered the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve for more than 30 years. For the past two years she has broadened out her coverage to include the economies and central banks of Asia, travelling regularly to Japan.

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David McKenzie is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit. He received his B.Com.(Hons)/B.A. from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. Prior to joining the World Bank, he spent four years as an assistant professor of Economics at Stanford University. His main research is on migration, enterprise development, and methodology for use with developing country data. He has published more than 150 articles in journals such as the  Quarterly Journal of Economics ,  American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Science, Review of Economics and Statistics ,  Journal of the European Economic Association ,  Economic Journal ,  American Economic Journal: Applied Micro ,  Journal of Econometrics , and all leading development journals. He is currently on the editorial boards of the  Journal of Development Economics , the  World Bank Economic Review , and  Migration Studies . He is also a co-founder and regular contributor to the  Development Impact blog .

Pritish Behuria is a political economist with a PhD from SOAS, University of London, his  work explores the intersection of development studies, comparative politics, and international political economy, focusing on late development challenges in the context of 21st-century globalization. He helds academic positions at SOAS, LSE, and currently at The University of Manchester, where he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2022. Pritish research spans the politics of financial integration, state-business relations in Africa, and India's solar energy sector. He has been recognized for his teaching and advising, and he actively contributes to academic groups and journals. Additionally, Pritish consultes for international organizations and his insights have been featured in global media.

Tristan Reed is an applied economist at the World Bank's Development Research Group .  His research documents how economic and political competition shape economic development. Alongside research, he provides advice to World Bank clients on sector development strategy and trade and competition policy. Prior to joining the Bank, Tristan was an associate at McKinsey & Company's Africa office. A native of California, he holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and a B.A.  summa cum laude  from UCLA.

Ana Paula Cusolito is a Senior Economist currently working at the Markets, Competition & Technology Unit of the FCI Global Practice of the World Bank. Her research focuses on firm and aggregate productivity and its determinants, including foreign competition, digital-technology adoption, innovation, and corporate governance. Ana Paula has co-authored several academic papers, WBG flagship reports, and books. Her research has been published in international journals such as American Economic Review: Insights, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Economics, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Economics and Public Finance, IZA Journal of Labor and Development, and Journal of Development Effectiveness among others. She has been invited to present her work and be discussant at several international conferences, including Econometric Society, EEA, LACEA, RES, WEAI among others. Before joining the WBG, Ana Paula worked at the IADB as Country Economist for Costa Rica and the Ministry of Finance of Buenos Aires Province, UNDP program. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a Master from UCEMA, and a B.A, from Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

Ana Margarida Fernandes is a Lead Economist in the Trade and International Integration Unit of the Development Research Group at the World Bank. She joined the World Bank as a Young Economist in 2002. Her research examines the consequences of openness to trade and FDI for firm-level productivity, innovation and quality upgrading. Her work has also focused on the impact evaluation of trade-related policy interventions such as export promotion and customs reforms around the globe (Albania, Serbia, Madagascar, Tunisia). Since 2011 she has been managing the  Exporter Dynamics Database  project and studying the links between exporter growth and dynamics, development, policies, and shocks. She is currently working on deep trade agreements and on corruption in customs and tax evasion.

William F. Maloney is Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean region at the World Bank. Previously he was Chief Economist for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, and Trade and Competitiveness; he was also Global Lead on Innovation and Productivity. Prior to the Bank, he was an assistant professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1990-1997) and then Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America until 2009. From 2009 to 2014, he was Lead Economist in the Development Economics Research Group. From 2011 to 2014 he was visiting professor at the University of the Andes and worked closely with the Colombian government on innovation and firm upgrading issues.

Mr. Maloney received his PhD in economics from the University of California Berkeley (1990), his BA from Harvard University (1981), and he studied at the University of the Andes in Bogota, Colombia (1982–83).

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Christoph Trebesch is head of the Research Center International Finance and Macroeconomics at the Kiel Institute since April 2017, as well as Professor of Macroeconomics at Kiel University. Trebesch works at the intersection of international finance and macroeconomics, economic history, and political economy. He did his doctorate at the Free University Berlin and then moved to the University of Munich as assistant professor before joining the Kiel Institute. He has been a consultant and advisor for the IMF, the World Bank, the United Nations, the US Treasury as well as the German Ministry of Finance. His work is regularly cited in leading international media such as the New York Times, The Economist, or the Financial Times.

A unifying theme of his work is a focus on rare events, meaning events that occur only every few years or decades, but, when they do occur, they have enormous economic consequences. This motivated his research on financial and debt crises, on the rise of extremist and populist political forces, on China’s financial ascent, and, more recently on geopolitics and great power rivalry. In 2022, he founded a new Research Initiative on Geopolitics and Economics at the Kiel Institute, which he now co-heads with Katrin Kamin, and created the widely covered Ukraine Support Tracker.

Enrico Mallucci  principal economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. His main research interests are: International Economics and International Finance. His research focuses on: Sovereign Defaults and International Capital Flows

Rong Qian is a Senior Economist at the World Bank in the Philippines. She leads a team that develops programs to help improve the country’s global competitiveness and resilience to natural disasters. She is also the macroeconomics and fiscal management expert behind the Growth and Productivity Report and the Philippines Economic Update, which reviews salient socioeconomic issues and provides growth forecasts twice a year.

Prior to joining the Philippine team, Rong was the country economist for Chile and Nicaragua based in Washington, DC. She specializes in fiscal policy, productivity, and growth—including green growth and its careful regard for the environment.

Rong joined the bank in September 2011. Earlier in her career at the Bank, Rong was doing research on sovereign defaults and financial crises. She was also an intern at the United States Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund, while completing her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland.

Luca Bandiera is a Lead Economist of the Global Macro and Debt Analytics in the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice of the World Bank. He has worked on technical, analytical and operational tasks in low and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Europe and Central Asia and Latin America. He leads the analytical work on debt sustainability in the World Bank. He has published articles and contributed chapters in books on debt, infrastructure and growth. He holds a Doctorate degree from Catholic University in Milan. 

Marcos Chamon is a Deputy Division Chief at the International Monetary Fund. He has worked on a wide range of topics related to international finance, including problems related to sovereign debt structure, and restructuring, liability denomination, indexation of debt to GDP, the international financial architecture, country insurance, methodologies to assess vulnerabilities in emerging markets and advanced economies, consumption and savings in China, currency composition of reserves, the emerging market’s policy responses to the Global Financial Crisis, the design of capital controls and macro prudential policies. Prior to joining the Fund, he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2003.

Manuela Francisco is the Global Director for the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group (GGEVP), a position she started on 1 January 2023.

Ms. Francisco, a Portuguese national, joined the World Bank in 2005 as Country Economist in the Africa Department. She has since held various positions of responsibility in the Bank. Prior to her current position, she was the Director of Credit Risk, in the Chief Risk Officer Vice Presidency, and before that, she was the Practice Manager for MTI in the South Asia Region.

Before joining the Bank, Ms. Francisco was an Assistant Professor at Universidade do Minho, Portugal.

Ms. Francisco has a PhD in Economics, International Macroeconomics from the University of Nottingham.

Private Capital Mobilization for Sustainable Development

Robert Cull is Research Manager and Lead Economist in the  Finance and Private Sector Development Team  of the World Bank's Development Research Group. His most recent research is on the performance of microfinance institutions, African financial development, Chinese financial development and firm performance, and the effects of the global financial crisis on foreign banks and on bank regulation and supervision in developing economies. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed academic journals including in the  Economic Journal ,  Journal of Development Economics ,  Journal of Economic Perspectives ,  Journal of Financial Economics ,  Journal of Law and Economics , and the  Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking . The author or editor of multiple books, his most recent co-edited book, “Banking the World: Empirical Foundations of Financial Inclusion” was published by MIT Press January, 2013. He is also co-editor of the  Interest Bearing Notes , a bi-monthly newsletter reporting on financial and private sector research. 

José Scheinkman  is currently the Charles and Lynn Zhang Professor of Economics at  Columbia University  and the Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics Emeritus at  Princeton University . He spent much of his career at the  University of Chicago , where he served as department chair immediately prior to his departure for Princeton. He is best known for his work in mathematical economics (particularly dynamic optimization) and finance, oligopoly theory and the social economics of cities and crime; he also helped spur the development of work at the intersection of economics, finance and physics. Scheinkman also famously pioneered the now-ubiquitous application of academic financial theory to practical risk management of fixed incomes during a leave he took as Vice President in the Financial Strategies Group at  Goldman, Sachs & Co.  during the late 1980s.

Lee Seltzer is a financial research economist in Climate Risk Studies within the Financial Intermediation Policy Research Division. His research interests include examining corporate finance issues in real estate markets, in particular the effects of firm corporate finance decision-making on rental housing markets. He also studies the implications of climate risk on financial markets. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in Economics and History from Rutgers University.

Manthos Delis is a Professor of Financial Economics at Audencia Business School and Member of the Board of Directors at the University of Ioannina.

His current research emphasizes the role of sustainable finance (especially bank credit) in modern societies. More than 60 of his papers are published in top-tier journals, with 10 publications in FT-listed journals (Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Operations Research, Review of Finance), 21 in ABS 4 journals, and many other in top-field journals (European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, etc.).

He has been a full professor since the age of 33 and IDEAS ranks his research among the top 1% economics researchers in the world. Among other awards, on March 2019, he was externally nominated for the USERN Prize 2019 and is included in the  Stanford science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators .

He is a co-founder and member of the organizing committee of the  CEPR Endless Summer Conference on Financial Intermediation and Corporate Finance . He is also a member of the program committee of the  Swiss Winter Conference on Financial Intermediation , and a member of the scientific committee of the  Hellenic Finance and Accounting Association (HFAA) . He serves as an Associate Editor of the  Journal of Financial Stability  and the  International Review of Finance . 

Claudio Raddatz is pofessor at the University of Chile. Previously, he was the  Director of the Financial Policy Division at the Central Bank of Chile, he also worked at the World Bank, after earning a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Raddatz’s research focuses on the interactions between macroeconomics, finance, and development.

Sergio Schmukler is the Research Manager of Macroeconomics and Growth in the World Bank's Development Research Group. His research area is international finance and international financial markets and institutions. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997, when he joined the World Bank's Young Economist and Young Professionals Programs. He currently teaches financial development at Columbia University. He is a member of the Money and Finance Research (Mo.Fi.R) group and Treasurer of LACEA, the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Association (since 2004).

Dr. Andrew Steer is the President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund.

Andrew joined the Bezos Earth Fund from the World Resources Institute, where he served as President & CEO for over eight years. Prior to this, he served as the World Bank’s Special Envoy for Climate Change from 2010 - 2012. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Director General at the UK Department of International Development. This followed 10 years in East Asia, where he was Head of the World Bank in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Dr. Steer is a Global Agenda Trustee for the World Economic Forum, a Commissioner of the Energy Transitions Commission, a member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), co-chair of the Greening the Belt and Road Coalition, and board member of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet. He is also a member of the Advisory Committees of the Asian Development Bank and on the leadership council of Concordia.

Andrew was educated at St Andrews University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cambridge University. He has a PhD in international economics and finance. He is married to Dr. Liesbet Steer and is the father of Charlotte and Benjamin.

What should Developing Countries Do Differently in the Next Pandemic?

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak is the Jerome Kasoff ’54 Professor of Management and Economics at Yale University with concurrent appointments in the School of Management and in the Department of Economics. Mobarak is the founder and faculty director of the  Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) .

Mobarak has several ongoing  research  projects in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sierra Leone. He conducts field experiments exploring ways to induce people in developing countries to adopt technologies or behaviors that are likely to be welfare-improving. He also examines the complexities of scaling up development interventions that are proven effective in such trials. For example, he is scaling and testing strategies to  address seasonal poverty  using migration subsidies or consumption loans in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Indonesia. His research has been published in journals across disciplines, including  Science, Nature, Econometrica,  American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, BMJ, the American Political Science Review, PNAS, Marketing Science, and Demography , and covered by the New York Times, The Economist, NPR, BBC, NBC, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature, and other  media outlets  around the world. He received a  Carnegie Fellowship  in 2017 and was named to the inaugural Vox list of 50 “ scientists working to build a more perfect future ” in 2022.

Joana Silva  is a Senior Economist at the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean. Since joining the World Bank in 2007 as a Young Professional, Joana published several books and articles on a broad set of issues related to economic development, including labor economics, education/skills, social safety nets, poverty, inequality, political economy of economic reforms, firm dynamics and international trade. Her research has been published in professional journals such as the  Journal of International Economics ,  Economics Letters ,  Review of World Economics  and  IZA Journal of Labor Policy . Book titles authored or coauthored by Joana include “ Sustaining Employment and Wage Gains in Brazil: a Skills and Jobs Agenda ”,  “ Inclusion and Resilience: The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in the Middle East and North Africa ” and “ Striving for Better Jobs: The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa ”. While at the Bank she authored thematic Flagship Reports (e.g. as Task Team Leader for the 2013 MENA Development Report, the Brazil Skills & Jobs report), managed cross-sectorial lending projects and advisory activities (e.g. Task Team Leader for innovative labor and social protection projects), and contributed to a range of analytical studies on design and evaluation of social welfare systems, labor markets, political economy, international integration and investment climate. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nottingham. Prior to joining the World Bank, she also worked for the Globalization and Economic Policy Research Center at the University of Nottingham and the Inter-American Development Bank. She is fluent in Portuguese, French, English, and Spanish.

Norbert Schady, a German national, is Chief Economist for Human Development in the World Bank Group. Previously, he was Principal Economic Advisor, Social Sector, at the Inter-American Bank (2010-2021), Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (2003-2010), Economist in the Poverty Group of the Latin America region of the World Bank (2000-2003), and a Young Professional at the World Bank (1998-2000). Mr. Schady has also taught at Georgetown University and Princeton University. He received his PhD from Princeton University and his BA from Yale University.

Mr. Schady has published extensively in academic journals, including in the  Quarterly Journal of Economics ,  American Economic Journal: Applied ,  American Economic Journal: Policy ,  Review of Economics and Statistics ,  Journal of Human Resources , and  Journal of Development Economics , among many others. He is also the author of numerous flagship reports, including  The Early Years: Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy ,  Conditional Cash Transfers: Reducing Present and Future Poverty , and  Closing the Gap in Education and Technology . Mr. Schady’s main research areas include early childhood development, teacher quality, cash transfer programs, and the effects of economic contractions on the accumulation of human capital.

David Evans is the Principal Economic Advisor for the Social Sector at the  Inter-American Development Bank . He was previously a senior fellow at the  Center for Global Development , a visiting professor at the  Center for Development Economics at Williams College , and a lead economist at the World Bank. Most of his research falls within the categories of education, health, gender, social protection, early childhood, and impact evaluation. David wants good research to inform policy.  He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University (2005). 

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Welcome remarks.

Dr. Rachel Glennerster has been appointed as the next President of CGD. She has distinguished background in international development; well-known for her groundbreaking work in academia and public service on both sides of the Atlantic. Her wealth of knowledge, innovative mindset, managerial acumen, and proven ability to secure funding will undoubtedly move CGD forward. Currently serving as an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Rachel has leveraged randomized trials to address critical issues spanning democracy, health, education, and women's empowerment, and pioneered ways to shape markets to promote innovation to address global challenges including pandemics and climate change. Her tenure as Chief Economist at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and its predecessor the Department for International Development, alongside her executive leadership at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), underscores her commitment to evidence-based policymaking and poverty reduction.

Plenary Panel: Economic Inclusion of Women and Youth

Ashwini Deshpande is Professor and Head, Department of Economics, and Founding Director, Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA) at Ashoka University, India. Her Ph.D. and early publications have been on the international debt crisis of the 1980s. Subsequently, she has been working on the economics of discrimination and affirmative action, with a focus on caste and gender in India. She has published extensively in leading scholarly journals. She is the author of “Grammar of Caste: economic discrimination in contemporary India”, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011 (Hardcover) and 2017 (Paperback); and “Affirmative Action in India”, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Oxford India Short Introductions series, 2013. She has edited several volumes, the latest of which is “Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action” (Springer Major Reference Works). She is a Fellow of the International Economic Association. She received the EXIM Bank award for outstanding dissertation (now called the IERA Award) in 1994, the 2007 VKRV Rao Award for Indian economists under 45 and SKOCH Award for Gender Economics in 2022.

Raquel Fernández holds a Silver Professorship in the Department of Economics at NYU. She is a member of the NBER, the CEPR, IZA, BREAD, and of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group. She has previously been a tenured professor at the London School of Economics, Boston University, and Oslo University. She was awarded the Carlos Diaz Alejandro Prize in 2024 and is a fellow of the Econometric Society and the recipient of numerous National Science Foundation grants. She has served as the Director of the Public Policy Program of the CEPR, as Vice President of the American Economic Association, and as President of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA). She is the Founding Director of WELAC (Women Economists in LAC) — a standing subcommittee of LACEA that monitors and advances the status of women in the economics profession. She is co-director of the NBER’s Inequality and the Macroeconomy group and a member of the advisory and scientific committees of various institutions including the International Economics Association, the Barcelona School of Economics, UNU-WIDER, UBS Zurich, and RIDGE. Fernández has broad research interests that span sovereign debt, culture and economics, development and gender issues, macroeconomics and inequality, and political economy. She is a leading pioneer in the area of culture and economics and has published extensively in the major journals.

Karen Macours is a chaired professor at the Paris School of Economics (PSE), and senior researcher (directrice de recherche) at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). Her research focusses on agricultural productivity and rural poverty reduction in developing countries, impact assessment related to agricultural R&D, the evaluation of programs addressing households’ productive and human capital investments (early childhood, health, nutrition, education) and related measurement and methodological questions. 

She is co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics, and associate editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and co-organizer of the Virtual Development Economics Seminar Series:  VDEV/CEPR/BREAD .

She is a board member of  JPAL  (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab) and serves as co-chair of JPAL's health sector and the Learning for All Initiative, is a member of the board of directors of BREAD (Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development) and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Market Risk and Resilience, a member of the Weiss Fund committee, and until recently was chair of the CGIAR’s Standing Panel on Impact Assessment ( SPIA ). She is a research fellow of CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research) and affiliate of EUDN (European Universities Development Network).  

Deon Filmer is Director of the Research Group at the World Bank. He has previously served as Acting Research Manager in the Research Group, Co-Director of the  World Development Report 2018:  Learning to Realize Education’s Promise , and Lead Economist in the Human Development department of the Africa Region of the World Bank. He works on issues of human capital and skills, service delivery, and the impact of policies and programs to improve human development outcomes—with research spanning the areas of education, health, social protection, and poverty and inequality. He has  published  widely in refereed journals, including studies of the impact of demand-side programs on schooling and learning; the roles of poverty, gender, orphanhood, and disability in explaining education inequalities; and the determinants of effective service delivery. He has recently co-authored the following books:  Making Schools Work: New Evidence from Accountability Reforms ,  Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa , and  From Mines and Wells to Well-Built Minds: Turning Sub-Saharan Africa's Natural Resource Wealth into Human Capital . He was a core team member of the World Bank's World Development Reports in 1995  Workers in an Integrating World  and 2004  Making Services Work for Poor People , and a contributor to 2007’s report  Development and the Next Generation . He holds a PhD and MA from Brown University and a BA from Tufts University.

Social Safety Nets and Women’s Labor Force Participation in LMICs

Teresa Molina is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Research Affiliate at the  IZA Institute of Labor Economics , Research Fellow at  UHERO , and Non-Resident Fellow at the  Center for Global Development . She currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Health Economics. Teressa received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California and her undergraduate degree from Stanford University. 

Teresa works primarily on topics in development, health, and labor economics. Her  research page  contains a list of her publications and working papers. 

Shalini Roy is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. Her research focuses on the relationship between households’ economic behavior and social protection, nutrition, agriculture, gender, and early childhood development. Much of her work is based on impact evaluations of development programming, with a particular interest in how programs both affect and are affected by intrahousehold dynamics. Her work spans South Asia (with a regional focus in Bangladesh), Africa, and Latin America. Shalini’s recent research includes comparing impacts of food and cash transfers on food security, nutrition, gender dynamics, and early childhood development in Bangladesh and Uganda; evaluating impacts of large-scale cash transfer projects in Mali, Brazil, and Mexico; and assessing gender- and nutrition-related impacts of agricultural projects in Bangladesh. Shalini has been at IFPRI since 2009 and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kehinde Ajayi is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, working on gender equality, education, and social safety nets. Previously, Ajayi was at the World Bank, where she coordinated research initiatives on women’s economic empowerment, youth employment, social protection, and childcare in the Africa Gender Innovation Lab. Before joining the World Bank, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Fulbright Fellow. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations from Stanford University.

Eeshani is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development; prior to this, she was a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank.  She was born and raised in India and has a PhD from the University of Illinois and a BA from Macalester College.

Maria Caridad Araujo is Chief of the Gender and Diversity Division at the IDB, where she leads efforts to improve access to quality services, economic opportunities, and strengthen the voice and representation of women, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ. + community. As chief economist in the IDB's Health and Social Protection Division, she worked on child development and poverty reduction programs. She was a professor at Georgetown University and worked at the World Bank. Maria Caridad has a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Lunchtime Keynote Aaddress

Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth. He was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, Dr. Rajan was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund.

Dr. Rajan’s research interests are in banking, corporate finance, and economic development. The books he has written include  Breaking the Mold: Reimagining India's Economic Future  with Rohit Lamba,   The Third Pillar: How the State and Markets hold the Community Behind  2019 which was a finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year prize and  Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy , for which he was awarded the Financial Times prize for Business Book of the Year in 2010.

Norms and Other Constraints to Women’s Economic inclusion

Pamela Jakiela is an Associate Professor in the  Economics Department  at  Williams College  and a Non-Resident Fellow at the  Center for Global Development . She is also affiliated with  BREAD ,  IPA ,  IZA , and  J-PAL .

S Anukriti  is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development Team) of the World Bank. She is an applied micro-economist, with interests in the fields of development economics, economics of gender and the family, and political economy. Her research examines the underlying causes of gender inequalities in developing societies, and explores mechanisms that can bring about gender equity. More broadly, she is interested in the role of social norms, formal and informal institutions, and public policy in affecting social change. Dr. Anukriti received her PhD in Economics from Columbia University, MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and BA (Honors) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Prior to joining the World Bank in July 2020, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston College. She is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Economics (IZA).

Nishith Prakash  is a Research Fellow at CESifo, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), HiCN Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Network Researcher, Global Labor Organization (GLO), and Member of Insights on Immigration and Development (INSIDE-SPAIN). He is also currently serving in the Editorial Board of the journal PLOS ONE and Associate Editor at the Journal of Development Economics.

Born and raised in Bihar, India, he earned a B.A. (honors) in economics from Shivaji College, an M.A. in economics from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University (India), and a Ph.D. in economics from University of Houston, TX. He was a post-doctoral research associate at Cornell University, NY from July 2010 – December 2011. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Yale, Columbia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School.

Rachel Heath  is an associate professor in the department of Economics at the University of Washington. Her research interests are in development and labor economics. In particular, much of her research focuses on increased labor market opportunities for women in developing countries (such as the garment industry in Bangladesh). Rachel studies how these new job opportunities are changing women's lives, the factors that influence women's decisions to join the labor force, and how firms make hiring decisions.

Somik Lall is Staff Director of the World Bank’s 2024  World Development Report,  which examines the challenges of economic growth in middle-income countries. He is also an Economic Adviser in the Office of the World Bank Group Chief Economist. Previously, he headed the climate economics and policy team in the World Bank’s Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions vice presidency, where he developed and supervised high-quality research programs on resilience and economic development, the macro-criticality of climate change, and innovations for the low-carbon transition. His other roles include Global Lead for territorial and spatial development and Lead Economist for the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk, Resilience, and Land Global Practice. Dr. Lall also teaches at Johns Hopkins University and has been a Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.

He has advised senior policymakers in national and city governments on key policy issues in over 25 countries—including Brazil, China, India, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. He is widely published in academic and policy journals. His 2021 book,  Place, Productivity, and Prosperity , examines the spatial dimensions of productivity growth in developing nations, and provides a new analytic framework to help policy makers arrive at a disciplined view of a place’s economic potential. His 2017 book, “ Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World ,” has over 100,000 downloads and 3 million social media views. He has developed a novel data-driven approach to help city mayors rapidly respond to protect their citizens from the ravages of COVID 19. Listen to his  Monocle   podcast .

Economic Inclusion of Youth

Oyebola Okunogbe is an Economist in the Human Development team of the World Bank Development Research Group. Her research interests are in governance and political economy, including policies on public finance, nation building, education, employment and gender. Oyebola obtained her PhD in Public Policy and MPA in International Development from Harvard University, and her B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College. She was born and raised in Nigeria.

Thomas Ginn is a research fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he studies migration and displacement. His current research focuses on aid for refugees in lower-income countries, including projects on labor market access, housing, and host community attitudes. Prior to joining CGD, Thomas worked with the World Bank on a survey of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraqi Kurdistan and with Innovations for Poverty Action in Kenya. He received his PhD in economics from Stanford University, where his dissertation evaluated camps for Syrian refugees, and his BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Isaac M. Mbiti is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Prior to his appointment at the Batten School, Mbiti was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University and also served as a Martin Luther King Visiting Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His research has focused broadly on African economic development with particular interests in examining the role of education policies such as free primary education and teacher performance pay programs, as well as the potential for new technologies (especially mobile phones) to spur the development process. His ongoing research projects in East and West Africa evaluate various policies that aim to improve the livelihoods of African youth through training programs.

His research has been supported by numerous agencies including the National Science Foundation, The National Institutes of Health, the International Impact Evaluation Initiative, USAID and the World Bank. He is a research affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT and was previously selected as a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow.  His publications have appeared in the  American Economic Review ,  Journal of Economic Perspectives ,  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics , and  Journal of African Economies . He has also authored several policy reports for the Kenyan Government, the World Bank and NGOs, such as the International Rescue Committee. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Brown University.

Owen Ozier is an Associate Professor in the  Department of Economics at Williams College . He was previously a Senior Economist in the World Bank's Development Research Group, Human Development Team. He received his M.Eng. and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 2010. His current research projects focus on health, education, and economic decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Tamar Manuelyan Atinc  is a development professional with over 30 years of experience in the analysis and implementation of development policies and programs. She is currently a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution where she has worked since 2013. During her long career at the World Bank, Manuelyan Atinc was Vice President for Human Development and served in three regions, including Europe and Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, and Africa working to advance country policy and programs to foster human development, reduce poverty, and improve economic management. Her recent research has focused primarily on scaling up early childhood development, social impact bonds, and data and accountability for better education outcomes.

Manuelyan Atinc is a member of the the Board of the Graduate Institute of International Relations and Development Studies in Geneva since October 2017, a member of the Board of ChildFund International, and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Queen Rania Foundation since October 2018. She started her career working in Geneva at the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. A Turkish national, Ms. Manuelyan Atinc has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Somik Lall is Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group. Lall has recently directed the World Bank's 2024 World Development Report on the “Middle Income Trap” that examines how middle-income countries can break into the ranks of the wealthiest economies.

Previously, he headed the climate economics and policy team in the World Bank’s Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions vice presidency, where he developed and supervised policy research programs on resilience and economic development, the macro-criticality of climate change, and innovations for the low-carbon transition.

His other roles include being the Global Lead for territorial development and Lead Economist for the World Bank’s Cities Practice where he developed a novel data-driven approach to help city mayors rapidly respond to protect their citizens from the ravages of COVID 19. Listen to his Monocle  podcast .

Lall is widely published in academic and policy journals. His 2021 book,  Place, Productivity, and Prosperity , provides a new analytic framework to discipline policies targeting specific places within countries. His 2017 book, “ Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World ,” provides new evidence on institutional and regulatory constraints that hobble urbanization in Africa.

Dr. Lall also teaches at Johns Hopkins University and has been a Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy in New Delhi.

Eeshani  is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development; prior to this, she was a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank.  She was born and raised in India and has a PhD from the University of Illinois and a BA from Macalester College.

Joe Rebello  is the World Bank’s External Affairs Lead for Development Economics. In this capacity, he advises the World Bank Group’s Chief Economist on external engagement and media relations. He also plays a key role in message development and external outreach on several flagship publications—including the  World Development Report ,  Global Economic Prospects , and  Women, Business, and the Law . He was previously a senior communications officer for the International Finance Corporation, where he advised senior management in crafting IFC’s highest-priority internal and external communications. Before joining the World Bank Group in 2008, he was a business journalist for 20 years, writing about US and international economic policy, debt distress, and banking for The Wall Street Journal ,  Dow Jones Newswires , and  The Kansas City Star

Kenan Karakülah  is an Economist at the Development Economics Development Policy (DECDP) unit. He was a member of core team of 2024 World Development Report. His research interests cover various cross-cutting areas of macroeconomic policy, including economic growth, social protection, and sovereign debt. Prior to joining the Bank, he worked as the Head of Department at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance. Kenan holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Hacettepe University, Türkiye, and a Master of International Development Policy from Duke University.

CONFERENCE DETAILS

• DATE:  July 9–10, 2024
• Venue (In-Person):  Preston Auditorium, World Bank & Birdsall House Conference Center, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC
• Virtual:  Zoom

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