Announcements

Welcome to our virtual bulletin board, where we share the latest announcements on things such as how our alumni are doing, opportunities, really important news or research, free stuff, and what's going on with us in Williamstown.

Let us know if you have any announcements to share by emailing Chrispine at crl2 (at) williams (dot) edu, and we'll put them up!

Events, Opportunities, and Resources

Prof. Caprio recommends: “Valuing Nature: Whales, Elephants, and the Global Economy”

Prof. Caprio recommends: “Valuing Nature: Whales, Elephants, and the Global Economy”

The Peterson Institute for International Economics: Rebuilding the Global Economy webinar series

The Peterson Institute for International Economics is currently hosting a webinar series titled “Rebuilding the Global Economy” which is aimed at offering policy makers policy suggestions for restoring and building a well functioning global economy. You should be sure not to miss it!

Announcement: (NEUDC) 2020 is happening virtually this weekend (06/11/2020 – 07/11/2020)

The North East Universities Development Consortium Conference is happening virtually this weekend. It is begin hosted by Dartmouth College’s Department of Economics and the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding.

Prof. Bakija recommends two resources: Goats and Soda and Rough Translation

Interested in how the developing world is doing? Here are two very good resources from the National Public Radio (NPR) covering various current developments in the developing world. Goats and Soda.

Latin America and Caribbean.

Prof. Caprio recommends this report: Sound Banks for Healthy Economies Challenges for Policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean in Times of Coronavirus

This A CGD-IDB Working Group Report explores some of the ways in which policy makers in Latin America and the Caribbean can mitigate the adverse economic consequences of Covid-19.