Economic Development

Seminar | Economic development through efficient and sustainable non-fuel mining

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM IST

Cleveland skyline

How investments in innovation districts can combat the country’s regional divides

Jennifer S. Vey and Julie Wagner

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Shoppers crowd at the Kuromon Ichiba to purchase ingredients for New Year's dishes in Osaka on Dec. 30, 2019, the end of year. Shops were overflowing with marine products such as crab, tuna, meat and processed foods. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Productivity comparisons

Martin Neil Baily, Barry P. Bosworth, and Siddhi Doshi

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said gives a speech after being sworn in before the royal family council in Muscat, Oman January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Sultan Al Hasani/File Photo

As Oman enters a new era, economic and political challenges persist

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Child looking at globe

Building public support for foreign assistance

Monday, January 13, 2020

China 2049: Economic challenges of a rising global power

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Workers computer

How patents can tell us what jobs AI is poised to disrupt

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim

Thursday, January 9, 2020

A maintenance worker sweeps the floor after the cling bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan R Smith

Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Panel Discussion | World Development Report 2020: Trading for development in the age of global value chains

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM IST

FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is seen outside of the New York Stock Exchange September 19, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

China’s 10-year struggle against US financial power

Monday, January 6, 2020