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Newsletter: March 2024

Welcome to the Initiative for Policy Dialogue’s monthly newsletter. Founded in July 2000 by Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) works to broaden dialogue and explore trade-offs in development policy by bringing the best ideas in development to policymakers facing globalization’s complex challenges and opportunities. We strive to contribute to a more equitably governed world by democratizing the production and use of knowledge.
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Upcoming Events

March 22 & 23, 2024, The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. Organized by IPD, The Columbia Center for Political Economy (CPE) and The Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis (IMPA).

A series of unprecedented shocks have hit the global economy over the past decade and a half, calling into question both the prevailing macroeconomic models and the policies based on them. The workshop aims to address the consequences for cyclical behavior and macroeconomic policy of market power, and the post-pandemic/post-war in Ukraine inflationary episode. See a full schedule here.

Please join us for the public panel:  Post Pandemic Inflation and Disinflation: Explanations and Lessons. Did the Central Banks Get It Right?

Friday, March 22, 4:30 to 6:30 pm at SIPA (420 W 118th St. New York, NY 10027).

Panelists include: Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University and IPD), Paul Beaudry (Vancouver School of Economics), Glenn Hubbard (Columbia Business School), Lindsay Owens (Groundwork Collaborative), and Martín Guzmán (Columbia University SIPA and IPD). Register here.

Past Events

IPD’s Visit with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tokyo

March 11—13, 2024, Tokyo, Japan. Organized by JICA.

Joseph E. Stiglitz (IPD, Columbia University) and Arjan Jayadev (IPD, Columbia University) traveled to Tokyo, Japan to hold talks and meetings with JICA members including JICA President Akihiko Tanaka and Executive Director of JICA Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development Yoichi Mine.

Continuing a longtime collaboration between IPD and JICA, participants discussed defining economic success beyond GPD, the future of employment in a changing economy, security, the Japanese economy, and the green economy, among other emerging issues.  

Book Presentation for the Forthcoming “The Future of Work in Developing Countries”

March 11, Toyko Japan. Organized by JICA.

JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development (JICA Ogata Research Institute), together with IPD will soon publish a new research project, the fifth collaborative project between the two institutes. “The Future of Work in Developing Countries” analyzes issues around unemployment from multiple angles, spanning both macro and micro perspectives. During the panel “The Future of Employment in a Changing Global Economy” JICA and IPD participants discussed the issues explored in the forthcoming book.

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The JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum: “The Future of Employment in a Changing Global Economy” with moderator Tetsuya Harada (JICA) and panelists: Arjun Jayadev (IPD), Akbar Norman (JICA), Joseph E. Stiglitz (IPD), Yoichi Mine (JICA), Megumi Moto (JICA) (from the left).

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Tetsuya Harada (JICA), Arjun Jayadev (IPD), Akbar Norman (JICA), Joseph E. Stiglitz (IPD), Megumi Moto (JICA), Yoichi Mine (JICA) after the book presentation panel (from the left).

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The JICA and IPD teams after Tuesday’s discussions on topics including “The Green Economy.”

Lecture Hosted by Yomiuri Shinbun

March 13, 2024, Tokyo, Japan. Hosted by Yomiuri Shinbun.

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Hosted by the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Joseph E. Stiglitz (IPD, Columbia) gave a lecture on the Japanese economy in the context of progressive capitalism, “Rethinking Capitalism and the Market Economy,” for an audience of business leaders and ambassadors.

Recent Publications, Op-Eds and Papers

Recent publications by IPD team members and partners.

A Big Defeat for Big Tech — by Joseph E. Stiglitz for Project Syndicate

The Biden Administration vs. Climate Youth — by Joseph E. Stiglitz for Project Syndicate

Foreign Policy Relations Between Brazil and Argentina Should Have More Weight (in Portuguese) — Martín Guzmán for Veja

Rethinking Global Governance in a World of Power — by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Dani Rodrik

 

The Journal of Globalization and Development (JGD)

The Journal of Globalization and Development (JGD) publishes academic research and policy analysis on globalization, development, and in particular the complex interactions between them.

Editors: Kevin Gallagher, Professor, Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies; Director, Boston University Global Development Policy Center and Jeronim Capaldo, Senior Economist, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Senior Scholar, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University (BU).

Managing Editor: Gabriela Plump, Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), Columbia University.

The Journal of Globalization and Development’s Special Issue on the Gendered Effects of Globalization

With Guest Editors Jessica Leight, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Bilge Erten, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Northeastern University; Co-editor, Review of Economics of the Household; Associate Editor, Feminist Economics.

Volume 14 Issue 2

For more information or to submit a paper to JGD, click here.

IPD Updates

Opportunities

Economics Staff Associate

Columbia Business School is seeking to hire two Staff Associates for the Economics Division. Staff associates will conduct empirical research on the microeconomic determinants of productivity growth and innovative behavior by firms in both developed and developing countries, under the supervision of Joseph E. Stiglitz and other IPD-affiliated faculty. Learn more here.

Sovereign Debt Economics Staff Associate

IPD is seeking a Research Staff Associate. The work will include empirical and theoretical research on sovereign debt and the emergence, propagation, and resolution of sovereign debt crises. This position provides an opportunity to gain experience in academic business research, with a special focus on fields such as finance, economics, statistics, and data science; and, would be ideal preparation for a Ph.D. program or other graduate study. Learn more here.

Part Time Associate Research Scholar

IPD is seeking a Part Time Associate Research Scholar. The researcher will work with the Center’s Principal Researchers and a small team on an international research and capacity building project that focuses on sovereign debt sustainability and the international financial architecture. Learn more here.

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