The Poverty & Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP's research department. The series invites leading researchers in applied microeconomics from the fields of poverty, human development, agriculture, political economy, behavioral economics, private sector development, and a range of other fields to present the results of their most recent research in a seminar format.
Fall 2024 Schedule of Seminars
For connection information, contact Rina Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).
Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 4-301 | Sule Alan (Cornell University) | Managing Adolescent Behavior in the Classroom to Improve Learning |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-370 | Muhammad Meki (University of Oxford) | Mutuality in Finance: Experimental Evidence on Credit with Performance-Contingent Repayment |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Rachael Meager (University of New South Wales) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Travis Baseler (University of Rochester) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Shaoda Wang (University of Chicago) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Sanghmitra Gautam (Washington University in St Louis) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Jorge Tamayo (HBS) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Richard Akresh (University of Illinois) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Coue Dobbin (Georgetown University) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | Asim Khwaja (Harvard University) | |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | G4-001 | M R Sharan (University of Maryland) |
Spring 2024 Schedule of Seminars
For connection information, contact Rina Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
| Wednesday February 14, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Gabriel Kreindler (Harvard University) | Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World's Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta |
| Wednesday February 21, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Eliana La Ferrara (Harvard University) | Changing Harmful Norms through Information and Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Somalia |
| Wednesday February 28, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Mazhar Waseem (University of Manchester) | |
| Wednesday March 6, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Pam Jakiela (Williams College) | Evaluating the Effects of an Early Literacy Intervention |
| Wednesday March 13, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Michael Kremer (University of Chicago) | Can Education be Standardized? Evidence from Kenya |
| Wednesday March 20, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Imran Rasul (University College London) | |
| Wednesday March 27, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Nishith Prakash (Northeastern University) | |
| Wednesday April 3, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Francis Annan (UC Berkeley) | |
| Wednesday April 10, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Gabriel Tourek (University of Pittsburgh) | |
| Wednesday April 17, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Onur Altindag (Bentley University) | |
| Wednesday April 24, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Vittorio Bassi (University of Southern California) | |
| Wednesday May 1, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Lauren Bergquist (Yale University) | |
| Wednesday May 8, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Dean Karlan (Northwestern University) | |
| Wednesday May 15, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-850 | Nicol¨¢s de Roux (Universidad de los Andes) | |
| Wednesday May 22, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | TBD |
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Last Updated: Sep 12, 2024