Guest blog written by Yakama Jones My country suffered from the Ebola crisis six years ago, experienced negative growth rates and is yet to attain pre-Ebola growth rates. It is in the midst of the recovery process that the current Corona pandemic has struck. There is a general scale down in economic activities, rise in…Continue Reading Learning to Lead Economic Growth during COVID-19
Guest blog written by Gabriela Elgueta P Photograph: Cerro de Renca, Matias Peralta @matias.fpl In the midst of the pandemic, I began this course when Chile had 300 deaths and 27,219 infections. Today, at the end of this process, I have to regret a total of 7,186 deaths and a total of 321,205 infections, mostly…Continue Reading LA FÁBRICA, a strategy for the economic transformation and social inclusion of Renca, a commune in Chile
Guest blog written by Beenish Amjad I was afraid that the onslaught of the pandemic would have devastating impact on a developing country like Pakistan which has a strong history of sluggish economic growth and long-standing need-base relationship with the IMF. The economy in 2019 was weakening and poverty (headcount poverty ratio 24.3) and inequality…Continue Reading Learning about Economic Growth in the Middle of a Pandemic
Guest blog written by Claudio Roberto Amitrano What is development? How is it driven? How can we get there? Who is it for? What do countries have in common? What are their specific problems? How do we identify them? How do we find solutions? Who will lead, authorize, design and implement them? Who are ‘We’…Continue Reading A Problem-driven Approach to Complexity, Public Policy and Economic Growth
written by Salimah Samji In March 2020, Harvard University decided to move all classes to online-only, in an effort to de-densify our campus and to slow the spread of COVID-19. It soon became clear that remote learning was going to be our new normal. At the time, Leading Economic Growth, a longstanding 5-day residential executive education…Continue Reading Leading Economic Growth 2020: Moving Executive Education Online during a Pandemic
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to evolve in the US and around the world, we believe now is an important time to convene policymakers and practitioners around the critical economic issues all cities, regions, and countries are facing. In response, Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education is shifting its longstanding residential Leading Economic Growth program to a highly…Continue Reading Register for our new Executive Education program: Leading Economic Growth (online)
