Past events
Commodity price shocks and the seasonality of civil unrest
Ubilava investigates the influence of seasonal variation in cereal crop prices on internal conflict, and violence involving civilians, in low-income countries in Africa.
Does information empower the poor? Evidence from Indonesia’s social security card
Anu Rammohan reports on the effectiveness of an information campaign intended to improve the targeting of two large social programs in Indonesia.
The great influenza pandemic of 1918-20: An interpretative survey in the time of COVID-19
Premachandra Athukorala looks for lessons relevant to the current COVID-19 crisis in the scattered multi-disciplinary literature on the Spanish Flu pandemic of a century ago.
How well can the world’s poor protect themselves from the new coronavirus?
Brown finds that only 6 per cent of the poorest 40 per cent in developing countries have adequate home environments for protection from COVID-19, falling to virtually zero in sub-Saharan Africa.
Long-term impacts of the giant wave: The case of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and child development in Indonesia
Riswandi presents his PhD research on the long-term impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh city
India's health and economic challenges posed by COVID-19
This seminar will review how India is meeting the dual health and economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 virus.
Indonesia and the international community: 50 years of economic cooperation
McCawley reviews the efforts of the Asian Development Bank in Indonesia, as part of one of the largest sustained development cooperation programs in post-war history.
Prepaid metering and electricity consumption: evidence from Bangladesh
Debasish Das presents his PhD research on electricity metering reform in Bangladesh.
On Coase and COVID-19
Davidson contrasts an exchange-focused analysis of how to minimise the social cost of the COVID-19 pandemic with the social planner’s approach relying on social cost-benefit analysis.
The output effects of infrastructure investment and use in Indonesia
Van der Eng and co-author Denny Irawan investigate the extent to which economic growth is held back by underinvestment in the country’s infrastructure facilities.
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