Category: Afghanistan

Supporting women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan

Guest blog by Renata Rubian I have truly enjoyed my experience with the Harvard Leading Economic Growth course. It is a pleasure to experience the dynamics between the brilliant duo – Prof. Ricardo Hausmann and Prof. Matt Andrews – given their approaches and explanations are complementary. Some of my key take away include: (i) Understanding…Continue Reading Supporting women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan

Breaking down an insurmountable challenge in Afghanistan

Guest blog by Gonzalo Pizarro I joined the Leading Economic Growth (LEG) executive education course along with two colleagues from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with a growth challenge which seemed clear yet insurmountable: Providing the city of Kabul, in Afghanistan with an economic growth strategy after the government collapse, deterioration of security, massive…Continue Reading Breaking down an insurmountable challenge in Afghanistan

Improving economic complexity and diversity in Afghanistan

Guest blog by Rishi Chakraborty There are several key learnings that I will take away from this course. The first key learning for me was the novel way of thinking about development from the perspective of economic complexity and diversity, especially in terms of production/exports through the analogy of the forest with “branches”, “peripheries”, and…Continue Reading Improving economic complexity and diversity in Afghanistan