Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
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 […]
The Complicated Legacy of Turkey’s “Miracle Decade”
Ankara University sociology professor Utku Balaban shares his insights on some of the social dynamics of Turkey’s rapid growth.
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 […]
Book direct: Hoteliers, you may be better prepared than you think
Kelly McGuire interviews Faith Marshall of NTT DATA on the importance of a seamless customer experience with online booking processes.
ISS Project to Study Economics, Politics of China Urbanization
By Lori Sonken via Cornell Chronicle One in 10 people on Earth live in China’s cities. Over the past decade, nearly 200 million people in China have moved from rural to urban regions, and 8 million more are expected to relocate every year between now and 2050. Just what this means for China and the […]
Barriers to Entry and Regional Economic Growth in China
Speaker: Loren Brandt Loren Brandt is a Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto specializing in the Chinese economy. He has been at the University of Toronto since 1987. He is also a research fellow at the IZA (The Institute for the Study of Labor) in Bonn, Germany. He has published widely on the […]