Institute for International Economic Policy
Events
IIEP brings leading scholars and practitioners of international economic policy to GW to present and discuss their research and insights. These events are organized into:
- Academic seminars, where individual researchers present cutting-edge scholarly work.
- Policy forums, where critical contemporary policy questions and issues are explored and debated.
- Research conferences, where groups of scholars and policymakers delve deeply into the most important issues of the day.
Our events are open to the public. Please contact iiep@gwu.edu if you are interested in receiving regular notification of upcoming events.
Academic Seminars
Seminars include work conducted by the GW Department of Economics and focus on specific areas of studies such as Trade and Development, Regionalism, as well as others
- Trade And Development: Focuses on trade and its implications for global, regional, and country level development paradigms
- Past Trade and Development Workshops: Features work conducted by IIEP scholars and scholars from the GW Department of Economics
- Regionalism Seminar: Focuses on the implications for regional economic development
Policy Forums
Forums seek to bring insight from top officials here in Washington, DC while also providing perspective from scholars a IIEP and at the GW Department of Economics
- International Trade and Finance: Focuses on trade and its implications for financial flows and how finance impacts trade flows as well
- Poverty and Inequality: Focuses on the impact of poverty and inequality on overall economic performance and trends
Research Conferences
Conferences seek to bring cutting edge and vanguard research work to bear on the overall economic debate.
- Antidumping Use Across the World : Focuses on the divergence and commomnality between nations' use of antidumping measures
- NAFTA at 15 : Provides analysis on the trade agreements progress and its future
Upcoming Events
2nd Annual "G2 at GW" Conference on Chinese Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations" on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
Confirmed speakers include Dr. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute; Harry Harding, Dean, University of Virginia; Prof. Bruce Reynolds, University of Virginia; Prof. Loren Brandt, Univ. of Toronto; Prof. John Giles, Michigan State University and World Bank; Prof. Zhu Caihua, China Foreign Affairs University; Prof. Margaret Pearson, Univ. of Maryland; Dr. Lixin Colin Xu, World Bank; Dr. Philip Levy, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute; and Prof. Bruce Dickson, GWU.
The event is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor. Seating will be limited: to register send an email to iiep@gwu.edu. Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research
Recent Events
Vera Chiodi, Poverty Action Lab J-PAL Europe, and Paris School of Economics, "The Existence of Poverty Traps: Old Question-New Answer. Evidence from Rural Mexico"
Friday, November 13, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Suite 501, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Sergio Margulis (Lead Environmental Economist for Climate Change) and Urvashi Narain (Senior Environmental Economist), World Bank, "Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Methodology"
Thursday, November 12, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Suite 505, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Phillip Swagel (Georgetown and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy), "The Financial Crisis: An Inside View"
Wednesday, November 11, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lindner Commons, 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 602
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Breakfast with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
Tuesday, November 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
City View Room, 1957 E St., NW
This event is CLOSED. Cosponsored by the Washington International Trade Association.
Randy Kroszner (U of Chicago and former Federal Reserve Board Governor), "Crisis Response at the Fed and the New Regulatory Landscape"
Friday, November 6, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Gerald Nelson (IFPRI), "Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and the Costs of Adaptation in Developing Countries"
Tuesday, November 3, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"Correcting Global Imbalances: How Much Farther Do We Have To Go?"
Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Pearlstein (Washington Post)
Friday, 2 October, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
For analysis of Mr. Pearlstein's remarks click here.
Prof. Steve Charnovitz (GWU)
Book talk on "Global Warming and the World Trading System"
(March 2009, coauthored with Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jisun Kim). Friday, 18 September, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 1957 E St., NW, Room 601M. This event made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
IIEP cosponsored "The Day Before: A Conference on the Security Implications of Climate Change" on Thursday, 10 September, 2009 in conjunction with the American Security Project. Participants included Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass), former CIA Director James Woolsey, member of the Nobel Prize (2007) winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton), Charles Glaser (GWU), Adil Najam (Boston University), Ladeene Freimuth (Freimuth Group, LLC), Bernard Finel (American Security Project), and Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (U.S. Navy, Ret.).
Contact Us
Phone: 202.994.5320
Email: iiep@gwu.edu
Address:
Institute for International Economic Policy
1957 E Street, N.W., Suite 502
Washington, D.C. 20052