In this year's Public Policy Lecture, Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard Kennedy School, discussed "Public Policy in the Age of Disruption".
This year’s Annual Public Policy Lecture was delivered by Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard Kennedy School, on “Public Policy in the Age of Disruption”.
Prof Hausmann reflected on how public policy — especially centred on economic growth — is changing in response to today’s turbulent world. With climate change, rising geopolitical tensions, deglobalisation and rapid technological shifts reshaping economies, the 21st century is redefining the constraints and opportunities faced by countries and regions.
Drawing on his research on economic complexity, his experience in government, his extensive work assisting countries in building the capabilities and policies needed to prosper, and teaching generations of future public leaders at Harvard, Prof Hausmann discussed what kinds of tools, judgement and leadership today’s policymakers need if they are to help societies escape stagnation and create new opportunities for prosperity in the 21st century.
Prof Hausmann was joined in conversation by Dr Alessio Terzi, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Bennett School of Public Policy.
About our guest speaker
Prof Ricardo Hausmann is the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School. Under his leadership, the Growth Lab has grown into one of the most well-regarded and influential hubs for research on economic growth and development around the world.
Before joining Harvard University, Prof Hausmann served as the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-2000), where he created the Research Department. He has served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela (1992-1993) and as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela. He also served as Chair of the IMF-World Bank Development Committee. He was Professor of Economics at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) (1985-1991) in Caracas, where he founded the Center for Public Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University.
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