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China Research Days, October 27-28, 2016
Conference: China Research Days — An Intellectual Dialogue on Important Economic and Social Issues in China Powered by T.H. Lee Chair and Cornell Institute for China Economic Research At Cornell, an intellectual powerhouse where the breadth and depth of research expertise are unparalleled, researchers are striving to identify and study key issues on Chinese economy: […]
Is Globalization in Danger?
Deven Sharma, Founder of Inflexon (www.inflexon.com) , Fellow at Connection Science @ Media Lab, and former President of Standard & Poor Globalization is under assault. Disruptive Influences Beyond the political and pundit slogans, there are ample signs that point to the peril of globalization: protectionism, immigration backlash, nationally centered regulations, and constraints on capital mobility […]
Globalization Reset
Deven Sharma, Founder of Inflexon (www.inflexon.com) , Fellow at Connection Science @ Media Lab, and former President of Standard & Poor Globalization is under assault. What should a reset look like? Globalization pullback is here. However, the promise of global markets also remains very much intact. The pace of globalization has slowed, and its nature […]
Capital Markets and Colonial Institutions in China
Speaker: Wolfgang Keller Wolfgang Keller, PhD, Yale University, 1995, is a professor with interests in international trade & investment and economic development. He is one of the leading experts on the international diffusion of technological knowledge. He also has recent work, funded by the National Science Foundation, on comparative development in China and Europe. He has […]
New Book Launch – Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi by Eswar Prasad
Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi (Oxford University Press, October 2016; gainingcurrency.com), a new book by Eswar Prasad, will be launched at the Brookings Institution on Friday, September 23rd, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Panelists: Caroline Atkinson, Head of Global Public Policy, Google, and former Deputy National Security Advisor, White House Ben Bernanke, Distinguished Fellow, Brookings Institution, and former Chair […]
Lending in Mexico: Alex Chung’s Perspective
The lack of a widespread banking services infrastructure in Mexico creates a problem for poor, rural Mexicans who need and/or want access to traditional banking services by Vidur Ahlowlia, Ahmed Aljabreen & Ben Andryisck As a Managing General Partner for The Simple Group (TSG), Alex Chung focuses on acting as a funding and technology partner […]
What is next for Uzbekistan?
Opening trade and financial channels with the rest of the world is essential for Uzbekistan to become a sound economic player. by Anna Poplasky MBA Candidate at Cornell University, Emerging Markets Institute Fellow Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University 2,500 years of being the storefront for the Silk […]
Scarcity of infrastructure a major obstacle to national economic growth
Private investors hesitate to invest in infrastructure in developing countries because of high level of political risk, exchange risk, and demand risk. by HyungJoon (Simon) Kim Based on my summer internship at Pacific Partnerships in New Zealand, I would like to suggest a new Multilateral Development Banks’ contribution model to boost transportation development in emerging […]
Unveiling the Energy Sector through a Summer Internship
by Marcelo Oliveira de Paiva, MBA ’17 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow During my internship on the trading floor of an energy company, I stumbled upon the concept of energy resource reliability and its importance to the energy sector. The drastic changes that the U.S. energy sector is currently undergoing demands a cross […]