PSDRN Seminar Series – Agenda 2022-2023
We are pleased to announce a series of events in 2022 and 2023.
October 2022:
Event 1: hosted by IFC/WBG – Friday, October 21st, 2022 at 9-10am EST
- Marcio Cruz (IFC) and Xavier Cirera (World Bank), “Bridging the Technological Divide: Technology adoption by firms in developing countries”; Link here
November 2022:
Event 1: hosted by IDB Invest – Friday, November 11th, 2022 at 9-10am EST
- Tobias Berg (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), “On the Rise of FinTechs: Credit Scoring Using Digital Footprints”; Link here
Event 2: hosted by EBRD – Friday, November 25th, 2022 at 9-10am EST
- Juanita González-Uribe (LSE) – “The Value-Add of Venture Capital Due-diligence: Information Frictions, Startup Growth, and Failed Fundraising Campaigns”
December 2022:
Event 1: hosted by IGC/LSE – Friday, December 9th, 2022 at 9-10am EST
- Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University/CEPR), “The Financial Transmission of a Climate Shock: El Niño and US Banks”
January 2023:
Event 1: hosted by IFC – Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Mariana De La Paz Pereira Lopez (IFC), “Management and Misallocation in Mexico”; Link here
Event 2: hosted by AfDB – Friday, January 27th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Toba OMOTILEWA (AfDB), “Assessment of Institutional Set-ups of DFIs’ Results Measurement and Reporting Systems for Non-Sovereign Operations”; Link here
February 2023:
Event 1: hosted by AfDB – Friday, February 10th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Fadel Jaoui (AfDB), “Catch Me if You Can” On Drivers of Venture Capital Investment in Africa; Link here
Event 2: hosted by IGC/LSE – Friday, February 24th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Vittorio Bassi (University of Southern California), “The long-term impact of vocational training and job search assistance for unemployed youth: Evidence from field experiment in Uganda”; Link here
March 2023:
Event 1: hosted by IFC – Friday, March 10th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Imtiaz Ulhaq (IFC), “Structural Loopholes in Sustainability-Linked Bonds”; Link here
Event 2: hosted by IGC/LSE – Friday, March 24th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Isabela Manelici (LSE), “Investing FDI linkages in Developing Countries”; Link here
April 2023:
Event : hosted by IGC/LSE – Friday, April 28th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Namrata Kala (MIT Sloan), “Firm Reallocation as Environment Policy: Impact on Agglomeration, Workers and The Environment”; Link here
May 2023:
Event 1: hosted by Wheeler Institute, LBS, Friday, May 12th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Rocco Macchiavello (IGC/LSE), on coffee supply chains (TBC PAPER TITLE AND LINKS)
Event 2: hosted by IDB Invest – Friday, May 26th, 2022 at 9-10am EST
- Andrew Powell (IDB Invest) “Healthier Firms for a Stronger Recovery: Policies to Support Business and Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean”; Link here (TBC)
June 2023:
Event 1: hosted by EBRD, Friday, June 9th, 2023 at 9-10am EST
- Simon Quinn (Oxford) on micro equity (TBC PAPER TITLE AND LINKS)
Event 2: hosted by IDB Invest – Friday, June 23rd, 2023 at 9-10am EST (To be confirmed)
- Sudip Gupta (Johns Hopkins Carey Business School), “Financial Inclusion and Alternate Credit Scoring: Role of Big Data and Machine Learning in Fintech” (Working Paper version -2021); Link here
Look forward to having you join and participate.
The PSDRN team